Hey, my baby doesn't burp after a bf (not for lack of trying on my part), but can a few hours later start having milky bubbles forming in her mouth, followed by a burp. this though happens more at night, and she gets all distressed as she starts to gag on the bubbles.

Any help appreciated ??

hiya hun, yes my Lo does burp. When she was very little like your Evie (love the name btw) it could take up to an hour of walking around rubbing her back before the wind started to come up. I used to walk her around patting and rubbing her back, laying her down for a little while for the gas to gather in her tummy and then bringing her upright again rubbing her back to dislodge it and get the burp out.

Daisy doesn't always burp after being fed when I try to wind her and she doesn't very often seem to get trapped wind pains so I guess she doesn't always need to burp. Have you tried infacol?

helloooo congratulations

We burp sometimes but we do have some wind problems specificlly the bottom type infacol helps with the burping though good luck

Until my LO was about 3 weeks old I thought he didn't need to burp because I was never able to burp him after a feed, I didn't really try for too long because I mistakenly thought that breastfed babies didn't suffer from wind. Oh how wrong I was - in my case anyway!

Some babies are just much harder to get their wind up than others. With Thomas I spent the first three months of his life pretty much constantly winding him - his wind has started to improve a lot since he turned 4 months and he will now burp reasonably quickly after just 5 or 10 minutes of winding. You will soon know if wind is a problem for your LO because they will be in pain with it and will let you know all about it.

Some signs to watch out for are unexplained crying (often quite high pitched), fussy feeding (gulping hungrily for a few seconds then pulling off and crying or turning head away), turning head to the side, rigid stiff body, hard bloated tummy, gassy explosive poos, lots of grunting and groaning and sort of wheezing.

Evie is exactly like this, do you have any tips for v windy babies from experience?

Hazel didn't get wind in the first few weeks - but she did have reflux from the day I had her. We had to raise the top of her moses basket to stop everything finding it's way back up whenever she lay down. Holding them upright for a while after feeding does help, but in the very early days not so much.

After that we've had much the same experience as Polaris
Hopefully it's not like that for you!

Things I found helped were:
1. trying lots of different winding positions and being very persistent in trying to get wind up (sitting up, over shoulder, on lap, colic cradle hold, bouncing on knee, leaning them a little forward and kind of circling the upper body, and alternating between them all repeatedly).
2. baby massage, I did a course in it but you could get good tips just on the internet I think, I found that when I massaged his tummy and then turned him over and massaged his back he would always burp. I also massage his tummy while sitting him up and that often helps him to burp.
3. Bicycling and pumping the legs really helped with bottom wind.
4. I found Thomas wouldn't settle lying flat so I raised the head end of his Moses basket (I now have a pillow under the top end of his cot mattress to raise it). I also let him take most of his naps in the bouncy chair or pram (or on my chest day and night when he was younger) because he seemed to be able to settle better). My most important piece of advice would be don't worry about bad habits as you can address it all once the wind has improved - just do whatever works to make LO more comfortable.
5. Keeping him upright after a feed for at least 20 minutes seemed to help the wind to work its way out. I used to let him fall asleep on my shoulder walking round and round the room and I would actually be able to hear his poor little stomach gurgling and churning.
5. Some people find infacol helps (I didn't) or gripe water after 1 month old (maybe slightly) or colief (didn't try it so can't comment).

Also just remember that it will improve as LO gets older. I still wouldn't describe Thomas as easy to wind but the improvements since he turned 4 months particularly have been dramatic