Wind and fast flow?

[lil monkey]

Hiya!

has anyone found that too fast a breast milk flow contributes to severe wind in their bub?

Any tips or pointers with breastfeeding to help prevent excess wind in a bub?

[eathans mum]

hi; my little possum has had reflux for 5 weeks now he is on zantact and gaviscon last night i took him to my BOWEN THERAPIST , this morning he is burping all over the place bigger and better than his dad can ,give one a try you will be surprised

[Lachlan's Mum]

Hi there

My Lachlan (who suffered bad reflux) was not breastfed BUT I found that he could not tolerate fast flow teats......his reflux would be worse than ever and wind. Still to this day (10 mths) he has baby teats!

Other mum's I know with babies with reflux/wind/colic probs go to extreme measures to SLOW flow down...you can buy a disc to put in bottles to slow flow down even more....and they use them (I Haven't).

So....after all that...yes I think the flow speed definately effects things like wind and reflux etc.

[nickosmoo]

Hi

I was told by a CHN to hold my baby in a virtually upright position so that he had more control over his intake of milk as he was windy too - I used to sit on the end of the seat and hold him upright so that his feet were hanging down between my legs - I don't really know if this made a difference but the wind has dropped off now that he is older.

It's taxing on the arms but it might work for you

Good Luck

Kris

[Belly]

Hello,

The Australian Breast Feeding Association has a website with a forum on it. You can post your question to them and the 'experts' and other breastfeeding mums will try and help you out.

When I have breastfeeding problems I can usually find the answer there.

Belly