My son is 5 months old & constantly spits up. When he was a newborn we realized that he does suffer from reflux. He is not on any medication as he does not seem to be in any pain & he is gaining weight just fine.
Should I bring it up again to the ped. or am I being overly paraniod about it?
Some days are better than others & he only spits up minimal amounts & other days it's constant. What is going on?
Oh he's exclusively breastfeed.
My daughter was a"spitter" until 10-11 months. No matter what we did or tried it all seemed to come back up. The only consolation was she continued to grow and gain weight. We had to realize this too shall pass and continue to do lots of outfit changes and lots of laundry.
Hi Jessica, Remember as a mom you are never paranoid you just being a mom. Keep a record for one day of absolutely everything including the estimate of how much your son spat up. Gaining weight is a good sign.Does he seem like he is in pain? Talking to the pediatrician is never a bad idea. Go or call armed with the above info. That will help getting a diagnosis and /or a treatment.
Good luck.
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First, yes, you need to tell the doctor what is going on. Tell him how often he does it and how much. Your son might be allergic to that type of milk. My children were. I had to get soy base. If he has the acid reflux, I would get him something for that. That alone could be making him throw up. The doctor or pharmacist can tell you what is good. I know it his hard when the baby is doing it alot. Good luck. Hope you can find out what is causing it../
Hi Jessica,
I am a first time mom and my little girl is almost 20 months old now. She too spit up a lot but like your son, she didnt seem to be in pain and was gaining wt just fine. My ped. switched her formula from the Enfamil Lipil to the Enfamil Gentlease and it helped! I dont know if you are breast feeding or using formula but the change did help our daughter. She still spit up sometimes, I think thats normal for all babies but we could defintiely see that the change in formual helped. Good luck!
K.
My daughter who is now 14 years old. When she was an infant, she spit alot even I breast fed her for a year. I had to limit with feeding and make it short but remained to feed her every 2 hours instead of 4-5 hours with lot of milks. It worked well and she gained very well every time I brought her to the doctor's office.
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I think some babies are just spitters and some aren't! Mine was not (thankfully), but I have a nephew that was a REAL spitter for the first year--seemed like he barely kept anything down. And he is happy & healthy at two. I would call your ped and talk to him/her or the nurse about it. Maybe he is nursing for too long at a stretch? Maybe pump & feed him smaller bottle amounts at a time? Just a suggestion.
My son recently turned one and was a MAJOR spitter, but was not in any pain and was 95th percentile, so he was gaining weight like a champ. I was the paranoid mom and brought it up to the pediatrician (many times). I tried just about everything - medication, nursing him more frequently (so he'd learn to eat less at each feeding), burping more often, I even switched to formula at six months (although this wasn't my only reason for no longer nursing) and nothing helped. I met two other moms in the same situation and the advice was the same...wait it out. Bad news is, there's not much you can do about it and trust me, I feel for you. Good news is, they usually out grow it around 11 months and although that sounds far away, it will fly by. Hang in there. I know it's tough and it can be embarassing, but the truth is, people expect babies to spit up, so just know you're thinking about it way more than anyone else.
