My 3month old will not stop spitting up.

Harneet - posted on 02/11/2010

our son did the same initially, but now he is all ok.. just to make sure that u burp the baby as soon as he is done with feeding, once he burps u can lay the baby down. no more spitting.. it worked for me, hope it works for u too...

Chrissy - posted on 02/10/2010

make sure she isn't laying flat on her back when she is eating. tilt her head upwards

Sharon - posted on 02/10/2010

My daughter did the same thing. I had to stop breast feeding due to complications but she spit up on everything I gave her, but my dr said try Emfamil formula for babies that frequently spit up and that helped us. I thought she had a reflux problem as well and one dr gave her an antacid but that didn't work. I found that Emfamil formula worked the best for me.

Courtney - posted on 02/10/2010

thanks everyone!!!!

Jackie - posted on 02/10/2010

My daughter spit up alot from birth. I breastfeed as well and thought it had something to do with my milk. When I talked to my ped about it he said that she probably had acid reflux and put her on some zantac. It has made a hugh difference. From what I was told it is not our milk that causes the problem because acid reflux in babies is not the same process as in adults, so it's not that eating spicy foods causes problems for the baby like it might for adults. Her doctor also told me that babies will eventually out grow the problem, which is causes by immature digestive system, and that all babies have acid reflux to some extent. You should definately talk to your child's doctor.

Hope that helps, good luck.

Lisa - posted on 02/09/2010

my daughter started doing this at 3 weeks old when she was 4 weeks old they diagnosed her with acid reflux they put her on zantac and it helped so much she still spits up but not as much, she screamed lot too because she had acid burnign her throat, and her spit up was real thick and slimy thats one way they knew it was acid reflux.

Beth - posted on 02/09/2010

All three of my babies would projectile vomit every time I drank milk and I exclusively breastfeed. I stopped drinking milk and they were fine except the third one. She would still spit up and fuss constantly, so I had to completely stop dairy and this helped some, but she was still excessively fussy. The pediatrician prescribed axid for her reflux and she stopped fussing and spitting up immediately. I was also able to add all dairy except milk back into my diet immediately after she started taking the medicine. She is now 4 months old and I'm able to have a small amount of milk with cereal in the morning and it doesn't seem to bother her. I would definitely ask the doctor about reflux and try adjusting your diet. Good Luck!

Heather - have you tried pumping more often to preserve your milk supply? When I was working and pumping, I had to split my lunch hour to pump every 4 hours just to keep my milk supply.

Heather - posted on 02/08/2010

Thanks for posting this question. My 3 month old started this same thing this last week. I though it was my milk, but he does it with the formula also. He is even spitting up the mix of formula and breastmilk(which is what we normally so while I am at work). We are currently feeding him less but more often and it seems to be helping. I am concerned about my milk supply though. Since this has started I haven't been able to pump much and I have very little stash left in the freezer. I just hope this is a phase and will end soon before I lose my milk supply.

Cassandra - posted on 02/08/2010

My son did that as well. We tried gripe water before his feedings and that helped. I also had to stop eating all gassy foods. Broccoli, beans, cabbage and chocolate. Once I stopped eating those kinds of foods he seems to relax and not spit up.

Ginny - posted on 02/08/2010

My middle and youngest spit up like crazy and fussed while nursing. I changed my diet, and tried feeding for less time, more frequently, but it didn't really help. Pediatrician prescribed ranitidine (zantac) for both and it worked great. It's not uncommon for infants to have GERD (gastro-esophogeal reflux disease) and ranitidine is a very safe medication for it.

Kristen - posted on 02/08/2010

my daughter did that for a little while too... i also had some problems with her vitamins...she was on trivisol and they killed her tummy. i took her off them and havent had a problems since.

Megan - posted on 02/08/2010

the 3 of mine that have been bfed did the samething. The Pedi always says that they do that til about 4-5mns. And she's been right. They usually stop spitting up or at least as much about then. As long as they are gaining and you are burping there is probably nothing wrong! If you want to see if they do better with you eating certain things or not eating certain things, keep a food journal for about a wk and see what the reaction of your baby is after nursing when you ate whatever you ate before that nursing.

Erika - posted on 02/08/2010

My daughter used to do the same thing. It always seemed like she was spitting up EVERYTHING she ate, but that wasn't the case. I suggest that you burp her more often while feeding her. That really helped my daughter. She only did this for a little bit, and it completely stopped after that.

Hope this helps a bit.

Erika
http://www.4MyFamilyandMe.com

Amy - posted on 02/08/2010

i had to avoid ANY sugar/chocolate/caffeine with my son plus take some acidophilus. He hasn't spit up on my now for about 7 months. yay!! for me it was diet and digestion. once i started taking the acidophilus, not sure if it helped me absorb stuff better for him or if he was getting some through Bmilk and it settled his tummy better. I also did some tummy massages. someone told me his belly needed to be relaxed to stop spitting. i hope something works for you. my daughter was FF and spit up ALL the time. it was so ucky and frustrating. wish i knew about this stuff then.

Shelbi - posted on 02/08/2010

I had this same problem, only my little one is only breastfed.
It could be you, but theres a very very slim chance.
I say you should take her to pediatrician because it could be GERD.
http://children.webmd.com/infants-childr...
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/dig...

My doctor prescribed some drops and they seem to be helping a little, although she said it would take a while to see the full effect.
Also, try burping in between breasts, keeping her upright during feeding and for some time afterwards, and I'd also suggest waiting a little bit after feeding before burping - that seems to help with my baby.

Shaina - posted on 02/08/2010

My son did the SAME thing. It didnt matter if I JUST fed him or it was hours since he ate. It didnt matter what he ate. He was never ff but any solids or breast milk he would spit right up. I was worried about it because it just doesnt seem right for him to be spitting up all the time. At first his doc said I'm over feeding him so I feed him less but then he just ate more often and STILL spit up. Then his doctor said that if he's gaining weight and it doesnt seem to hurt him when he spits up, not to worry, and that he'll grow out of it. He's almost 11 months now and it has almost totally stopped. I hope that helps. Good luck!

Sara - posted on 02/08/2010

She's not spitting it up really. My son did the same thing. and he's fine. we asked his dr. he said that its normal and cause he's still growing thats how u know that he's okay. I was doing the same thing with the breastfeeding and formula. i was told to choose just one cause it won't confuse him and make him sick. in theory. but your girl is fine that spit up is normal and she'll grow out of it. my son did. trust me i thought my son had the flu it was that scary.

Courtney - posted on 02/08/2010

Well we definitly burp her a few times after feeding. And normally she will spit up while eating. And we would have just started. She isn't losing weight at all actually. And when she does have formula she will eat about 4 ounces. Like this morning, I picked her up out of bed and she spit up all over me and she was fed last around 5am. And I burped her. And last night she was laying on my husbands chest, and she hasn't ate for about 15mins and she spit up. And she had a very big burp. but she is gaining weight. especially since her last doctors apt, they said she was big for her age, not in weight but in length.

Traci - posted on 02/08/2010

I had to be really careful with what I was eating. I know some folks will say that what the mother eats doesn't/shouldn't matter, but I had to abstain from any dairy products (excluding cheese, for some reason), gassy vegetables, anything spicy, orange juice, caffeine, onions and anything with tomatoes. I lived on a diet of chicken and rice for a couple months.

The pediatrician also put her on Zantac, which was a pain in the butt to give her, but really did make a world of difference. During this time, she was also given an ultrasound for pyloric stenosis, where the pylorus valve hardens and does not allow any food to pass from stomach to the duodenum. We were told that this condition usually is most noticeable around 3-4 mos of age, and is usually marked by projectile vomiting, not just spitting up. This would've required immediate surgery, but we were lucky. The ultrasound on her guts showed fluid moving into her intestines. (note: It was very helpful that I was bf'ing, because I was able to keep her calm and still by letting her nurse during the test.) However, since your daughter will take the forumla without spitting as much back up, that probably isn't the case.

I'd try monitoring your diet. Keep a small food journal if it's complicated to keep track of in your head (I couldn't remember what day it was, let alone what I ate for breakfast.) Most offensive food will take 2-8 hrs to show up in your breast milk (for me, it was almost always within 2 hrs) and takes about twice as long to go away. If you don't see a marked improvement within a couple days, I'd call her pediatrician for sure. However, as Michelle stated, as long as she's having good wet diapers (meaning liquid is still passing through) and is maintaining healthy weight gain, everything should be okay. It's just messy for you to deal with ;)

Michelle - posted on 02/08/2010

Have you tried giving her smaller amounts more often ? Possibly even pumping milk and feeding it to her that way in smaller amounts .

Also is she being burped ? I know some parents are anti-burping , however it can make a world of difference .

The main and #1 thing is ... Is she gaining weight properly ? I would always suggest calling the Dr on this one too and make sure to keep all appointments to make sure she is gaining properly .

One of my kids was "pukey" and had reflux . They gave him liquid zantac which helped TONS!

Make sure that once she has ate everyone is cautious about moving her around . Sometimes babies will spit up if changed right after a feeding . Sometimes the Cardiac spinchter is immature and flaps open allowing food to come up . My neice had to have surgery to correct this because anything she ate , all literally came back up , and she lost weight from it .

Never bounce a baby after they ate too . This is comparable to shaking a pop and opening it as my hubby found out quickly trying to play with the kids right after eating ! LOL .

Some babies can have an allergy to momma's milk . I thought this was strange ! But I was wrong !