Baby Having Gas Issues

Excessive gas in babies is normally caused by air swallowing during feeding rather than a problem with the milk.

Baby having gas issues. Crying while passing gas or soon after especially if the crying happens when a baby is unlikely to be hungry or tired arching the back lifting the legs a swollen looking stomach passing gas or belching. Baby s immature digestive system is unable to cope effectively. An underdeveloped digestive system which allows food to pass through too quickly so it doesn t break down completely hypersensitivities to certain types of formula or. If your baby is gulping and choking while breastfeeding because of an overactive let down he she will be swallowing a lot of air.

Infant gas has several possible causes. Swallowing air when feeding or crying which is very common and normal among new babies. You can prevent most excessive gas with effective burping. A forceful milk let down when the milk starts to flow might cause your baby s gas problems.

The gas acts like a cork impeding or halting the flow of gastric juices and built up pressure causes painful bloating and swelling of the abdomen. Burps gets fussy is bloated cries farts has a hard tummy. How to burp your baby. Infants also take in a lot of air while feeding and crying which.

But there are a few common signs of a gassy baby you can look out for. Gassy mom gassy baby it s possible that some of the gas inducing foods that mom ingests can also affect her baby says jennifer shu m d an atlanta based pediatrician and coauthor of food. Babies are especially prone to this. Newborn digestive systems are immature so they produce a lot of gas and this is normal.

Gas has buoyancy and gas pockets can become trapped in the upper and lower intestines.