Help!! Baby vomiting

[OmarsMum]

I am really concerned. My baby is almost 8 wks old. He is suffering from colic & is taking infacol before every feed. After winding him he used to spit a little. But since 5-6 days, he's vomitting after some of his feeds, even if we wind him several times, & wait 30 min before putting him back to bed. He usually vomits 25-30 min after he finishes his feed, and sometimes after 1 hr. most of the time the vomit is purely formula. We don't over feed him. He just takes 4 oz every 4-5 hrs. Do I need to worry, or is it normal??

He looks healthy, & when he vomits, he's not really irritated.

 

[WannaB]

He might have a bit of reflux too, one of mine had that. They are either happy chuckers or they fuss and struggle when they feed. As long as your bub is well and hasnt got anything else like a temp or anything, just monitor it and make sure he's not loosing a lot of weight. They normally do a bit of a projectile vomit straight after a feed, just make sure he's not jiggled alot, I had to limit the passing around of my girl when she was really young it just made her worse. If you feel concerned just whip him of to the docs just to get him checked out and dont feel silly about it, it took me months of different docs to find out my LO had bad reflux, they all fobbed me off as a first time worrying mum instead of listening to me, Mothers know best! It dosesnt sound too concerning since its straight after a feed and he settles and given he has colic too. The other thing I found was if I medicated my LO a bit before I knew she was due for a feed it gave it more of a chance to work, meant not feeding on demand so much but helped quite a bit. Hope it settles quickly for you hun, I know how worrying it can be!

 

[dom85]

Have you tried stopping the Infacol? I know loads of people swear by it and I was told to perservere with it, which I did for weeks and then tried Dentinox but when I stopped giving them to Brady he got so much better. I changed to Dr Browns bottles and stopped giving the Infacol and he's been loads better. He's still a sicky baby, but what I would consider 'normal' sicky, he doesn't throw up after every ounce of milk anymore or continue to be sick up until his next feed.

 

[OmarsMum]

Have you tried stopping the Infacol? I know loads of people swear by it and I was told to perservere with it, which I did for weeks and then tried Dentinox but when I stopped giving them to Brady he got so much better. I changed to Dr Browns bottles and stopped giving the Infacol and he's been loads better. He's still a sicky baby, but what I would consider 'normal' sicky, he doesn't throw up after every ounce of milk anymore or continue to be sick up until his next feed.

I am using TT CTN bottle. I changed the teet to size 2. I think this is one of the reasons that caused the vomitting. what about colic, I am afraid if I stp the infacol, he'll suffer again from gases

 

[dom85]

Have you tried stopping the Infacol? I know loads of people swear by it and I was told to perservere with it, which I did for weeks and then tried Dentinox but when I stopped giving them to Brady he got so much better. I changed to Dr Browns bottles and stopped giving the Infacol and he's been loads better. He's still a sicky baby, but what I would consider 'normal' sicky, he doesn't throw up after every ounce of milk anymore or continue to be sick up until his next feed.

I am using TT CTN bottle. I changed the teet to size 2. I think this is one of the reasons that caused the vomitting. what about colic, I am afraid if I stp the infacol, he'll suffer again from gases

I really would recommend the Dr Browns bottles, I didn't realise until I got them how crap the TT CTN bottles were for babies that suffered with wind. I used those first too and you can see the air bubbles developing in the milk as soon as they start feeding. This is my experience, but it has soooo been worth the expense of changing bottles as Brady feeds so much happier now.

The size 2 teat probably hasn't caused the vomitting, if he had problems with it he would be coughing and spluttering.

I did move Brady up to the size 2 teat on the Dr Browns at the same age as your LO and this also eliminated a lot of the gassy/sick problems.

To be honest, nothing really works if your baby truly has colic, my brother had it and literally screamed non stop for 2 weeks straight, there are things that quietened him for a little bit, but believe me, Infacol was not one of them.

Brady doesn't need Infacol now he's on the different bottles, and I prefer it this way, I dont like giving him things like that as it's got E numbers in it, I know they say that they dont digest it as it just works in the tummy but I really cant see how this is true, they must absorb some of it.

 

[pprsmama1686]

All I have to say is for both of my brothers (I have two brothers 3 and 6 months whom I live with and help raise) and both the boys throw up a lot. Its so normal to them and we get used to hit. There both really healthy. Very healthy. The doctor told us its normal.

 

[OmarsMum]

I went back to 0 + teats & back to giving him the infacol 5 min before every feed. He's doing much better now. thnks