projectile spit up

ssilver7755

My 7 month old is still struggling with occasional (like once a day) projectile spit up after the bottle. This is not a small amout, it is enough to soak both of us. This can happen after 3 ounces or sometimes more. She will usually go right back to the bottle after. She was diagnosed with reflux at 2 months or so and the zantac seemed to work for a while. She has no weight gain issues, she is on the upper end of the charts. She is not bothered by the spit up. We have tried paced feedings, adding rice cereal, hypo allergenic formula and formula with rice cereal pre-added and she takes all of them just fine but still does not change the spit up. I was sort of under the impression that she would be grown out of this by now. Should I be worried? Can anyone relate? Pediatrician has always said if weight is fine that we should not worry but it seems crazy that she is still doing and I am just worried that it is some gastrointestinal thing but really, what do I know?

green bean

did you mention it to your dds pedi at her 6 month check up? you could always get a second opinion if you think there is somthing else going on.

heylee

AshC311:

Think she may need soy formula? 

 Soy is the only thing that helped one of my girls and she's still on Zantac. If needed they may up her dosage.

nattn

DD was on Zantac and it worked for awhile. Her pedi up her dose a couple of times but just recently, it seemed like the Zantac completely stopped working and the pedi switched her to Prevacid. It has helped DD so much! She is a much happier baby now. It's hard to say, but I would either talk to the pedi about it, or if you already have, get a second opinion.

Jessicaanne_1@yahoo.com

Zantac does not help with spit up, it's an antacid. It helps with the acid part of acid reflux. Doctors seem very quick to prescribe this when parents mention spitting up, even if the baby isn't in discomfort.

 It sounds very similar to the reaction my daughter was having to milk and soy. She is breastfed, so I had to cut those things out of my diet.   She is on an antacid, because she also has GERD which causes a lot of spit up. The projectile vomiting stopped though when I eliminated milk and soy. I think you need to talk to your pedi about it.

I hope your LO feels better.

epoole01

a friend of mines son had the same problem hes about 9 nine and anything makes his throw up..She was worried but its just a gag reflex and nothing is wrong with him. His started when he was a baby.  So hopefully this eases your mind a bit