Almost 5 Month Old Frequently Spitting Up

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M., I know what you are going threw. I am a mother of 3, my youngest is just about 8 months old and, man, she is a spitter, and a projecter!!! She was worse a few months ago, but she still spits up everyday. And some days are worse then others. She never acts like it bothers her, but I think she picks when and where she will spits up on you, lol. It does get very old. And I know it is not what you want to hear, but some babies are just spitters!! My other two spit up once in a while, but my youngest does all the time. She could just be sitting on you, she could be playing on the floor, jumping in her jumper-roo, whatever. I think the only time she does not spit up is when she is sleeping. I know it sucks, but I believe that she will eventually grow out of it. Good luck!!

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Oh, my gosh, I went through the same thing with my now 18-month-old daughter! It didn't matter whether it was formula, baby-food, water, etc. You name it, she would spit it up. We tried everything--several different formulas, more cereal--less cereal, different feeding positions, different reflux meds, etc. The only thing that seemed to help was Chiropractic adjustments. Even so, the problem did not completely go away. I also changed to "Slow flow" nipples because she drank her bottles so fast. It slowed her down but didn't stop the spitting up.

I was told by my doctor, "Some babies just spit up until they walk." I thought there had to be something else going on. Well, once she started walking, she stopped spitting up! I couldn't believe it!?! It was the craziest thing! I will never forget how I felt the first day I picked her up at daycare and she was wearing the same outfit I dropped her off in that morning! What a monumentous occasion! Then, all of a sudden, we were making it whole weeks without using extra clothes. I was dumbfounded the first time I did laundry and had absolutely nothing to soak! A lot of the time, I would have two soaker bins in use at the same time so it was a big deal to realize I didn't have anything to soak anymore!

We had a very large fleece blanket that was on the living room floor at all times (unless it was in the wash after she was in bed) and it was her "boundary." Once she started rolling and crawling, it became a little harder to keep her on the blanket but it still served to catch most of the surprises. We also had a large stack of towels, one on the shoulder at all times and, at feedings, one laying on the front of her as well. I sure don't miss that part of her infancy! So, if you can hang in there a few more months, it really will get better!

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I had a nephew that did that quite often. They tried cutting back about 1-2 oz, at each feeding what they were giving him, because he was drinking even when when he wasn't hungry, so he was filling up the spitting all the access back up. We aren't sure what was the true answer that helped him but I would try it out. It worked with him and he was a much happier baby. If you do 6 oz now try 4 oz then give her 1 more ounce if she is still hungry. I don't think that they had to feed him any more or more often, cause he was still getting full. Hope this helps. J.

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I hate to say this but it is true that some kids are spitters. I have three kids. The first two were spitters. For a while my 3 1/2 year old would throw up at least one whole feeding a day. But she was happy and still gaining weight and after a while it went away. My 22 month old son was also a spitter, not large volumes but several times a day until about 9 months. Now my 4 month old-hardly a wet burp out of her. Give it some time, it usually gets better as the amount of solid foods they are eating increases. And unless she is not gaining weight or seems really uncomfortable I don't think they consider this a problem until they are more than a year old. It's a mess but it usually eases up-just keep a rag handy :)

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I think your doctor is right, and some babies -- my son included -- are just spitters.
In some infants the esophageal sphincter is just not strong enough to keep the food in their stomachs. Children with acid reflux/GERD experience pain when they spit up, or just in general. My niece was diagnosed with acid reflux and she had much different symptoms than my son.
The good news is that you're almost done with the spitting. It should go away in about a month when she starts sitting up on her own.

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My daughter spit up a lot until she was sitting up really well. Then it just stopped. She didn't do anymore until she threw up like a big girl in the middle of the night once. That was awful. Spit up is just something to deal with until about 8-9 months. If it seems to be bothering her, then talk with your doctor, but otherwise it's just something that many babies do.

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One of my twins sons (now 13 months) would spit up like that, too. It ended up being something called reflux, which can be common. We did two things... From birth we tried 5 different formulas, but same thing would happen. It happened much less when we used Good Starts - not the Soy formula - because it seemed to be very gentle for him. Next, our doc prescribed liquid Zantac and we would give him a syringe and squirt it into his mouth 2x per day. It tasted terrible, but he didn't seem to mind. This helped tremendously. Then we noticed after about 10 months that he outgrew the reflux. By the way, we learned the hard way that as your baby grows in size, you must increase the dosage of medicine. You'll notice more spitting up as the baby isn't getting enough medicine.

I would continue to question your doctor. That's strange that he/she isn't taking the spitting up more seriously. Also could be an allergy to the formula? Good luck!!

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Hi there,
My son was also a spitter--to the point that we went through 2-3 bibs a day. He was a spitter with breast milk, formula, and food. At one point, we did have him on meds for reflux, but it didn't really seem to make a difference, so we stopped with the meds. Anyways, he is now 10 months and seems to finally have grown out of it. I think that sometimes it just takes a little while for their little esophagus and spincters to get used to taking in food. So, maybe time will help your little one as well. Take care.

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I wouldn't be satisfied either with your dr. I would get a second opinion.... this could be acid reflux. I have it and it does get better on some days and others I just want to die. I would bring it up with another dr and see what they do and if they don't want to do anything speak up.... she's your baby, your the mom, I had trouble speaking up to our dr at first because you think, "she should know she's the dr!" I really hope you can figure this out for her, I do feel for her. Please give her a big hug from me.... poor girl!

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