Gas pain in babies can be a normal part of life and is very common, especially in the first 2 months in both breastfed and formula fed babies. Gas pain usually peaks around 6 weeks and is drastically improved by 3 months

If your infant is feeding well, gaining weight, passing soft mushy stools that are green, yellow or brown then the grunting, straining, turning red, and crying with gas is harmless and does not mean that your baby has a belly problem or a milk or formula intolerance.

How To Help Your Child

Do

  • Feed baby when they are calm. If baby is crying/ upset they may gulp in air

  • Burp your baby after feeding

  • Change positions: frog legs (putting baby into a squatted position with both legs pushed toward his belly), massaging belly, bicycle legs

  • Try warm baths, gas drops, probiotics

Don’t

  • Avoid feeding baby when they are crying or upset

When to Worry

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  • If stool is bloody, white or black.

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This advice about symptom relief is intended to equip you to help your child at home. If you have continued concerns please contact our office. If this is a medical emergency, please call 911 and us. We can also help during an emergency.

If you are not a Small Town Pediatrics family, please contact your child’s medical office or click Accepting New Patients to register your child with us.