Increasing Stomachace - Lactose?

Dear Helen

I am the mother of a fine baby girl, who in general is thriving just fine, except for the fact that she is restless and crying in the evening, which I primarily think is stomachache. She cries in turns, bending and lifting her legs up towards the tummy, often breaking noisy winds.

She has bowel movements very seldom, it has now been 2 weeks. She is fully breastfed, with eight breast feeds a day. Birth weight 3850g, length 53cm, at six weeks she weighs 4740g, length 56cm.

I try to calm her down in the baby sling, which is the only way to relieve the discomfort. I massage her stomach, make cycling movements with her legs - what else can be done? What about lactose? When she eventually has bowel movements, the stools are very loose.

Best regards
Astrid