Baby Spit Up

My son was born July 5th. He is 4 months old today. My baby is PUKEY! The doctors don’t consider it reflux, because he isn’t “projectile”, but pretty much (I feel like) the entire bottle comes back up sometimes. He is SUPER happy and is gaining weight, so medically the doctors aren’t worried. Mentally however, I’m losing my mind. He was initially breast fed, but my doctor feared he may not like my breast milk due to medication I am on and the amount of vitamins I take from having weight loss surgery. So we put him on tummy sensitive similac. He is still super pukey. We have tried the enfamil a+ tummy sensitivity formula. Still pukey, but now it’s more chunky where it comes up, not like all liquid. Which is somewhat helpful as it’s easier to catch as it comes out and we can sometimes save his clothes now lol. The other benefit to Enfamil, seems to be that he does have more frequent poops, which obviously helps with spitting up if he isn’t too constipated. He would get super constipated with Similac, which made the puking worse when he hasn’t had a poop in a few days. Just wondering if maybe someone has tips or if this just something we have to ride out essentially. His diapers are not too tight, we are very diligent about making sure that’s not it. It’s just mentally hard to go out with him puking all over, and I get nervous for people to hold him because I don’t want him to get sick on them, and I just am basically a walking anxiety about him puking lol

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I'm sorry you're going through this. I dont have experience myself, but my younger brother had reflux (his was projectile) as a baby. What my mom said helped was feeding him small amounts every couple hours instead of big feeds, and it would help prevent him from spitting up/puking, and early solid food.

I think its normal. Their digestive system is still immature. It should get better in a couple months. When my toddler was a baby, he was like that. It resolved on its own. My 4 months old (july 2) is also like that. So im not worried. I just do a lot of laundry 😒

Try ordering European formula Hipp. Much easier on the stomach

I personally would get a second and maybe even a third opinion my son was born premature july 2 and also has puking problems and he has reflux issues and dosnt projectile vomit i actually dont think he ever has .. just normal looking pukes but also somtimes throws up half a bottle aswell he was given prevacid for his reflux:))

He was born early. Due date was July 24th. He also had PPHN and was on a ventilator with a chest tube and had a feeding tube for 9 days before he started taking a bottle. Not sure if any of that would make a difference. Laundry has become my new favourite chore out of necessity 😂. I’ve gotten really good at washing, drying, folding AND putting it all away in the same day haha so go me! Very aware that it literally, as much as it sucks, could just be a wait it out scenario. But yes, I do think a second opinion might just get rid of that anxiety for me. Because of the PPHN and the NICU stay in the children’s hospital, I think I’m just paranoid and don’t want to make a mountain out of a mole hill. Thank you all though for the replies. It helps with the worrying to get some other perspectives.

Prior to feeding, you can try giving kolik (gripe water). My baby(4mo) used to spit up almost every feeding, but after trying gripe water, it seemed to calm down. My doctor mentioned that as long as the baby doesn’t seem to be in pain from the spit up, your baby is fine. Also, keep baby up straight after feeding for at least 10-15mins and avoid rocking or intense movements that can cause spit ups . Oh and most importantly, wind in between feedings, even if it’s two of three times !

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