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Baby doing Linda Blair impression [oh Christ so much spit-up]
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Our little girl is two months old and very happy, healthy, fat, etc. The only thing is, a couple nights ago, my husband (stay-at-home dad) told me that she'd just had a really bad episode of spitting up everything in her stomach, spewing enough to soak herself, the car seat, and the coach it was leaning back on. Then he said the next night that it'd happened again while I was at work, and when my mom babysat her today, she said she also got the full-body treatment and had to change herself, the baby, the blanket, and then clean up the couch and a nearby cushion. Just now, not twelve hours later, I was holding the kid as she finished a four ounce bottle and BAM, it all came right back out at me.
Now, I know a bit of stuff coming back up now and then is completely normal, and that new parents tend to overestimate quantities and freak out and shit...but this is completely new for her, and sudden, and frequent, and it's not just a teaspoon or tablespoon coming up, more like the entire past one or two bottles she's had. As we speak, I have an entire grown-up-sized towel in the wash that it took to sop it up, not to mention the entire bottom half of my wardrobe. The question: has this happened to anyone else in terms of how quickly it came on? We haven't been feeding her more or differently in any respect, wrack our brains as we might. It seems to happen during the evening and nighttime. She does seem pretty chill afterward, not in pain, and we're going to the pediatrician anyway on Tuesday; looking for more anecdotal reassurance in the meantime.
Now, I know a bit of stuff coming back up now and then is completely normal, and that new parents tend to overestimate quantities and freak out and shit...but this is completely new for her, and sudden, and frequent, and it's not just a teaspoon or tablespoon coming up, more like the entire past one or two bottles she's had. As we speak, I have an entire grown-up-sized towel in the wash that it took to sop it up, not to mention the entire bottom half of my wardrobe. The question: has this happened to anyone else in terms of how quickly it came on? We haven't been feeding her more or differently in any respect, wrack our brains as we might. It seems to happen during the evening and nighttime. She does seem pretty chill afterward, not in pain, and we're going to the pediatrician anyway on Tuesday; looking for more anecdotal reassurance in the meantime.
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The only time I've ever had him come up with that kind of volume was driving up and down mountains in Colorado, poor guy. He was sleeping and the pressure changes did him in.
Also, I think it's easier for them to overeat with a bottle. Maybe do 3oz feedings instead of 4 in the evenings and see how she does? Their tummies aren't very big at 2 months.
Can you schedule a visit with the pediatrician / doctor sooner than Tuesday? If there is a stomach or diaphragm problem, it's better to catch it sooner rather than later.
It's day 2.5 or so, and not everything we've fed her, but a whole hell of a lot, at least 25-50%.
She is still wetting them, and had a decently poopy one right before the 'splosion around 1 this morning, but I'll keep an eye on it. The second she does this shit again, or if more than a couple diapers in a row are dry, I'll call the doc's nurse answering service.
You really need to get this checked out, because if your baby is emptying the contents of her stomach on the regular, she's not getting the nutrition she needs.
What size nipple are you using? Or i should say, how many holes. We had a situation where we stepped up the number of holes too early, and our little tyke ate too fast and had a tendency to spit up. Usually, whenever he spit up it was everything that had recently gone down, so you know... 4 to 8 oz, depending on how far along we had gotten.
It's a low-flow, but still too big for her, because unless she's eating at a totally leisurely pace, she's so strong that a lot tends to dribble out the side of her mouth. Eating too fast hasn't seemed to be a problem thus far - a couple weeks ago she had a growth spurt that resulted in a lot of six-ounce feedings, and one memorable two-hour session that totaled nine - but there's obviously a problem now, so we'll see if there are any other options at the store.
I...don't think so? The one I saw had what looked like silt in it, I suppose from broken-down formula powder. There was nothing weird-colored or foul-smelling or otherwise suspect, and again, she seemed to feel fine afterward.
the thing that worries me about your describing the vomit is that she is puking more than what she seemingly had been fed. pyloric stenosis prevents the stomach from emptying so multiple feedings can't backed up and then when critical mass is hit it all gets ejected. if we are talking soaking everything type vomits, it isn't normal.
normal spit up is like a few ounces.
it could be nothing, but your post sounds exactly like what happened with our guy so some things are triggering memories.
go with your gut, if something feels wrong it likely is.
I have been a looong time lurker here, but this post compelled me to finally register and contribute.
What the OP is describing sounds a lot like what I went through with my kid, and it ended up being severe food allergies. I racked my brain for months, unsure as to why my kid couldn't keep food down for more than half a day, and it ended up being food allergies.
I don't have kids, but I did this when I was a baby and my parents always described it with references to The Exorcist as above. Would definitely talk to a doctor if it persists. They ended up having to put me on a formula where all the protein was "pre-digested" because my stomach couldn't handle anything else and my mom couldn't breast feed. Grew out of it by the time I was eating solid food. Babies are fucked up.
Sudden and massive increase in spitting up is time to please at least speak to a Doctor on the phone fairly sharpish.
When your OP post contains the words 'New', 'Sudden' and 'Frequent' you want to talk to someone right away.
The actual vomiting generally doesn't bother the kid anything like as much as it bothers you, but still, as everyone else said, get it checked out. If I remember correctly (and I am not a doctor) the real time to worry is if there's bile coming up, rather than just milk.