Excess lipase causing lots of gas/digestive issues?

[luckymamaoftwo]

I've been struggling with my 4 month old baby's digestive problems since day one. He is so, so gassy, squirmy and generally uncomfortable and hardly sleeps past 5 a.m. or so due to excess gas, though he WANTS to sleep..he just can't get comfortable. My DD had a bit of the same symptoms and I never knew what caused it. But I suspect that my breastmilk has excess lipase (frozen milk smells/tastes rotten and nasty!), so with my DD I just stopped freezing her milk and have yet to freeze any with DS.

DS is on omperazole for reflux (DD was also) and it's given him a little relief from spitting up and choking/sputtering, but the gas is just as bad as ever--if not worse. I'm wondering if anybody who has excess lipase problems also has experienced similar symptoms in their babies? Perhaps all that extra lipase is hard for their bodies to digest?? Any thoughts or experiences?

Thanks!

[ladyleah]

I am sorry to be of no help-- but I have to wonder if what you are saying is true for my son as well (he doesn't have relux though). Although he has no issue with drinking my pumped BM fresh or frozen (although he hasn't had too many previously frozen ounces)-- I have tasted it and it tastes like waxy soap=--pretty gross and not at all like it is when fresh directly from the breast. I assumed that this was excess lipase. However, my IBCLC said that its fine for him to drink it as long as he doesn't mind the yucky taste! lol

My son is also reallllllly gasssssy and always has been-- although at 6 months it seems to be getting a quite a bit better. At 4 months it was really, really bad though!

My heart goes out to you!

[ewe+lamb]

You can pump if you would like to, then scald the milk you pump, let it cool down and then give it to the baby or freeze it, this stops and kills the excess lipase. Some mothers have this problem because of an enzyme in their breastmilk which starts digesting the milk as soon as the milk is released from the breast. To ease the colic hold your baby tummy down across your arms - abit like a leopard on a branch of a tree, head slightly higher than bottom and rock gently to see if the gass is helped; you can also carry your baby in a wrap which then massages baby's tummy against yours and helps with gas pain, also you could try block nursing - the thick creamy milk combats the thinner milk which has a higher lactose content which babies get first and helps with colics.