need your opinion... I have a six week old little boy, he has been throwing his food up since he was 2 wks. So we switched him to soy cuz we had to with my daught as well do to allergies, well I thought that would work but it got worse.So we took him into his doc and he said he is fine because he is gaining weight I told him he gains weight cuz he is always eating because he throws up so so much. So then he said it was acid reflex, again just like my daughter had, so he has been on medicine for a few weeks now and its not helping. I want a second opinion cuz Kane is always crying and never really happy or satisfied after feedings. I am taking him to childrens hospital to a specialist next month.. has anyone been thru a situation like this.....

Crystal - posted on 06/28/2011

I just pulled it up and it was a Tucker Wedge and sling: http://www.pollywogbaby.com/item--tucker...

Our son had to go face down, yes face down. If he was on his back it would still get lodged in his throat and choke. You do have to be careful as they can drown but they say it is more common for them to turn their head. I had to weigh my options.

Colleen - posted on 06/28/2011

I think the "elevated wedge" that Crystal talks about is called a "Nap Nanny", A support group on Facebook give them away sometimes. It's called "Love for Malacia Babies"

Crystal - posted on 06/28/2011

My son has blue spells from his reflux. Not a joke if it is severe. He would choke and could not breath. They found two different medications that ended up helping. We had to rotate between the two. Plus, he slept on a very elevated wedge (I think I spent almost $200 on this thing). If you worry I would definately get a 2nd opinion.

Colleen - posted on 06/28/2011

Samatha, My son Hunter 13 was born with Tracheobronchomalacia with Innominate Artery Compression. There are soem great support groups on Facebook called "Love For Malacia Babies", "coping with Larygomalacia", "Living with Tracheobronchomalacia" and "We Hate Tracheobronchomalacia" I hope that helps.

Michelle - posted on 04/27/2009

You could also try the new Similac Sensitve... it doesn't have lactose. It works great for my daughter!

Crystal - posted on 04/27/2009

Samantha, good luck with this one. My son suffered from day 3 to 11 months. No matter if it was breast milk, formula or baby food it came up and it shot out like a cannon. He even started having purple spells from it because it would come back up and he would choke on it (not to scare you but it can be dangerous). They also did a upper g-i to make sure that there were not blockages in his system that was not allowing the fluids/solids from going all the way down (thank goodness it was just reflux). The pediatrician also said that you can do more damage to their system if they do not get meds because the acid will eat away. My son was on two medicines, zantac and bathenycol. They worked like a charm. If I missed a dose I could tell.



Also, try the tucker sling. It keeps them elevated which helps keep everything down. I ened up putting my son on his stomach on it. I so believe in this thing. My son slept all night for the first time when I put him on this. The reflux was also keeping him up all night. I remember having to sleep sitting up in my bed with him up on my shoulder. It was expensive but so well worth it. http://www.tuckersling.com/



I also learned that the already mixed simulac sensitive spit up formula worked best (not the one for gas and fussiness).

Crystal - posted on 04/27/2009

Samantha, good luck with this one. My son suffered from day 3 to 11 months. No matter if it was breast milk, formula or baby food it came up and it shot out like a cannon. He even started having purple spells from it because it would come back up and he would choke on it (not to scare you but it can be dangerous). They also did a upper g-i to make sure that there were not blockages in his system that was not allowing the fluids/solids from going all the way down (thank goodness it was just reflux). The pediatrician also said that you can do more damage to their system if they do not get meds because the acid will eat away. My son was on two medicines, zantac and bathenycol. They worked like a charm. If I missed a dose I could tell.



Also, try the tucker sling. It keeps them elevated which helps keep everything down. I ened up putting my son on his stomach on it because you could still here spit up in his throat from being on his back to where if he was on his stomach his face was turned to the side(on the site you will see where they have him on his back) I so believe in this thing. My son slept all night for the first time when I put him on this. It was expensive but so well worth it. http://www.tuckersling.com/



I also learned that the already mixed simulac sensitive spit up formula worked best (not the one for gas and fussiness).

Natalie - posted on 04/27/2009

my son suffered with the same sytoms at the same age. i took him to a&e and it turns out he had PYLUIC STEROSIS, he had to have surgery the next day. its maybe worth you asking about this, as i said my son was the same.

Elizabeth - posted on 04/27/2009

yep hun i went thru this with my little girl she did have more problem like with her heart what med did they try we had the gavascon powder workeds refluzation x

Ashley - posted on 04/27/2009

what soy formula is he on? my son is allergic to milk and we had him on the alimentum formula that made him even worse and would throw up all the time so we switched him to the similac sensitive and started giving him rice cereal when we was about 6 weeks, it really made a huge difference.. try that, good luck with it all

Samantha - posted on 04/27/2009

My oldest had acid reflux also. We could smell the acid when she spit up her food. The medicine that worked best for her was Prevacid. We thought that my son had the same thing, but he did not throw up as much, but still cried when he ate. We put him on a special formula called Similac Alimentum. It is very easy on the stomach. Your baby could have really bad gas as well. Gas drops never worked for us, but we swear by "Gripe Water." This worked so well for our son. Does your son have a pacifier? If not, he may just want to suck and not really want to eat that much. It is possible that he is eating too much and that is why he throws it up. All of these are possibilities. I am pregnant with my 3rd and will keep all of these in mind if she has the same problems. Hope this helps.

Megan - posted on 04/27/2009

i have just dealt with the EXACT SAME problem with my now 3 1/2 month old. We tried soy but it didn't work either and we tried zantac and it didn't help. so we swapped to Similac Sensitive for Fussiness and Gas in the orange can and it has made a world of difference. She spit up for a while but she finally stopped this is why I couldn't breastfeed any longer. But what has really helped her as well is thickening her formula. She is drinking 6 oz but we just do 5 1/2 oz of water and still 3 scoops and she keeps it down better. she still spits up a lil but not much. but the only time she doesn't spit up is when we started giving her rice ceral in her bottle at night. we still did 5 1/2 oz of water 3 scoops of formula and 1 1/2 tbs of rice ceral and instead of shaking her formula I stir it everything so she won't get any air bubbles. And what bottles do you use? the best bottles for him would be Dr. Brown bottles you can get them at Wal-Mart It reduces all the bubbles so it doesn't get to the baby. and even giving him 1/4 of mylicon gas drops may help! Please let me know if this helps cause I was in the EXACT situation!

Helen - posted on 04/27/2009

*SCAR* -sorry misspelled it....

Helen - posted on 04/27/2009

Hey, well when my eldest son was about to weeks old he was throwing up his milk. I went through everything you mentioned and ended up going to Children's hospital to see a specialist. I don't want to scare you or anything, but when I took him they did a ultra sound on him and took x-ray of his stomach. I was told he had pyloric stanosis and that surgery will fix it. After the surgery, my son was able to drink his milk without any problems. My son now is 5 years old and his scare is right above the belly button smaller then my pinky. Childrens hospital did a good job in treating my son. Another thing I was told that pyloric stanosis occurs mainly on boys then girls. I wish you and the baby the best and that he gets better soon.

Nikki - posted on 04/27/2009

There is a formula made by Enfamil for acid Reflux have you tried that?

Tabatha - posted on 04/27/2009

could be acid reflux!!

Melissa - posted on 04/27/2009

My friend, with both her children, had tears or an opening in their stomach you might want to have them check that. Take care and hope all goes well.

Kelli - posted on 04/27/2009

My son used to throw up his formula all he time, I changed my clothes constantly. My doctor thought it was acid reflux but that was wrong. We then found out that he had a sensitivity to the newer formulas containing extra omegas. So we switched to the regular brand. That worked for alittle bit then he started throwing up again so we took him to a specialist and he said it was a lactose intolerance and not to put him on soy based formulas. So we tried similac lactose free and from then on no more throwing up, even his gas went away, it was like he was a new baby because he was more comfortable. There are lots of little things baby can develope so taking him to a specialist is a definite yes. Hope this helps a little and hope he starts feeling better. :)

Mia - posted on 04/26/2009

hello there! sorry to here this is going on. I had the same problem with my little girl. they put her on allumentum i think thats how its spelled. I worked just great it smells but it works. I also switched her when she started getting older to smiliac sensitive RS and she keeps her food down. i hope this will help! take care and god bless!

Sarah - posted on 04/26/2009

Most likely it is the acid reflux. My son had it since birth and would spit up ALL the time, around 6 months it finally started to slow down. Keep up with the medicine.. and I'm guessing he's on the same thing my son is on, I can't think of the name of it at the moment, but his pediatrician prescribed 0.3 and it wasn't working so she up'ed it to 0.4 and that seemed to help a lot. I just give it to him when he wakes up, in the afternoon, and right before bed. I also put him on Enfamil AR formula (for acid reflux) and that helped a tiny bit. Also when you can, ask your son's pediatrician, put him on rice cereal, it helps them keep the bottles down. Hope it helps!

Katrina - posted on 04/26/2009

hi my 2 yr old went through the same thing and i got told by the doctors it was gastro at about 2mths of age i found a formula that came in a reflux mix and from the very first bottle the only problem i had with him was if he was bounced around after a feed or laid on his stomach after a feed. give that a go if u r in australia i can tell u what formula to go and buy but if u are in another country i cant tell u unless u have the company available to u. the company is s26.

Meredith - posted on 04/26/2009

Quoting Paula:

hiya i so know wot u goin throu my daughter who is 2yrs now had the lot every meal time when she was a baby she wud bring bk up she had the reflux and was on med but she lost 12oz in weight so was sent 2 hospital and she had pyloric stenosis she had a op when she was 12days old and since then she been fine i also had pyloric stenosis when i was a baby and that wasnt dected til i was 7wks which they say is a norm age 4 that so go bk 2 the doc and and second op let me know how u get off x

I agree with Paula...It sounds like pyloric stenosis. When you go to the children's hospital, ask them to do an ultrasound on his pyloric muscle. My son had his surgery when he was four weeks old and now he's two and you wouldn't know he was ever sick.

Pyloric stenosis is found in 1 of every 200 first born males and 1 in every 1000 first born females. It can also be hereditary. I would definitely ask if this is a possibility...

Kimi - posted on 04/26/2009

The proteen is the same with milk a it is for soy and soy has more of it. See if you can get his doctor to recomend an alternative formula. My step daughter can't have soy or milk but we give her a perscripion formula. Try rubbing his back instead of patting when you burp him it reduce the after feeding effects. If he seems to keep solids down best than maybe you should mix his formula with his food and just stick to water for fluids. There are so many differant reason for a baby to puke stuff up so you just have to try everything. But if you only try it once than you aren't going to know if it works or not so allow time for each thing to work or not work. I hope he feels better soon.

Chrystle - posted on 04/26/2009

My youngest is has been the same my youngest is 19 weeks old and the doctors told me as well that it was just a bad case of reflux and he gave us some medicine for my little one its called Zantac Syrup. And he hasnt been throwing up as much as he used to.

Tiphanie - posted on 04/26/2009

My partners first son was lactose intolerant so had similar problems

Nessa - posted on 04/26/2009

I agree with the Nutrigamen mom's on here..... I have four children that all ended up on it after a long battle with allergies and all the others didn't help! For us it was God Send!

Rebekah - posted on 04/26/2009

I had the same problem my 4week old would scream in the middle of feedings and then for like 2 hours after and we assumed it was colic but our pediatrician said no he has reflux so we switched him to Enfamil Nutramigen. Its SUPER expensive but anything is worth it to help your baby. He also has us give him 1-2 drops of mylicon right before a feeding, feed up upright, burp halfway through and give another 1-2 of mylicon and then finish the feeding and then keep him upright for like 30 minutes and after just 4-5 days I'm seeing a night and day difference in my baby! Good luck!

LaToya - posted on 04/26/2009

yeah my doctor said it was acid reflux with my little girl as well we found that it was my breast milk that made it worst. My doc put my baby on meds and changed to soy formula and she had gotten better

Rebecca - posted on 04/26/2009

yes, my son did the exact same thing. it turned out that he did have reflux but it wasn't due to allergies. My doctor had us put him on enfamil AR. what this does is basically thicken the formula a little to help the baby hold it down. my son was on this for a short time and then ended up having regular enfamil with a small amount of baby cereal/rice added to it. this helped immensly. But i would check with the doc first.

Carleigh - posted on 04/26/2009

My son has acid reflux and Prevacid really helped him. You might also try a hypoallergenic formula - more expensive, but it will be worth it if it takes care of the problem. You might also try feeding him less, but more frequently. Poor little guy - at least he's still gaining weight, so you don't have to worry about that. Let us know what happens with the specialist!

Jessica - posted on 04/26/2009

Both my sons had acid reflux. My oldest son, who is four now, had it really bad. I mean projectile vomitting and all. I found a new peditrician for my son, and he was diagnosed with the acid reflux, we already had my son on the similac soy, but we ended up giving him the formula cold instead of heating it up, it soothed his throat more. He was still cranky, so for the first few months, my son slept in his swing, so he would be ellivated. Which then he would sleep every three hours and only wake up for feedings or to be changed. I think it was when he was 3 months old teh dr. had be start the cereal and then added some baby food to it. My son was also put on some of the acid reflux medicine, which we had to dissolve in his food or drink. It seemed to help a lil bit. But for me, just positioning the baby in the swing or in the crib so he was in somewhat of an upright position seem to work the best, along with the cold formula. Hope these suggestions work!!

Gemma - posted on 04/26/2009

i had this with my little boy frm bith, the doc also said reflux and suggest to try gripe water which made on diffrence, a friend recomeded to try dentinox u can get it at most supermarkets it about £6.00 an it worth every penny. u put it in the bbys bottle or u can give it to the bby but they can olny have it 6time a day so we put into every other bottle. he would bring up wind with no problem an better still he stopped being sick with his feeds.

Erin - posted on 04/25/2009

Just wanted to mention that the pediatrician that we see now told me that it happens usually in first borns and-or sons.

Sierra - posted on 04/25/2009

my son went through same thing. he was gaining weight but he justed started throwing up. ask about pyloric stenosis. the doctors at the children's hospital see it all the time and it is more common in boys. its a bad case of acid reflex and they have to have surgery to expand the pyloris so that the stomach can empty. they can do a test with some special fluid to see if thats the problem. but this is very common and they re better almost immediately after surgry.

Melissa - posted on 04/25/2009

I have for sure been through this!!!! My daughter threw up ALL THE TIME! I really mean all the time. I would take three changes of clothes everywhere we went up until she was about 2. She got sick all day and night, and like your son, she was ALWAYS eating. My doc told me the same thing. She was gaining weight so there was nothing to worry about. If I had it to do over I would take her to a specialist like you are doing. Looking back I definately should have! I have twin boys now and they don;t throw up at all! I thought it was normal att the time. The trip to the specialist it probably just what you need, hopefully it will save you all the night time janitoral expreiences. I don't know how many times I work up to my baby girl getting sick everywhere. My best advice is to give a little rice with the milk to help ease his tummy, and let him have a few bottles of warm water or cold if he'll take it. Good luck!

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Jessica - posted on 04/25/2009

my son had something similar to the other girl it was the stomach musle above the esophagus that was enlarged wich blocked the food from going in causing him to throw up after feedings it was called planoric stinosous ( spelling ?) but the doctors told me my son was fine but only when it got so anlarged no food was staying down the had to bo a minimal cut of that muscle and it was a like 1 day in the hospiital thing but he has never had a problem since so definastly get a second opinion or mention it

Erin - posted on 04/25/2009

My daughter Nadia started throwing up constantly when she was two weeks old. First the doc tried putting rice cereal in her bottle. Then we tried acid reflux medicine.

Then we put her on Alimentum or Nutrimigen. Both very stinky and expensive formula. Nothing seemed to be working and it was getting worse by the day. I couldn't keep either of us dressed in clean clothes for longer than 2 hours. Some nights she slept in only a diaper because she would throw up as soon as I dressed her. About two weeks later I checked her into the ER because she hadn't kept one bottle down for 12 hours. As soon as I fed her, 20 minutes later she threw up every single time. She was skin and bones. At the ER they told me if they didn't get her hydrated soon it would be life or death. They poked and prodded her for about 6 hours at one hospital. As soon as they were able to actually get a needle inside a vein, it would collapse. She didn't even cry after awhile she was so weak.



They transferred us to another hospital with a better equiped NICU. There they told me that if they couldn't get an IV in her soon they would have to put a central line directly to her stomach to get her fluids. Nadia was bruised from head to toe from failed IV's. Finally about 10 hours after our initial check in, they were able to get an IV to stay in and not collapse the vein.



They performed an ultrasound which showed she had phyloric stenosis. They valve below her stomach was shut. It woudn't allow anything to pass out of her stomach. It just swirled around her stomach until she threw it back up. They did perform surgery on her. It was the worst thing I had to. Watch as they wheeled her away from me. Completely unable to control anything. She came out of surgery doing ok. Nadia was in the NICU for 5 days.



Now is an extremely healthy girl. She turns 3 this Friday! There is a small scar on her stomach. She was also on acid reflux and the special formula for almost 6 or 7 months after the surgery. I pray that you find the answer for your baby. Please post when you know any results.

Sarah - posted on 04/25/2009

My son was 4 weeks old when he started bringing back his milk, our GP diagnosed him with reflux and prescribed gaviscon which made him worse and after 4 more trips to the GP and 3 to the local walk in centre I took him to A&E and refused to leave until a consultant looked at him. They kept him in for 10 days before they diagnosed pyloric stenosis, the diagnosis took a while as it the blockage gets bigger over a short period of time, it is usually around 6 weeks old that it occurs. After a short operation at a childrens hospital he was taking milk and keeping it down just 3 hours after the op, my son also gave himself a hernia because of the vomiting, this was corrected at the same time as the other op.

I hope you get a clear diagnosis and soon as it is so worrying watching your own child take milk then bring it all back up.

Gemma - posted on 04/25/2009

hi i had a simalar problem with my youngest lad he ended up in hospital when he was 4 weeks old they put him on 2 lots of medicine which helped 4 a couple of days but then got worse so they put him on gaviscon sachets in his milk and i found that really did the trick there are lots of medicine's out there take him to your health visitor first and explain how worried you are there normally pretty good at pushing docs to do things good luck x

Justine - posted on 04/25/2009

I had the same problem with my son who is now 3 months old. I was worried because after every feeding pretty much he would throw up what i thought was everything he just ate. He was also gaining weight. I was breatfeeding and was told he might have a dairy allergy so I had to stop eating dairy but that didn't help, I was also told it might be because he was eating to fast. The best advice I think I got was not to feed him again after he gets sick........at first I thought that was crazy but my Dr. expalined that it is possible he is getting to much food and if you feed him again after he is sick you are forcing his stomach to expand and cause discomfort, around 8 or 9 weeks old my son stopped getting sick so I really dont know why he was doing it but my milk also slowed down flow around that point so it is quite possible he was just eating to fast.

Aiyisha - posted on 04/25/2009

I had the same exact problem with my son. Some children that don't take to the normal formula, may not take to Soy either. My son was on Enfamil with Iron and vomited all the time, then was put on ProSoybee and vomited even more. Maybe your son is lactose intolerant and allergic to soy, or he may have reflux. I suggest trying a lactose free baby formula before you go to the specialist and see if he takes to it. It may take a day or two, just monitor him. If not, then yes going to a specialist is the right way to go. Hope this helps and good luck with your son!

Suesan - posted on 04/25/2009

My oldest daughter was not able to take most baby formulas cause she would just throw them up every time she ate, so I had to put her on Enfamil Nutramigen Lipil. It is very expensive, but it worked, this was the only thing that the poor little girl could stomach and it is good for colic also.

Sarah - posted on 04/25/2009

Sorry if i am repeating what somebody else wrote above but my son who is a year now had a cow's milk allergy which is different from lactose intolerance. He would scream during his feeding when he was just a couple months old. So we had started him on Nutramigen formula with a scoop of cereal. He would spit up so often plus he was on medicine for reflux. He is now off his meds and drinking soy with no problem. The dr's say most of the time the babies do grow out of it. But i totally feel your pain.

Amy - posted on 04/25/2009

I had the same problem with 2 of my 3 children. It was a lactose intolerance. They were on Simalac alimentum Formula and what a major difference it was. Even had to do beech nut brand cereal because gerber has soy in it. My daughter is now almost 9 months old and now she can do soy. The alimentum is very expensive but it really did help. The doctors told me she had acid reflux also and put her on prevacid and she refused to eat period. So i stopped the medicine and she was much better. Hope this helps. please respond back to let me know how he is doing.

Christina - posted on 04/25/2009

i was in a similar situation with my daughter. She would throw up after every meal but you knew she wasnt full. she would gain weight but very slowly. i took her to the pedi constantly and would throw fits about how this wasnt normal and she wouldnt listen to be. Well over time she started to have problems breathing. One night when she was about 3 months old or so she started to turn blue so i took her to the childrens hosp ER. they finally diagnosed her with acid reflux and something called trachea malacia. it sounds worse than it is really. her trachea (airway) wasnt as strong as it should be so when she breathed in it would flap open and closed causing her to have breathing probs and wheezing. she was put on reaglin and albueral treatments. It had to grow stronger on its own. Which it did. She has grown out of it now but since she was diagnosed and still to this day she gets chest colds like crazy. im not saying your baby has what mine did but if you feel its not right keep pushing til you have the answer that you feel comfortable with.

Maria - posted on 04/25/2009

i had the same problem when my little was first born, the dr was saying i was feeding him too much, then i wasnt giving him enough, in the end he said my little boy had feflux, which is were the baby brings his food up all the time, its something to do with the reflux tube which is not formed properly (but will in time) we use to use gaviscon powder sachets, you get from the chemist, you put them in babys bottle with thier formula (rapidly shake) luckily enough it worked for us, hopefully it'll work for you if you havent already tried...... god luck

Melissa - posted on 04/25/2009

this is what i was told before i gave birth, i didn't believe it until i tried it and from then on it was my saving grace. when the baby is feeding off of the mothers nipple or bottle and he/she "pops" off once re-establish the latch and give it another go. if they continue feeding perfectly well then you're ok, but if he/she "pops" off again it means they have a bubble that needs to be brought up. so when you go to burp them start at the lower back and work your way up to the shoulders as if you're "guiding" the bubble where to go. after i started doing that my son quit spitting up and hasn't had a problem since. i also use anise oil (its what gives black licorice its flavor) for lower intestinal gas. or there is simethicone (oval for example) that you give the baby before feeding and it helps break up big bubbles in their belly's into smaller bubbles that are easier and less painful to get rid of.

Latisha - posted on 04/24/2009

It Does sund like acid reflux,My Oldest Daughter had that AND she would drink a bottle and everybit of it would come back up and it was projectial.They switched her milk alot of times And then they put her on a baby formula that needed a prescription at that time.Itas name was Nutremigan.It worked well we still had to add cereal to it but It seemed to help out alot for us.

Christie - posted on 04/24/2009

Have you tried simply switching to a different flow nipple for the bottle? When I switched to a variable flow nipple, my son had control of how fast the milk was coming out and that helped him keep his food down alot easier. He had GERD as well and was on medication for it, but it doesn't help 100%. As soon as he was on solid fluids it went away so if nothing works, try a little bit of baby cereal as soon as he can sit up with support. You can even try mixing it in with his bottle.

Heather - posted on 04/24/2009

My daughter was 7 weeks premie and she puked all the time like that, gained weight, etc. they said she had a milk protein allergy and put her on Nutramagen. It helped a little, but she eventually grew out of it a few days after she turned 3 months old I believe.