My son is being breast fead at the moment and is also given expressed milk in a bottle in the night. He seems to suffer from a lot of wind in the mornings. This gives him a lot of discomfort, which results in him crying quite loudly. I have been giving him gripe water to try and releave the wind in his bottles in the evening, this sometimes helps but can result in him having this problem later in the day. Please can you advise if there might be any other causes and what to avoid.

A When a baby is breastfeeding they use a slightly different sucking technique to the type needed for bottle feeding. It is very common for bottle feeding to create more wind. If you wish to continue using a bottle in the evening it might be worth trying the anti-colic bottle, known as Dr Browns. They prevent the baby taking in so much wind and are highly recommended. www.babyenterprise.com/DrBrownsBottles.htm

You could also try to give your baby infacol anti colic drops prior to a bottle feed.

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