But my baby has incredible trouble with wind?

Join the club. All babies will have trouble with wind at some point or other, you just need to monitor it to find out if it's a significant problem. They seemingly label all unexplained screaming as "colic" it doesn't always mean that your baby has wind. If your baby is screaming inconsolably for ages, then burps and stops, or at least cries quieter, you know that's what the problem is. If this carries on for a couple of days it's time to do something about it! It can be the worst feeling in the world when your baby is screaming and screaming and you don't know why. Breathe. Don't get stressed, it won't help anything. If you're getting angry or upset, pass your baby on to someone else who is around that you trust, or go put her in her cot. Calming yourself is very important because your baby picks up on your mood, and it only makes it worse. It's okay. By putting your baby down you're taking positive, forward steps to positive mental health and your ability to look after your baby. Don't stubbornly hold on to her, insisting you can make her feel better when you're getting more and more stressed and so is (s)he.

Take advice from anyone you possibly can about ways you can better wind your baby. different positions or techniques could make all the difference.

There are plenty of medicines out there to help you with this problem. Finding the right one for you could take some doing. Some medicines work by grouping all the wind together in a ball, and some work by making the milk easier to digest for your baby. Unless you find your baby is allergic, use each one for at least a week before writing it off as not working. It might be good to keep a scream diary, to monitor if, even though she is still crying, if it's better, or for less time.

These are our experiences with medicines. It doesn't mean they will be the same for you. It didn't take us very long to find the right medication, thanks to the advice of a good friend. There are plenty of others out there, in a range of prices, but this is what worked for us.

Infacol - Good enough I guess. It's main advantage being that it is suitable from birth, I think it may be the only one right now. You use it before each feed. It's a pleasant taste, a mild orange flavour, so it will introduce your baby to new flavours very early, which I think is good. It takes a few days to build up in the system, and everytime you forget a dose it knocks the progress back a bit. It worked okay for us, but she still screamed.

Gripe water - I always thought this was wonderful stuff. It works on me. It tastes gorgeous but some people think it's too sugary for your baby (why does it exist then...) You can use it from one month, before or during a feed (maybe also after...?) You can also add it to the feed. The trouble with that is your baby has to have all of her feed for you to know (s)he got the full dose. You use it whenever you want to, it has instant effect. So what's the problem then? It's quite expensive, and big. It is 150ml, which is 30 doses, and once opened it must be used withing 2 weeks. We wasted so much of it, routinely throwing away half a bottle. It works wonders, but for so much waste we wanted to try something else.

Dentinox - I'd never even heard of this. It is very very good. It is the one for us. You can give it to your baby before a feed I think, or put it in the bottle, which is what we do. It is very thick, and strong smelling, and a fairly strong flavour for your baby, so adding it to the feed has worked out best for us. It comes with a wonderful syringe, which stops and 2.5 ml (the dose) However, have some medicine spoons handy, as when you get near the bottom it is nigh on impossible to get a full dose out with the syringe. It works exactly the same as infacol, but better. It takes time to build up but we noticed differences quicker than infacol, and it is still improving. Reasonable price, you don't end up wasting much, and pretty powerful.

You can use gripe water and infacol together, you can use gripe water and dentinox together. You CANNOT use infacol and dentinox together.