Through the air....

AutumnsMom1204

So we are giving my DD oatmeal in her bottles for reflux. She has had a little bit of spitting up here and there, but tonight was a different story. I turned my back for one second while she was in her bouncy seat & when I turned back around she had thrown up & it went across the room. Now I know its known to happen, but I really thought that adding the oatmeal into her bottles was supposed to help keep it down. . . What gives??

lstaylor73

That is true projectile vomiting.  It means she probably had some gas or a burp that pushed it out. Fun huh?

AutumnsMom1204

Thats the other issue. I burp her constantly. Even when she is finished with the bottle she continues for up to and hour or more w/ burping and gas. I just am waiting to see some results from adding this oatmeal but so far it seems like we are fixing one problem but adding another.

lstaylor73

Call your pedi about this as there are treatments, and surgery for very severe cases of projectile vomiting.

AutumnsMom1204

Thanks for your help!

RubyRed7

Ruby did that once. I'll never forget the sound it made... The oatmeal will probably help a little, but won't stop spitting up. If it's making matters worse, I wouldn't continue it. I think it's more important that they keep their food down for the calories to grow etc, but that's just me. You have to do what you think is best!

As mom's of babies who've had reflux, I think we'd try anything!

april062604

we found that DD's reflux hit full effect once she hit full term and got worse (sorry) till she was 3-4 months adjusted...then it got slowly better. ?it's amazing how far it flies isn't it? ?we used to feed her with a bucket in front of her so that when she puked, we could measure it, dump it, and pour a new bottle to re-feed her with. ?for us, dr brown's bpa free (y-cut nipple) with alimentum thickened with barley made a bit of a difference. ?we burped her often and gave her the bottle slowly. ?we rarely had the arching screaming that people talk about with reflux. ?just the vomit. ?she was on prevacid. ?HTH. ?stay strong. ?it's exhausting and frustrating.

AutumnsMom1204

I totally agree that its better for them to keep the formula down rather than worry about the oatmeal. Last night was teh first time she did this so I'm going to see how today goes.I burp her constantly, the bottle is given slowly, etc. so we will see if its something she continues. If so I'm going to stop the oatmeal till we see our pedi next week.

We also don't have the arching and screaming. What she normally does is pull herself in tight (almost as if she has gas) and she grunts a ton. Then once the reflux is in full effect it takes her breath away & until she gets it under control she can't relax herself. Its something I've never seen before (I'm a L&D nurse who sometimes helps in our nursery at work. We only deal w/ full term healthy babies though) Everyday is a learning experience thats for sure!