Is it wrong when a 4 month old baby is throwing up frequently? people with a lot of experience please?

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Answer 1

The right thing to do is to talk to the pediatrician about it. Has the baby been doing this regularly or is it just happening all of a sudden? Sometimes it means that for some reason, he/she can't tolerate the formula and you may have to switch or the baby can simply have a virus. Does she have a temp.? Is he/she keeping enough down? When you feed her and afterwards, are you propping him/her up? No matter what it is, don't try to figure it out on your own, ask the pediatrician asap.

Answer 2

Is it a new problem or something the baby's been doing for a while. It may be reflux. My nephew had that. He was the exorcist baby until he was close to a year old. He started it younger than 4 months though. I would call his pediatrician. He/She could tell you more than anybody on here can.
Good luck.

Answer 3

it depends on how the baby looks and acts, also if the throw up is heavy smells or shoots out of the baby's mouth.
if it's just spit up from when the baby eats i was told that it is because the baby is gaining weight and i shouldn't worry, but if your baby is constantly crying having fever, or seems to be in pain, i would have the baby checked out immediately. it would also be a good idea to mention it to the doctor when you take the baby to its well baby check ups. hope this helped.

Answer 4

besides doing the usual fever checks and making sure bottles are steralised call out a doctor or district nurse or take your child into any casualty department where they should be seen too right away because of the age of child and amount of vomitting going on best bet is medical advice even if you have to phone for some or if you think severe enough take the tot to hospital .

Answer 5

I took this from a website called BabyCentre (http://www.babycentre.co.uk). I have a 16 month old and have found it really helpful.

"Most babies vomit small amounts from time to time and may also bring up small amounts of milk when they burp. This is known as posseting and is usually nothing to worry about.

More frequent vomiting or vomiting large quantities, may be due to gastric reflux. The stomach lies just under a muscle called the diaphragm. Both the diaphragm and the gullet (the tube between the mouth and the stomach) act together to keep stomach contents in the stomach. This system sometimes doesn't work too well in young babies and the stomach contents can come back up the gullet, including some of the acid from the stomach.

This problem often affects women in the later stages of pregnancy so you might well remember what it felt like. Babies can be irritable and it can sometimes lead to poor feeding. If your baby is feeding well and doesn't seem upset by the vomiting, it may not be necessary to do anything other than changing the baby's position during a feed to make her more upright. Don't use a pillow in your baby's cot or leave her to sleep in her car seat for long periods. Your health visitor can advise you on safe ways to raise her head and shoulders a little as she sleeps. Feeding smaller volumes may also help if your baby is happy with this.

In more severe cases you may need to try an antacid, such as Gaviscon. This is mixed with water for breastfed babies or added to infant formula. Milk can also be thickened using a special thickening powder. Ask your GP or health visitor for more information on this.

It is likely that the problem will get better on its own as your baby gets older and her muscles get stronger." and


"When should I worry?
During your baby's first few months, vomiting is probably due to mild feeding problems such as overfeeding or a temporary allergy to proteins in your breast milk or formula. After the first few months, it's more likely to be caused by a stomach virus, although vomiting can occasionally signal an infection in the respiratory system, the urinary tract, or even the ear. Once your child is a little older, it can be a symptom of more serious illnesses. Don't hesitate to call your doctor if you notice any of the following warning signs in your baby:

• Severe abdominal pain

• A swollen abdomen

• Lethargy or severe irritability

• Convulsions

• Strenuous, repeated vomiting or vomiting that continues beyond 24 hours

• Signs of dehydration, including dry mouth, lack of tears, depression of the "soft spot" on your baby's head, and decreased urination (wetting fewer than six nappies a day)

• Blood or bile (a green substance) in the vomit. A little blood in the vomit is usually nothing to worry about. This may happen when the force of regurgitation causes tiny tears in the blood vessels lining the oesophagus. Your baby's vomit may also be tinged with red if he has swallowed blood from a cut in his mouth or a nosebleed within the last six hours. But do call your doctor if your child continues to have blood in his vomit or if the amount is increasing. The doctor will probably want to see a sample of the vomit if it contains blood or bile, so, although it may be an unpleasant task, you should try to save some. Green bile can indicate that the intestines are blocked, a condition that needs immediate attention.

• Persistent forceful vomiting in a newborn within half an hour of eating. This may be due to pyloric stenosis, a rare cause of vomiting that is most likely to begin when your baby is a few weeks old but could show up at any time before he reaches four months. The baby vomits when a muscle controlling the valve leading from the stomach into the intestines has thickened so much that it won't open up enough to let food through. The problem is simple to remedy with minor surgery, but it does require immediate medical attention.

Try not to worry too much. Every child is going to be sick sooner or later, and usually it's nothing to be concerned about unless he happens to do it all over your brand-new shirt. Like every other part of parenthood, it's something you'll soon get used to. "

Our baby had reflux for months. She'd often cry in pain or pull back after feeding. She was more of the 'silent vomiter' type, where she had reflux but rarely vomited it out. We found raising the mattress in her cot near her head helpful, as well as antacids and lots of cuddling. We found out that it was more common than we'd thought.

Talk to your baby nurse or doctor about it if you are worried or go to the ER if the symptoms in the 'When should I worry?' article applied to your baby. It may not be as bad as you think but it's always better to be safe than sorry.

Hope it helps

Answer 6

My youngest did that and what I realized is that I was feeding too much and too frequently. She was quite fussy because she was so full all the time. Try fewer ounces and spacing the feeding out more. Good luck.