throwing up vrs spitting up?

Re: throwing up vrs spitting up?

• JT41275

  January 2009

  I read that if it is projectile, meaning it shoots out with force, then it's vomit.

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• AngelGirlEms

  January 2009

  Hmmm good question.  A few days ago DD had a really stuffy nose....this caused her to throw up her formula.  I say throw up because about 2 minutes after she was done eating, a sh!tload of formula came up....of course I don't know the exact amount but it was at least 1/2 of her 3oz. bottle.  She did this for 2 feedings in a row, until her nose was cleared (think the boogers had something to do with it, hard to breathe...hard to eat!)  When she spits up, it's just a small amount, maybe a mouthful at the most, and it's usually 5-20 minutes after she eats....not right away like it was when 1/2 the bottle came up.  Hope that makes sense?!

  Chad and Emily - 10/28/06 Abigail Suzanne - 1/6/09 Corbin David - 11/6/12

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• userdeleted member

  January 2009

  Hmm, I know it can be hard to tell. I consider spitting up to be when the formula comes back up, and it's the exact same consistency - maybe a little more watery from the addition of saliva. When it comes up and it's a little chunkier I call that throwing up.

  FYI when babies spit up it often looks like way more than it actually is. He might only spit up like 5 ml, but it looks like the whole feeding. To get a good visual, try pouring some formula out on a paper towel or diaper, you'll see that it looks like a ton when it isn't  
  

  

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• totalpanic

  February 2009

  spit up just comes out whether it's just milk or a little "cottage cheese" (b/c it mixed wtth stomach acid first)

  throwing up their body would wrench
  

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