Baby spitting out milk - why?!

Leafy · Jan 18th, 2013, 18:14 PM

My baby is 2 weeks old, she will take most of her feeds fine but sometimes she will go 3 or 4 hours then want her next bottle and when i give it to her she drinks little bits and spits them straight back out! Does anyone know what this means? I looked on google it says babies do this when theyre full but she goes 3-4 hours between every feed so i know she is hungry and she'll do it from the start of her bottle.

aliss · Jan 19th, 2013, 04:37 AM

A 2 week old is still learning to feed so they might do odd things while learning. How is she 'asking' for a feed? Is she crying? Is she upset/red? Sometimes if the feed comes a few minutes late, they get a bit to upset to drink properly and might spit a bit... then retake it soon enough (crying is a 'late' hunger cue at 2 weeks, her sticking a hand in her mouth or puckering her lips is when she is ready to be fed). Congrats on your new baby.

This will generally resolve itself when she learns to feed better.

LilyValley · Jan 19th, 2013, 15:29 PM

My LO does this when he has too much wind to swallow the milk. I wind him before his feed just to make sure he's not going to struggle and then I wind him a couple of times during his feeds as well as afterwards, it sounds a bit extreme but it worked for me. My LO is 8 weeks now and he rarely does it but I think he's always just had an extreme amount of wind compared to other babies, I gave him gripe water when he was old enough but that just made him throw up his while feed (well it seemed that much at the time!), he's never really struggled with pain because of the wind so I didn't realise this was the problem at first I just thought he was full (as that's what all the advice says).

Leafy · Jan 20th, 2013, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by aliss

A 2 week old is still learning to feed so they might do odd things while learning. How is she 'asking' for a feed? Is she crying? Is she upset/red? Sometimes if the feed comes a few minutes late, they get a bit to upset to drink properly and might spit a bit... then retake it soon enough (crying is a 'late' hunger cue at 2 weeks, her sticking a hand in her mouth or puckering her lips is when she is ready to be fed). Congrats on your new baby.

This will generally resolve itself when she learns to feed better.

She grizzles a bit and makes a sucky noise with her hands by her mouth. It took me well over an hour to feed her this morning because she was spitting so much out.

Leafy · Jan 20th, 2013, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by LilyValley

My LO does this when he has too much wind to swallow the milk. I wind him before his feed just to make sure he's not going to struggle and then I wind him a couple of times during his feeds as well as afterwards, it sounds a bit extreme but it worked for me. My LO is 8 weeks now and he rarely does it but I think he's always just had an extreme amount of wind compared to other babies, I gave him gripe water when he was old enough but that just made him throw up his while feed (well it seemed that much at the time!), he's never really struggled with pain because of the wind so I didn't realise this was the problem at first I just thought he was full (as that's what all the advice says).

I will try winding her before her feed to see if this helps, thanks. I do wind her during and i've bought some gripe water but it says not to give until one month old. x

overcomer79 · Jan 20th, 2013, 08:53 AM

too cold? I had this issue with dd and we wasn't warming her bottles enough.

Leafy · Jan 20th, 2013, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by overcomer79

too cold? I had this issue with dd and we wasn't warming her bottles enough.

we dont warm her milk, she has had her bottles room temp from the start. x

aliss · Jan 20th, 2013, 10:24 AM

I wonder if even a size 1 teat is a bit too fast for her, that maybe a preemie teat could help.

Jan 18th, 2013, 18:14 PM	#1
Leafy Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 1,635	Baby spitting out milk - why?! My baby is 2 weeks old, she will take most of her feeds fine but sometimes she will go 3 or 4 hours then want her next bottle and when i give it to her she drinks little bits and spits them straight back out! Does anyone know what this means? I looked on google it says babies do this when theyre full but she goes 3-4 hours between every feed so i know she is hungry and she'll do it from the start of her bottle.

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Jan 19th, 2013, 04:37 AM	#2
aliss AutoSignup (SAAB) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Québec Posts: 24,428	A 2 week old is still learning to feed so they might do odd things while learning. How is she 'asking' for a feed? Is she crying? Is she upset/red? Sometimes if the feed comes a few minutes late, they get a bit to upset to drink properly and might spit a bit... then retake it soon enough (crying is a 'late' hunger cue at 2 weeks, her sticking a hand in her mouth or puckering her lips is when she is ready to be fed). Congrats on your new baby. This will generally resolve itself when she learns to feed better.

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Jan 19th, 2013, 15:29 PM	#3
LilyValley Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: UK Posts: 482	My LO does this when he has too much wind to swallow the milk. I wind him before his feed just to make sure he's not going to struggle and then I wind him a couple of times during his feeds as well as afterwards, it sounds a bit extreme but it worked for me. My LO is 8 weeks now and he rarely does it but I think he's always just had an extreme amount of wind compared to other babies, I gave him gripe water when he was old enough but that just made him throw up his while feed (well it seemed that much at the time!), he's never really struggled with pain because of the wind so I didn't realise this was the problem at first I just thought he was full (as that's what all the advice says).

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overcomer79 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,420	too cold? I had this issue with dd and we wasn't warming her bottles enough.

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aliss AutoSignup (SAAB) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Québec Posts: 24,428	I wonder if even a size 1 teat is a bit too fast for her, that maybe a preemie teat could help.

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