Spitting up a Lot - Palos Hills,IL

A.:

did something change 4 weeks ago? spitting up is normally just a laundry issue,

you could talk to a lactation consultant about what is happening.

P., RLC, IBCLC
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I had the same problem with my daughter who is now 4.5 months old. She used to spit up large amounts and it worried me because it never happened with my son when he was a baby. It actually ended up that my supply was too fast and large for her, so a lactation consultant recommended I pump for 2 minutes before feeding her so that my harsh letdown would occur with the pump rather than the baby. This helped alot (I also got a good milk storage going from it.) She still had pleaty to drink and has since grown out of it (for the most part). Once a spitter, may always be a spitter, but it's worth a try. I would go that route before concerning yourself or taxing your baby with meds that may very well NOT be needed!
Good Luck

Your baby might have food allergies. So, something you are eating or drinking might be causing it. Insist on allergy testing. They'll try to tell you that s/he is too young, but it is not true, that's the old belief that some doctors are taught. Find out now to save yourself some major problems later on.

reflex

allergies

change in foods you have ate

flu??

I have been there. My 15 month old went through all the testing and she was sick for almost a week and a half.

Not to scare you but I think you need to talk to your Doctor about what is goin on with him.

at 6 weeks old my daughter came down sick with what I thought was just a flu bug. 4 days of getting sick all over the place not wanting to eat. Not really sleeping but she got so exhausted that she ended up falling asleep. I ended up taking her to the ER and she was admitted in to the hospital and had to have an iv for fluids because she was so dehydrated. They kept telling me she had nothing wrong. she just had the flu. When my daughter would get sick she would let it fly across the room!! This was not just the flu.

I demanded that test be ran on her. She did not have relfex she was not allergic to any foods.

I told them from the start that her dad had to have to pyloricstanoisis (sorry about the spelling i don't know if it is correct prob. not) I just call it pyloric surgery. his valve on top of his stomach would not close. With my daughter it was the bottom of her stomach was closed off from her intestines. So her food could not go anywhere but back up.

I am not trying to worry you but Please if you really truely feel that there is something wrong with your child and it is not normal for your son to get sick or come down sick then please take him to the doctor or ER and have him Checked out. Demand it if you have to. I had to and it saved my lil' girls life!

Good luck and I hope you baby boy gets feeling better soon!!!

This is what my DD and DS did. LOTS of spit up, almost projectile. Both had/have a milk allergy. My son is still nursing at 6 months, and I just don't have anything with dairy (milk, casein, whey) in it. My DD was allergic to dairy and soy, and I nursed her for a year and she went straight on milk and doesn't have any allergies now. Your doctor can test a poopy diaper for traces of blood to determine if there may be a milk allergy, or another food allergy and you can do an elimination diet to figure out the food and stop eating that. My daughter was about 12 weeks when we found out, and my son we knew right away, because we had been through it. Also, we have no family history of allergies, so don't rule it out. I would call your doctor and ask. How he is acting sounds just like how my daughter was... Good luck!
E.

A.,

I had the same issue with my son and it could be reflux. Your milk could be coming out faster than he can drink. Try propping him up a little while feeding him and burp him every 5 minutes or so. Good luck.

It could be an allergic reaction to milk. Although you might have noticed him spitting up a lot sooner. It could be something that you are eating that you weren't eating before. He could have reflux.
I would make an appointment with your doctor so you two can try and figure this out together. You just need to rule one thing out at a time.
Good Luck,
A.

I'm not saying that I think your son has reflux but it would be worth running past his doctor. My son had the same issues. Reflux in infants is really hard to determine and the tests they can do are difficult so Dr's sometimes just go off of what you say, or at least they did in my case. A coupld of things I told them that made them put him on reflux meds were large amounts of spitting up after eating, crying after eating and most importantly, only wanting to be held and crying when left to himself. When they're left to sit by themselves, they don't sit very upright because they're still so small so the laying backwards aggrivates the valve and puts pressure in their chests, gives a burning feeling, etc. So being held helps because they're held straight up which relaxes the pain. I would keep an eye on it because it could possibly be nothing or possibly something more. And spitting up is typically a laundry problem and nothing else but in some cases it's other things. In our case it was reflux. I'm not a fan of giving medicines and antibiotics but it really did help. He was off of it by 7 months. He just needed to grow into his stomach I guess! Good luck. Babies at that age are just the best. Enjoy because it goes so fast.

Our baby became a happy spitter right about the time he could roll over and spend more time on his belly.

The spitting up could be many things; this is just one thought to consider.

he could be fussy because of a growth spurt too. just a thought.