Videos to Release Gas and Relax Body
- Apr 30, 2022
- 1 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
10 Exercises to release trapped gas and relax your baby's body
If your baby seems to have gas and wind trapped somewhere and you're not sure where, then try doing each of the exercise below, twice a day,
choose a time between feeds when they are relaxed
if they bring up a little milk, don't panic. We'd rather get the winds out!
if they don't seem to like a position, move on to the next one
covers all main areas
do them daily for a week and hopefully you will see a marked improvement
1. Wiggle Waggle
A gentle stretch and warm up:
2. Tummy Rolling
Deep burping over your hand.
3. Trampoline
This technique uses body weight to shift milk and gas around.
4. Wiggly Fingers
Deep, under the diaphragm burping technique.
5. Windscreen wipers
Swish the abdominal area from side to side.
6. Ileo caecal valve stimulation
Gently massage area over this valve between small and large intestine.
7. Relax the diaphragm
Mobilise gas that may be trapped under the diaphragm.
8. Belly wobble
Mobilise gas that may be trapped in the lower digestive tract.
9. Align the Spine
Gentle massage and stretch to relax and align your baby.
10. The Bicycle
Stretch the hip flexors and perhaps get some gas out.
Remember:
do each exercise for about a minute
if they don't seem to like a position, move on to the next one
do them twice daily for 7 days and you should see a marked improvement
YOUR BABY WILL LOVE YOU FOR THIS :)
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