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r/NewParents · u/camilalvsAug 1, 2026, 3:46 PM

Gassy baby - when does it get better?

If you had a baby who suffered and struggled to pass gas, when did it get better for you?

Baby is 13 weeks old and I thought it would have started to get better by now, but we’re not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. She was colicky from 3 to 6/7 weeks, witching hour would hit pretty bad. That went away but at 8 weeks she started to struggle to poop and pass gas. She cramps up, brings her knees towards her chest and yells in pain, it’s heartbreaking! An episode will last anything from 1 to 10 minutes but it’s multiple per day. She wakes up from it in the night and only calms down if I feed her. She has also gone 5 days without pooping twice now, and I know that it’s “normal” but she gets very uncomfortable the longer she goes without pooping.

Not really looking for advice because we already do all the things that are supposed to help. Really just curious when it got better for others

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u/InspiredBagel1Aug 1, 2026, 3:54 PM
For us, it only got better once we realized baby had CMPA and we (EFF) switched to amino acid formula and started using probiotic drops. My kid is weaning and still struggles a lot if she has a lot of high-fiber foods or dairy products. Her GI system just needs more time to work out challenging food. I do recall the newborn days being pretty rough with GI stuff, but it's hard to parse if it was developmental or that we were unwittingly giving her stuff she was allergic to.
- u/camilalvs1Aug 1, 2026, 4:24 PM
  What other symptoms did your baby have that made you realise it was CMPA? We concluded a while ago that she doesn't have it since she has none of the symptoms like blood or mucus in stool, vomiting etc. but I wonder if there are cases of CMPA where the only symptom is painful gas. Hope it's getting better for your little one!
  - u/therizzler19951Aug 1, 2026, 5:32 PM
  - u/InspiredBagel1Aug 1, 2026, 5:53 PM
u/Stallingdemons1Aug 1, 2026, 3:57 PM
I have an almost two year old now. But when she was six weeks old we had terrible gassy problems. The pediatrician wrote a prescription (I can’t remember what it was 🫠) and we did it for sixty days before we no longer needed it. We also did simethicone drops alongside the prescription. It was rough and affected her sleep. But I also essentially tried to fart her at every diaper change to help relieve the gas. \-bicycle legs and then pushing her legs gently upwards into her belly \-pushing her knees up to her belly gently \-rotating her hips in a circle and then pushing up gently. I did this for maybe five to ten minutes depending if it was day or night time. It seemed to help allow her to sleep longer without waking up to gassy issues. But our problem was mainly at night and first thing in the morning. Is the pediatrician not concerned? I know gassy issues with newborns is relatively common but if it’s causing a lot of discomfort and giving you all a hard time, they usually try to trouble shoot.
- u/camilalvs1Aug 1, 2026, 4:32 PM
  Ped says that it's normal and isn't worried since she has no other symptoms that indicate to anything other than an immature digestive system. What I read online is that it can take up to 6 months for their system to mature so I feel like I don't have a strong argument to push against it. She also has to take iron drops bc she was born a little too small but we started with those before the painful gas started. I wonder what this prescription was! Simethicone didn't help us unfortunately