frequent spiting up?

Question

I have a 2 month old and she spits up alot. she is gaining weight very nicely. The part that bothers me is that her dad had Pyloric stenosis. that is fequent vomiting requiering sergery. I am going talk to the dr about. But I don't know if she just spitts up alot or if it is something more. Some times is it really thick like mucus. There are times were it tries to come out her nose but it seems to get stuck or something because she will stiffen up and franticly move her arms and legs. When she does this I know she can not breath because she make no sound and her face turns all red. It scares the crap out of me. I emediatly grab her and pat her on the back but it still takes a while ( no longer then 30 sec) to be able to breath. Can that be normal?? It does not matter if she is sitting up or lying down. She is a boobie baby and I do give her gas dropps with every feeding (it seems to help a little). Any advice or reasurance would be great.

Answer 1

My son was doing the same thing so they tested him for pyloric stenosis, this was negative which was a relief. I would suggest having him/her checked for acid reflux. My son was perscribed Zantac and it was a miracle.

Answer 2

I was a nanny a couple years back, and the baby seemed to have a similar problem. When he was breast fed he seemed to spit up the entire feeding, practically every feeding. He too gained weight normally, and was in a high percentile for weight. We found that when I fed him from the bottle he spit up virtually nothing. We used the Playtex disposable nurser system. I was sure to make sure he had a good latch on the nipple (easy to tell nowadays with the textured ring to help them latch on properly), and I burped him half way through, then at the end. He was the same age as your daughter. I know that he didn't take to the bottle at first, I finally got him to take it one day when he wasn't starving, but hungry. I made sure to warm the nipple, get him in the same position mom used for breast feeding, and he latched right on for me. I know some people don't like to use bottles, (understandably!), however if it works to help her spitting up you may want to use one just before she goes to bed for the night, this would help you both sleep a little more soundly. You knowing she's not going to need you for her "choking" (I use choking for lack of a better term), and her because she's not "choking".

Answer 3

both my children were breast fed and had the same issues. Both were coliky (sp) and had Acid Reflux. The doctor recomended adding baby rice (dry rice mix for babies in the store) to her breast milk and mixing it up and feeding to her on a spoon. That helped a little. My daughter also had a GID (Gastral Intestinal Disorder) which further compounded the problem, and she had to take medicine for that. We tried the gas drops, and that kinda worked as well, but seemed to be short lived. If she fusses a lot, try feeding her with the water or vacuum cleaner runnign to supply some white noise. (worked for us :-)) You should take her to the doctor and have them run tests on her digestive system to make sure everything is flowing correctly. Given the medical history, though, I think it would be probable that she may suffer from the same thing her dad did.

Answer 4

Please have your doctor run tests to rule out any problems. Also, always keep your baby close when she sleeps and off of her stomach to prevent "Sids"...sudden infant death syndrome.If she is getting choked alot and coughing up mucous, you don't want her to ever be on her stomach when sleeping.You can purchase a wedge that will keep her on her side or on her back so she won't role over on her stomach.If the choking and mucous is only occuring during feeding it could be related mostly to the feeding and her ability to process the feeding properly.Nevertheless, this is a serious issue that needs to be looked into verysoon especially if it happens all the time, ans she becomes frantic to thrash about with her arms and legs even after she is properly burped. Hugs...;)

Answer 5

I would check with your Dr.
However, my daughter did the same thing(shes 2 months) and we took her for a test at the hospital which diagnosed her with reflux. We just had to make sure she was upright during feedings, and could not lay her flat until about 45 min. after a feeding to prevent the reflux. They do grow out of it!

Answer 6

It sounds like acid reflux.My son has had it since birth & still does at 14mths old.Babies can stop breathing from this.Try mixing cereal in her bottle to thicken it up.This helps by reducing the amount she is spitting up.My doctor suggested 4oz of milk to 6 teaspoons of cereal.I put it in every bottle from one month to 12 mths.Try it to find out how much cereal in her bottle & see if it works.Also with acid reflux you always want your baby to be in an upright poisition.Maybe sitting in a swing after her bottle or prop something under the crib mattress.Good Luck!!!And i am no doctor but i learned from mine.

Answer 7

Most kids spit up. Try burping her more often because if she's swallowing air, whatever is on top of that bubble is going to come up when she burps. She also might have a little reflux going on - that's also pretty common.

Either way, mention it to the doctor at her next visit. Be sure to mention dad's history too.

Answer 8

my daughter did the exact same thing and she had reflux. it is definatley the scariest thing to see. it used to freak me out too. she couldn't sleep in her crib for the first 3 months because everytime she would lay down it got worse. she ended up sleeping in her carseat! my doctor perscribed medication and it helped a lot. she eventually out grew it, she was about 7 months old when we took her off the medicine and by the time she was a year old there were so signs of the reflux. definately ask your doctor about reflux. good luck!!

Answer 9

My son had the same problem. it was caused from laying to flat while eating if you hold her up right while feeding it helps a lot. but it could also be caused from other things to try switching to a lactose free formula simalac has a good one. worst case she might have a problem with her stomach where she cant hold down her food but that is more common in boys and its fixable so don't worry to much

Answer 10

My grandson did this and had infant reflux disease which was easily controlled with medication until he was about a year old.
But see your pediatrician right away.