I just recently started my son on organic milk,and he still spits up after his bottles every now and then. is this normal? Also the spit up is really smelly, almost like throw up. I am really concerned and not sure what to do. By the way my son has always spit up even on formula and breast milk but never smelt like this. I don't think he should be spitting up at all now that he is eating solids? What should I do moms.
J.,
My oldest daughter was a constant fountain of spit up, probably for the first 18 months, and she's otherwise totally healthy. And, yes, it does smell bad...it's basically ripe milk! We just always had a cloth diaper on hand (and extra outfits) and she eventually grew out of it.
Good luck to you,
J.
For some kids, yes it is normal. My youngest son was a spitter, and I didn't think it would ever end, he was still spitting up occasionally at 15 months, but by 18 months it had pretty much worked itself out, and now at two he has no problems at all. Some kids are just spitters, that's all. It is smellier becasue he is drinking milk now, rather than formula or breast milk. I wouldn't worry about it.
My son was a spit up machine. Around his first year it certainly was better but he still did it for another year here and there. Sometimes I think it is just a "juicy burp" that he lets out because he doesn't know what it is. If it is a lot then I would ask your doc, otherwise I don't think you need to worry. Also, keep him upright and no craziness after he eats. It will help keep everything down. Good luck. Being a first time mom is HARD! I am still working on it everyday!
Despite commercial media claims in America, dairy products are not designs for the human digestive tract. Your son's body is likely trying to tell you something. Hip, hip, hooray for choosing organic, but you may need to try rice milk and supplement with kids chewable calcium products.
Most Americans are led to believe through TV and marketing that cows milk is healthy and necessary, but it is not necessary at all. You can get all the calcium you/your child needs through MANY other regular dietary foods. Just because it has a lot of calcium doesn't mean it's the only place get it from. In addition, milk has a lot of stuff people don't need. Cow's milk is designed (made for and made by..) baby cows. Even though humans CAN drink it doesn't mean it's 'doing a body good'!
More are more legitimate research results are available about children and adults consuming cows milk. Studies have been done by many research faclities, colleges and universities. Check out some info on the web and in books and make your own educated decision about whether or not you want to continue giving it to your child, or if so, how often. Kids already generally get lots of diary in yogurt, cheeses,ice-creams).
I believe Dr.Sears parenting books esp. The Nutrition Book and/or his website, the Mothering.com site and another site called nomilk.com (I think, or it's something close) all talk about children and cow's milk. Organic almond milk is a great alternative if you really want a creamy drink, and you can even make your own! Otherwise, water is the best choice!
my daughter had the same issues we took her off lactose due to intolerance but that didn't help the spitting up. it stopped when i got her off the bottle. not sure why but as as soon as she started taking the sippy cup she stopped spitting up. i was finally able to go thru a day where i didn't go thru 9-12 outfits a day. every test known to man was run with nothing. i think she was just getting too much gas and it was coming back out. gl
If it is just a little spit up I wouldn't worry about it. If it is more like vomiting (he is emptying out his stomach, not just spitting-up), then your son may have an intolerance to milk protiens. This would be why he had the same problem when breastfeeding (if you ate any dairy while you were breastfeeding) and drinking formula. The smell is due to the fact he is eating more solids. BTW: Intolerance and allergy to milk protiens are two different things. An allergy is more severe and is consistant in nature (whenever he has milk or any dairy he shows symptoms), whereas an intolerance seems to manifest itself on a more irregular basis.
Having gone through this with one of my daughters, I know for a fact the pediatrician will more than likely not worry about it unless it is affecting your son's growth rate. With my daughter, even though it was, her pediatrician at the time didn't seem to worry about it! Ugh. She was my first and I had no clue. I finally narrowed the problem down to milk protiens and eliminated all dairy for 6-9 months (using soy and rice milk and cheese, etc. instead) and then slowly reintroduced them to her and she was fine. She had an intolerance, not an allergy.
If it seems to get progressively worse, tell your pediatrician.
hope this helps!
Is it pasterized? Difficult to digest if it is, may need some digestive enzymes to handle, or boil barley and give him "barley milk" the roman army traveled on barley-lots of protien- get organic barley perals and slow cook- a slow cooker is good
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Vomited milk will smell bad. I would suggest you call your pediatrician. I think there could be some underlying problem.
My son (now 2.5 yrs old) had the same problem. Even Cheez-its could trigger his spitting up. Our pediatrician said he had some mild reflux--but not bad enough to require meds. Sometimes we will give him soy milk to give his digestive tract a break, which may be something to try.
To be safe, you may want to mention the spitting up to your pediatrician to see if there is an underlying problem.
As for the smell, regurgitated cow's milk (vs. formula) is revolting. Your pediatrician may ask you particular questions about the characteristics of the spit-up just to make sure that your little guy is ok.
I find that my daughter spits up/ throws up her milk if I give it to her too soon after she has eaten a meal of solids. Could that be what is happening?
how does he react to other dairy products?
talk to your pediatrician, he may have an allergy to milk.
i do not think the organic or regular milk should make a difference though.
the response from Karen G is absolutely correct, in my (expert)opinion:)
Hi there. By this age it definitely should have stopped. Have you considered a dairy allergy? That is what it sounds like. Esp. if baby spit up after nursing too. (whatever you eat/ drink)is in breast milk. I would definitely try soy milk and keep off other dairy products and see if you notice a difference. Dairy in foods also goes by whey and casseine which are dairy proteins. Other indicators of allergy are greenish poop and excema. Good luck!!!
sounds like it could be an allergy. my daughter was tested and found to be allergic to eggs. her reaction is to throw up when she eats them, so maybe it's just an allergy. you might want to have him tested.
Your son most likely has acid reflux; my daughter went through the same thing not being to always hold down her mild and for other reasons we had to do an endoscopy procedure on her and discovered the reflux. You might want to suggest this to your Pediatrician or go and see a GI doc. I had to put my daughter on meds for a few months but it seems to have cleared it upself up now and she's fine. Good luck to you!
Hi J.,
Sounds like lactose intolerance to a small degree. Check with a pedeatric GI to rule out.
Good Luck!
I agree with the others who state to not have cows milk. Unless your son is a calf he isn't supposed to have cow's milk. Yes, it's normal for your son to spit up the cow's milk, he isnt a cow, nor does he have 4 chambers in his stomach, nor does he say moo.
Heather suggested a great site: www.notmilk.com
The dairy industry has an amazing advertising dept, makes many people believe they need to drink the breast milk of a cow, pretty funny.
Come on, what does your pediatrician say?
