Congratulations! It's a bouncing, cooing, crying, and vomiting baby boy! Vomiting? Wait a second, newborns aren't supposed to vomit. Unfortunately, many babies spit up in excess and many also vomit what appears to be the majority of his or her meals. Most likely, these symptoms are caused by a condition called infant reflux.
When our first son was born a little over four years ago, he would spit up in small amounts after each nursing session. It was shortly after I stopped nursing him and started bottles of breast milk and formula that he began to vomit after each feeding. Not only did it terrify my husband and me when it first happened, our son also appeared uncomfortable after each feeding. I began to question myself over stopping what had been a horrible nursing experience. Perhaps I had now caused my son to experience this vomiting. I had no idea what was happening with him.
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We quickly made a doctor's appointment after the first vomiting episode. Our doctor, sensing our first-time parent anxiousness about the situation, began asking us several questions about our son. How often did he vomit? Was he uncomfortable during feedings and after? Did he often cry for no apparent reason? Did he seem to dislike laying flat on his back?
We answered each question, wondering where she was going with the information. Our son literally would projectile vomit shortly after each meal. When we fed him, he often reared up his little legs and grunted, as if uncomfortable. He cried for a few hours each night. He wouldn't sleep if laid flat on his back; he actually slept best when in his baby swing. After writing down our answers and asking a few more questions, our doctor shared with us that it sounded like our son may be one of the up to 50 percent of infants who had something called infant reflux.
Most infant's experience a bit of reflux, our doctor shared with us that our son's was a bit more excessive than other infants with reflux, because he was vomiting after each meal. She also explained that because our son was born at 35 weeks, he was one of the 85 percent of premature infants who develop reflux. It was actually a relief to us to learn this condition had a name, and that it was quite common. Our next question to her was, "What do we do about this reflux?"
We were told that reflux is most likely caused by a valve in the stomach not closing properly after feedings, most likely from a baby's immature digestive system. This valve, when not functioning correctly, causes what is in the baby's tummy to back up into the esophagus, which causes pain for the baby. Many infants with reflux find eating uncomfortable, thus causing them to rear up his or her legs as if in pain. Reflux infants also do not like to be laid flat on their backs, most likely because when laid flat, the food does not stay in the babies tummies, instead it travels back up.
Once we knew this information, we were able to start changing some things to help improve our son's reflux. To begin with, I quickly switched bottles. I found a bottle that was more like a little bit of heaven in a plastic container; a bottle called Dr. Brown's. These bottles are specifically made for a baby who experiences colic or gas, and are made by a doctor whose own child had colic. These bottles help a baby experience less gas in the tummy, thus making for a much happier baby.
We learned to feed our son in smaller, more frequent increments. Not feeding our son huge amounts of formula at a time, allowed for smaller amounts of food going into his belly, which helped alleviate a bellyache. Another important change we made was to stop laying our son down immediately after eating a bottle. Instead we kept him propped up for at least 20 minutes after each feeding. This helped gravity work by keeping his food in his tummy, where it belonged.
We still allowed our son to nap in his swing, but we also elevated the end of his crib slightly for sleeping. Just making this small change helped our son's sleep habits improve tremendously. Because he wasn't laid completely flat when sleeping, which can cause reflux babies to be uncomfortable, he slept much better and much more comfortably.
Our doctor explained that because our son was gaining weight well, even though he had been vomiting after each feeding, she didn't want to try medication until we tried some of the other lifestyle changes first. We did all of the suggestions she recommended, and while they worked, he still seemed a bit unhappy after each feeding and was still rearing his legs. The vomiting, while still occurring, honestly didn't bother him. Our doctor did finally recommend that our son take Zantac to help. The lifestyle changes, along with the Zantac, made a world of difference in our son.
Like most infants who experience reflux, our son outgrew his by the time he turned one. Some infants continue to have problems past the one-year mark; the majority of those are children with severe cases of reflux. Many times a sibling born to a reflux brother or sister is also diagnosed with it. Our second child was no different. He was born spitting. The exception with our second child, besides much more calm parents, was that he was the happiest spitter on the block. He would spit up, no vomiting, and continue on with his day. He wasn't uncomfortable. He was just a happy spitter!
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Black Friday Orbelle Eva 4-in-1 Convertible Wood Crib and Changer Set in Espresso Overview
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