How Long Does This Spitting Up Last?!

mollyxcate

Subject: How Long Does This Spitting Up Last?!

Chloe spits up with every bottle, at least once but usually more. And she spits up a good amount. Is there an age at which the spitting up slows down?

Also has anyone tried the Similac Spit Up? Does that help?

nduquette23

toh

Not sure how much spit up you're dealing with, but if it's right after a feed, mayber you're feeding too much? Do you put LO down flat after a feed?

My ped said spit up continues as DD increases her food intake and becomes more active, but she has a relatively moderate amount of spit up.  

mollyxcate

It is during and after a feed but when I fed her less she just kept screaming and screaming. And I always hold her for at least 30 minutes after I feed her. I only lay her down flat after an hour or so!

Her pedi said spitting up was normal but I was just hoping there would be a point that it would be less...

Natlynn73012

Are you feeding her F? or breastmilk from a bottle ? I know its pretty normal to spit up quiet often when FF. My LO was FF for her first 2 weeks with a hi calorie preemie formula and I remember her spitting up quiet a bit. It may also be a little bit of reflux? I would ask your ped at your next appointment. As long as its just formula (ie not green or red or something) and its not projectile

mollyxcate

toh. ya shes ff and its always just formula. sigh. runnin out of clothes! lol

HeartsOnABand

DS goes to a pediatrician clinic where there are 3 rotating doctors. The first dr he saw kept telling me when he emptied his whole stomach by spitting up after each feeding that it was normal. This did not seem normal to me at all. He was also seemed to be in physical pain so I was giving him gas drops. So I thought what the heck I'm going to see a different pedi and turned out he has reflux. He's now on meds and has rice bottles 4 times a day to help keep the spit up and reflux down [per pediatrian orders].

Similac spit up is made with rice but I believe it's broken down so its less of a choking hazard. I'd ask your the pedi before you try it, but honestly I've seen you post about Chloe's spitting up and gas a lot and I would suggest a second opinion. It wouldn't hurt to try.

Daniellekrista

My pedi said it slows when they start solids.

Eta: a friend of mine has a super spitter upper, the baby wears a bib all the time to avoid having to change clothes so often.

Manda-Kay

We tried the similac for spit up because it has rice in it which is supposed to be good for babies with reflux. He cried after every bottle and had screamed and didn't nap so we switched back to similac sensitive.

eclipselova4eva

DS was a major spitter. I'm talking to the point of wondering if any of the bottle stayed down. We tried various formulas and it didn't do a thing. It let up some when he was more mobile, but it didn't totally go away until after he was a year old.

Grins04

DS quit spitting up when he was sitting up. So around 5 months...some babies situp much later than that though. He spitup A LOT before that, especially when he was on his belly.

mollyxcate

Rather than being completely depressed by all of this feedback I'm going to look at the bright side and use it as an excuse to buy her more clothes.

mommietobeto3

The rice can cause major constipation. You could add baby oatmeal to her present formula. Thickens like rice but usually not as constipating.

bigbootyjudi

If it makes you feel better, Sergio spits up a lot too and he's getting breast milk...so I don't think the formula thing makes a difference. We just keep a bib on him a lot and don't take it off until it's been about thirty minutes. My couch smells like bm from his projectile spit up...it's that bad sometimes.

Andreabks

Addy wears a bib at every feeding now to try and cut down on how many times we change her clothes a day.  seems to help so far.  so much easier to change bibs every feeding instead of clothes.

And she spits up a good half ounce at nearly every feeding, or sometimes after the feeding or between feedings... Dr just wrote us a scrip for acid reflux though...