My newborn baby is eight weeks old. He has a terrible time with spitting up. I use Avent Bottles with?

Question

Enfamil Lipil formula. I am still using stage one nipples and am not sure if I should switch to stage two nipples. I am feeding him 5 ounces every two to two and a half hours during the day, and he is sleeping soundle from about 9pm to 4am. He eats fast, and in fact when I take the bottle away from him to burp him, he screams! Hungry little guy! Advice on the screaming and nipple size plese!

Answer 1

Well, if he's taking in much air, you might try using the bottles with the collapsible bag liners instead, to reduce that possibility.
If he's simply eating too fast, and spitting up, I wouldn't switch to another bottle with more holes in the nipple. Making it easier for him to eat faster may make the problem worse.
What you might TRY doing is first feeding him a wee bit sooner after the last feeding, (15-20 min) so he's not ravenously gorging himself on it. Then try increasing the volume a little bit, once he's not making himself sick, so he stays full a bit longer between feedings.
I'm not terribly familiar with that particular formula, but the other thng to consider is whether he may be allergic to soy or dairy (whichever that formula is made of). My nephew was, and it wasn't til he was taken off the soy that he fed OK.
Good luck.

Answer 2

You sound like a first time mother ,,,, If you were breast feeding then you wouldn't have to worry about nipple sizes or his problem with spitting up ,,,, One of the problems people have raising children ,,,,, especially infants is that they get too far away from nature ,,,, Breast feeding for some reason gives the child a head start ,,,, I don't know why but when I compare children that were breast fed against children that haven't been I seem to notice a difference in their abilities to learn faster ,,,,, There's literature on that somewhere but I'm not sure where to find it now ,,,, Anyway nipple size isn't necessarily your problem here ,,,, Most likely the reason your infant is spitting up is due to your mixing his formula too rich and he can't keep it down ,,,,That's why he's hungry all the time ,,,, When you feed him he's trying to take nurishment ,,,,, and after you've feed him his food ,,,,, if you are at that stage yet ,,,, you give him his bottle ,,,,, Because his formula may be too rich it causes him to spit up before his stomach has had a chance to absorb the formula or any thing else you've given him ,,,, Thus he's hungry all the time ,,,,, Being hungry all the time at this stage of his life could possibly lead to over eating when the child gets older and create an over weight problem ,,,, I'm sure you follow the directions for mixing the formula but that is just a generalization ,,,,, Like each person ,,,,, what works for one does not always work for another ,,,,, and infants and children are people too ,,,, Try experimenting with the mixing process to find out which method or strength of formula works for your child ,,,, Obviously the way you are doing it now doesn't work ,,,, You said he eats fast ,,,, That's because he's hungry and when you take the bottle away he cries ,,,, When you give him his formula he can't hold it down ,,,, Just because you are done feeding him doesn't nevessarily mean he's done eating ,,,, Start out by decreasing the strength of the formula by one quarter less than what you are using now ,,,, If he's still spitting up then dercease it again by one 8th and feed him again ,,,, and so on until you've found the right mixture that works for him ,,,,You never know until you've tried this ,,,,, It could be possible that decreasing by the initial one quarter might be too much of a decrease so start increasing it by an 8th ,,,,, Babies tend to spit up anyway so you have to learn to recognize why he's spitting up ,,,, Either spitting up because he's been feed to much or because his formula is too rich ,,,, Most generally you can't over feed an infant ,,,, He will stop eating when he feels full and satisfied ,,,, Once you've got the problem with his formula figured out he won't eat so fast after a while all the other difficulties will go away ,,,, Give it a try ,,,, obviously nothing else is working ,,,,Oh and by the way ,,,, If you are using premixed canned formula then simply dilute it with water in the same way I suggested earlier ,,,, It just might be a solution to your problem ,,,, Each of my 5 children were different ,,,, What worked for one didn't work for any of the others ,,,, One even had to be put on a soy formula ,,,, Good luck ,,,,, Yoda told you this ,,,,,

Answer 3

When my son was 2 months, he was spitting up too. Is 5 ouces every 2 to 2 1/2 hours too much? I know they spit up if they have too much. If it's just formula, they should be able to go longer than 2 to 2/ 1/2 hours. i fed my son 5 ounces every 4 hours. my son screamed too after the doctor told me to burp him in between. he hated that. Ever since then, he cried when I pull the bottle out of his mouth. When he did scream, I just distracted him with a toy or something. Maybe he likes the sucking motion and not so much of being hungry.

Answer 4

When my daughter came home from the hospital she was spitting up and fluids would sometimes come out of her nose. She had some reflux. The doctor prescribed Xantac (or something like that) for the stomach, but I was told I could try putting oatmeal or rice to thicken the formula first, so I did and it worked!!!! Never had a problem again! Yipee...p.s. it can be dangerous (I had to basically do CPR one night due to a bad regurgiation, so definitely talk your options over with your pediatrician). Definitely mention the oatmeal too.

Answer 5

It could be the formula that is causing him to spit up...talk to his doctor about switching to soy milk if the spitting up continues. Another thing you might be overfeeding him...If his lips are in constant sucking motion try a Binky...5 ounces seems like a lot for a 8 week old, but the EVERY CHILD IS DIFFERENT...talk to your pediatrician before you take any on-line advice.

Answer 6

It could be a few things. It could be colic. Or it could be an intolerance to the milk. My daughter would projectile vomit every time I would feed her so I had to change her to soy formula, and my son broke out in eczema all over his chest so we had to put him on Nutramigen formula. As soon as we did that his red rash was gone the next day. Babies can also have what amounts to acid reflux. Check with your doctor to be sure everything is okay.

Answer 7

Try Dr Brown bottles, my girlfriends swear by them. Some babies just spit up though, both my kiddos are exclusively breastfed and they spit up a lot until they were 6 or 7 months old. Especially my daughter who ate really fast. My pediatrician says it will get better when they are able to sit up. Something about muscle control and their little esophagus.

Answer 8

Just like mine. Keep him on stage 1, you will know when he needs to move up. Eating even faster will not help the spitting up. All three of mine were like that. My son was the screamer, like you said, he's a hungry little guy, and he doesn't want to waste time burping!

Answer 9

The best advice is to take him to the pediatrician. It could be any number of things. It could be nothing to worry about, but honestly, why take the chance? My daughter did this when she was a baby and she had a hernia. She's also now 13 and having stomach issues that we are still trying to find out what is going on. She's also a Type I diabetic. Projectile vomiting is an early symptom of diabetes. So, why worry about what it could be??? Take him to his pediatrician and find out what it IS.

Answer 10

My baby (who is now 14 months) had to be moved to soy formula because she could not keep the other down. I would try the stage two nipples, but overall you should talk to your doctor.