Fiercecheermom
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- Nov 5, 2012
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FCS had the same symptoms 10 years ago as soon as I had to supplement formula for him. I think it is more traumatic for us moms vs the babies. Is she crying? If not, it is probably a very light case of reflux...I have come to the conclusion that all babies "cook" at different times and sometimes even when they think they are ready to arrive, their insides aren't necessarily ready and can be easily irritated. Per our doctor, we switched to Soy for about 12 hours when the "spitting up" became "projectile vomiting" with the soy. I decided quite quickly that the spitting up was definitely preferable to the vomiting LOL. Since he did not cry during all of this, I realized it was just his body reacting to the formula and he would outgrow it with time. Once he was old enough to take a tiny bit of rice cereal, I put that in his bottle and the spitting up stopped. I am thinking that by adding a little "weight" to the formula, it was harder for his body to expel it. I hope you are able to get this worked out for both you and your baby. This kind of stuff can be so stressful on new parents...trust yourself and know you can do this!Any advice or ideas from moms/parents is welcomed--
My 3 week old has recently started vomiting after probably 50% of her feedings. At first I thought it was a case of over eating because she would literally eat all. the. time. So I started pumping and feeding her with a bottle so it was easier to monitor how many ounces she was eating in a day. I've since realized that my supply is hit or miss and I've had to supplement with formula on the days where I'm not making enough. I'm trying to make sure I'm eating the foods to help production and avoiding things that could be irritants to her. However she has started vomiting more frequently. It's random as to whether it's after eating breastmilk or formula so I can't narrow down if it's something I'm eating or needing to change the formula. She gets hiccups after almost every feeding as well. I'm trying gripe water to ease the gas, but she spits almost the entire syringe worth out. She doesn't have anywhere near a fever, and other than the vomiting she's just fussy and likes to be held--which I'm starting to think is because of the vomiting because the times she's really fussy are right before she's throwing up.
I am going to go get a soy based formula to try but I don't know if that's the problem--at this point I just want to rule things out. My other thought is that she's eating too fast but I don't really know how to slow her down other than just pulling the bottle out of her mouth every few minutes to make her breathe? We have a doctor appointment Wednesday but I just feel so bad.
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