Baby makes strange stretching/constipation-like noises

[greenbug]

What on earth is this?? my 15-day old daughter is making stretching/constipation like noises then goes all red and burst into bouts of cries.... she is not constipated for sure....has anybody else experienced the same? do they grow out of it? first child so not very clued up at what's normal and what isn't. It definitely makes it difficult to put her to sleep coz as soon as i put he in her basket she starts being unsettled like that.

[NotQuiteCockney]

Is it just before she poos? Often little babies make these sorts of noises because their stools are so soft, they're hard to push out. Bicycling her legs, or sitting her up, might help.

It does pass.

[lunar1uk]

does she have colic?

[KiwiKate]

My dd (8wo) does this when she is trying to poo/fart. I "stand" her up (leaning against me) - getting off her bottom seems to help. My ds had colic and never did this.

What happens if you pick her up, let her do her stretch etc, and then put her back in bed? My dd seems to get a wind sometimes when we put her in her cot (goodness knows why)

[Pruni]

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[PrettyCandles]

Wind. Is she breastfed? Apparently breastfed babies can develop their gut fauna and flora extremely quickly (faster than bottlefed) and it can cause them quite a lot of discomfort at first. Dd was like this. Changing her position helped - tipping her over onto one side or the other, fornt or back, sitting up etc - doing it slowly and staying for a few seconds in one position before moving to another. Also putting her down on her tummy, as wind moves through more easily in that position than on her back. Changing nappy helps a lot, because of the position change and the way you move her legs. Bicyciling her legs, holding her ankles and moving her legs in bunny hops (knees together) and froggy leaps (knees apart) also helps wind out.

Give her fennel tea (Dr Stuart's Botanical is the best make). Sterilise a bottle in the evening, put a bag in and fill up with boiling water. Close the bottle and leave overnight. Next day give her a teaspoonful at every feed (add it to her bottle if she's bottlefed) and drink the rest yourself if you're breastfeeding.