Moms of spitters and refluxers... a poll of sorts

firsttogo · March 2011

I just want to have something to compare my child to!

I know Gwen is a refluxer. She is medicated with zantac and prevacid. Can you answer me this:

1. On average how many times will your child spit-up with each feeding, and how much is each episode (teaspoon, tablespoon,however you estimate it)

2. How long AFTER feedings is your child spitting up?

firsttogo · March 2011

We do not do tummy time much because it makes her miserable, and she spits-up a TON when on her belly. She has been evaled for pyloric stenosis, and they have said that is not it.

We average about 6-8 spit-ups an hour, and they go from one feeding to another. Like, it does not seem to slow down the farther we get from a feed. After EI was here, and saw how bad she was for a couple of hours, It was almost relieving to get some perspective on how bad this is. We see a pedi GI in 3 weeks, but I am not sure what they can do. She is maxed on meds, and I worry about giving her all of that. The PT also feels that it is affecting her tone in her abdomen, and adding to her delay.

Just a stressed mom here looking for some support!

TheSkimmy · March 2011

Her adjusted age is where I was in tears everyday. Just over 4 months was the worst for Lexie. She is MUCH better now. Some feedings there is spit up but for the most part it stays down. In fact I haven't given her the meds in 1.5 weeks. She now even will do a little tummy time.

RoxBride · March 2011

DD spit up pretty much all the time. Small amounts every few minutes, large amounts (mesasured by the doctor as about 75% of her input) with each feeding. So if she drank 4 ounces, 3 ounces would reappear. Then she's eat more, then spit up more, again, very large volume.

When not just after a feeding, she's still be spitting up, sometimes more like a tsp, sometimes more like a tablespoon.

Mouseygail · March 2011

Jones has finally gotten better...he still spits up, probably really frequently (I'd say every 10-15 minutes, but the quantities are much less now. For a while, it would be almost a constant dribble with eruptions inbetween that would cover us both or splat all over the floor (If i was lucky enough to get out of the way). He still will be guaranteed to spit up if he's on his tummy...which is lovely as he tries to army crawl through it if I don't see it in time...snail trails across my house...eww...

I hope that you are able to find some relief!

stepgirl21 · March 2011

Beau has always been a giant spitter. He has covered most of our furniture and carpet in spit up in the last 8 months. He probably spits up a couple oz. after each feeding but truthfully, he spits up all day long. It is more within an hour of the feeding but he still spits up right before his next feeding too. So probably 10-15 times between feedings.

PeachyKate · March 2011

Jax has more silent reflux than anything but we can still hear it hours after he eats. When he does spit up it is usual more of a projectile vomit minutes after eating, which he has done twice in the last two days.

He is just starting to tolerate being on his tummy so I am sure he is going to be behind in the rolling over milestone but what can you do.

charmcitygirl · March 2011

Jacob had the most incredible reflux! He was always a spitter and was on Zantac and then Prevacid from 3 weeks old.

He would spit up from feeding to feeding. The entire time. Most of the time it was a teaspoon to a tablespoon, so while he was spitting up all the time it wasn't that much. About every other day, he would vomit. When I say vomit, I mean the entire bottle. Usually toward the end of a bottle or when we were burping him.

We saw a pedi GI and she put him on Reglan. I know its a drug with some potentially scary side effects, but it did wonders for his spitting up, but the vomiting still persisted. He was diagnose with DGE (delayed gastric emptying) meaning that the food didn't leave his stomach as fast as others. Which meant that he rarely was hungry for his bottles (even first thing in the morning) and he was spitting up from bottle to bottle. He also had a very sensitive gag reflex. So, when we started some solids, anything with a chunk would produce vomit.

It was a really rough road for us. Eventually he started to refuse a bottle and we had to force him to drink it. It was awful.

A few things helped: more sitting up (I know Gwen has issues with her trunk strength, so that is an issue), the prevacid and reglan, and age. Oh man, I was so miserable and so was he! I hope you guys figure out things soon!

jds0521 · March 2011

1. It varies - sometimes it's 2-3 times a feeding, sometimes not at all. I have found (based on my pedi's advice) that giving her her meds (Zantac) about 30 min prior to her feeding, she tends to do better & she sits (or we hold her) upright for at least 15 min. after each feeding, but more if she can.

2. Again, it depends but it can be anywhere up to an hour or 2 after she eats. Pretty much every time we do tummy time she spits up during or right after, so i don't do it as often as we probably should.

ETA: meant to also say it's normally about a couple teaspoons to a couple tablespoons depending on the time.

I hate AR, it sucks big time. Hopefully Gwen will turn a corner here soon.

AlissaCell701 · March 2011

TheSkimmy:
Her adjusted age is where I was in tears everyday. Just over 4 months was the worst for Lexie. She is MUCH better now. Some feedings there is spit up but for the most part it stays down. In fact I haven't given her the meds in 1.5 weeks. She now even will do a little tummy time.

This exactly! Jakes spitting up was out of control between 3-5 months. He doesn't/hardly ever spits up now and we havnt given him his Previcid in weeks. As I have said before we also didn't do a tone of tummy time.. Which lead to him sitting late and rolling over late.. We also have the flat head/torticolis and started doing EI abt 6 wks ago..his stomach muscles have totally improved w the Pt and lots more playing o The ground.. We have many of the same issues that you have w Gwen.. I am also on the fence abt the helmut cause his head is def rounding out on his own. Sorry for the long paragraph I am on my phone!

Marie6 · March 2011

Drew is on Zantac now and it's so much better. He was spitting up a ton after bottles. There would be times that I figured he threw up over half the bottle. We've had a hard time getting him to gain any weight. In a month's time, he only gained a few ounces. Now that he's on Zantac, it's a lot better and he's starting to gain more weight. He's still spitting up but now it's only a tablespoon or so?

If he spits up anything of volume, it will be as we're burping him (usually). But he will have a little come out of his mouth up to an hour and a half after a bottle.

We don't do a ton of tummy time either because he almost always spits up when he goes to his tummy. So he's only down for very short periods of time.

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