Baby gas: what you can do to help
Most mornings, Toronto mom Rana Solianik wakes up to a symphony of gaseous sounds coming from her nine-week old son’s bassinet. ?It starts around 5 a.m. and Theodore grunts the entire time, sometimes crying as he pulls his legs in and out,? says Solianik. ?It can keep us awake for up to two hours.?
Gas is a normal part of infant development. ?All babies are gassy at some point,? says paediatrician Catherine Pound, who practises at the Children?s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa. Young babies eat almost constantly, and their digestive systems are still immature, so a fair bit of flatulence and burping is expected as they become more proficient at digesting breastmilk or formula. But when it?s keeping your baby (and you) up at night, or causing fussiness, many parents will want to try to solve this common problem quickly.
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Solianik?s doctor recommended baby probiotic drops each morning to help with Theodore?s tummy trouble and colic, which they have attributed to gas. She also occasionally gives him Ovol (an over-the-counter remedy containing simethicone, which breaks down bubbles of gas in the stomach and intestines).
?There?s very little evidence that those things help, but there?s also no evid...
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