Spit up help!

MommyWannaB10

My girls are about 6 wks, -3 days adjusted (if that matters). Both of them spit up constantly. So different than DS & I'm trying to get used to it. The doctor chalked it up to their prematurity, but I think there may be a bigger problem. The last few days, they want to eat every hour to hour and a half and usually end up spitting it back up. It leads me to think they're not actually hungry. They seem to have some gas and I was wondering if they could have reflux. Anyone have advise? How would I actually know if it was reflux?

dmurrie

Every hour and a half seems quite often... But our DD was term, so that may be the game changer. She ate every 2-3 hours. What does your Dr say about how often or how much to feed them? That may be contributing.

Also, we were taught to feed DD with her supported and held in an almost vertical sitting position, frequent burps, and try to keep her pretty vertical for about 15 min after a meal. That might be something to try if you have the extra help to kerp them upright. DD was a singleton, the twins are still inside babies, so I'm not sure how you'd accomplish this with twins unless have with them, but it should probably be doable to keep them more vertical as they're eating at least.

Lastly, the stomach and attached muscles can be a bit underdeveloped in some babies and lead to more spit up early on that will go away as their body matures and is able to close the formula into their stomachs more effectively (and keep it from traveling back up their esophagus). It's pretty common for newborns to have spit up issues, so that's probably what your Dr is referring to.

tlf830

we just went through this with our daughter, she was vomiting SO much that we had to go to the hospital. They said she had reflux, which I thought was weird because she was always so happy, never crying. Anyway, they put her on Alimentum formula, Pepcid drops, and some rice cereal in the bottle (the twins are 9 weeks) and, it worked!

MommyWannaB10

No, they don't seem to be in pain and they don't spit up all the time. It must be a growth spurt, today they're back on schedule and are back to sleeping a ton.