So, it's 0230, do you know where your baby is? Mine is on the living room floor, no diaper, dumping out all of his wipes (including the liquid) and tooting away. He's been awake since about 1:00am crying and fussing and kicking his mama. I tried taking him to bed with me to nurse which resulted in him screaming, pulling at my nipple and generally thrashing around. Definitely NOT sleeping. So, I thought he had gas. Put him on his belly. Tried holding his knees to his chest. Walked around while swaying and singing. Nothing was working. Then I thought, "hey, let's try changing your diaper". He looked at me as if to say "gee mom, what a great idea, what in the heck took you so long?". So I took his diaper off and the smell of ammonia knocked me over. Like he had managed to pour straight ammonia into his diaper. YUCK! His little diaper area is all red so we're spending some naked time in the living room at 2:30am. And he totally has gas. Now that he's crawling around and getting his toots out he feels much better. I think the funny faces he's making is helping the most. I love this little man. Stink and all. Even no sleep and all.
I hope your day is going as well as mine so far. Only not the being up at 0230 with a fussy baby part.
there's a baby yoga thing you can do that's similar to putting their knees up, but has always worked better for us. first rub his belly in a backwards C for a sec. then, lifting his legs by the ankle, cross one leg over his belly and hold it a sec, then the other leg (like an upside down 4--er, and a backwards upside down 4 i guess, too). THEN put both knees to his chest. it's gratifying how much gas you can work out this way.
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