Throwing up alot of clear liquid

[MrsEngland]

My little one has been screaming pretty much non stop for past 6 hours and is throwing up alot of like clear liquid its not her milk anyone have any idea what it could be? She is obviously distressed by it and i'm out of ideas of what to do to make it better.
She has also started to do this thing where she is constantly pushing her tongue out and its started since all the clear liquid not sure if its related. And shes off her formula she won't take more than 60ml at a time.

 

[jeanettekaren]

The crying, the throwing up clear stuff, often with white bits in, and the tongue sticking out where all signs of Finns reflux. Add to this the screaming and I'd say definitely reflux. Often reflux babies go off their food because they associate eating with the pain that then occurs from the acid. Does your lo go rigid or bring their knees up totheir stomach when screaming? These are also classic signs along with back arching?

Make sue you lo is kept upright for 30 mins after a feed,raise the head end of the cot 30 degrees and try not to lay her flat at all ie. When changing use a wedge etc. Finn is unable to use his pram because he cant be laid flat and also has issues with his car seat because it scrunches his stomach up and pushes the acid into the throat. Basically always try to keep the stomach lower than the throat.

Some find comfort formula helps as it's thicker.

We went to the gp and was prescribed infant gaviscon as a starter but this shoylnt be used with comfort formula but be aware that many gp's won't precrive meds aslong as lo is gaining weight.

Try some of the tips first though and see if they make a difference

 

[AP]

I would say acid reflux too. If baby is in discomfort then I'd take LO to a GP

 

[MrsEngland]

We have an appointment with the GP. I'd been saying she had acid reflux since she was 3 weeks but the doctor said colic, if i'm right i'm gunna be cross that they didn't listen to me. She gets so upset poor baby i'm gunna sit there until they listen today.

Thanks jeanettekaren for the information though. Definitely sounds exactly like what Lilah does x

 

[ouchwithNo.2]

another vote for reflux - and yes, GPs do try and plam you off with the colic story when they are small.
we had the same problem.
if you don't want to go down the meds route there are reflux formulas which your GP can prescribe (some cannot be bought in shops).
we use SMA staydown which you can buy in a few places but because the closest stockist is 30min drive away GP prescribes it and it works really well.
if your GP wont listen get your HV on your side or even ask to see another GP.
x

 

[Worrisome]

reflux from here to, just like Millie, she has gained weight but through comfort feeding. She's on ranitadine 3 times a day, gaviscon and colief. Good luck

 

[allthingspink]

Has she got a cold at all?

 

[MrsEngland]

We have her on cow and gate comfort and its made no difference at all she just seems to get worse and worse. Colief was what they prescribed for the 'colic' but she refused to take her milk when it had that in because it made her so sick. Gripe water does the same.

 

[MrsEngland]

Has she got a cold at all?

Nope she has been a bit snotty in the past but not at all at the minute.

 

[allthingspink]

Has she got a cold at all?

Nope she has been a bit snotty in the past but not at all at the minute.

Was just thinking of excess flem but obviously not.
If you have no luck with the Dr , ask to see another. It was my HV who diagnosed reflux with my LO.

 

[ouchwithNo.2]

We have her on cow and gate comfort and its made no difference at all she just seems to get worse and worse. Colief was what they prescribed for the 'colic' but she refused to take her milk when it had that in because it made her so sick. Gripe water does the same.

we never tried the colief but the gripe water always made her really sick and as for the infacol, that was so bad - she could never keep the feed down.
comfort is really just for colic and constipation although a few people have said it works for milder reflux.
you can also get a powder called carobel, made by cow and gate (again you can get on script) which you add a few scoops to the feed - depending on how many oz you are giving and it thickens the formula.
prob can't use it with the comfort but if you were to use a normal formula ie : cow and gate, you could add it
we just switched to a full reflux formula as LO had yet to find a milk that suited (she had some bad reactions to certain brands with rashes)

 

[MrsEngland]

She just screams non stop i dunno what to do its really getting me down.

 

[Worrisome]

it's horrid isnt it?
Comfort Milk made Millie worse, she was sick constantly. They are now thinking she has a cows milk protein intolerance, hence the colief, I also tried to cut dairy out of diet and we did see a difference but when they put us on ranitadine said to put thediary back in to see which one thing was working. So there wasnt too much change
When your lo is sick the clear stuff, is it very mucusy?

 

[ouchwithNo.2]

She just screams non stop i dunno what to do its really getting me down.

It is horrible, I know.
We had a different baby come 5pm everyday, she would be sicky all day but at 5pm she would projectile, scream, arch her back and this would continue until 10pm with pretty much constant tears until she would fall asleep exhausted.
My mum also said it looked like colic but she said the acidic sick thing wasn't right.
As soon as we changed milk and I truly mean from that very first bottle she was content, it was def reflux.
It will get better x

 

[Worrisome]

Ooh no, Ive just twigged what it could be. With the comfort formula's especially cow and gate, they do bring up pools of water, as this is what the body can't digest.
Hang on I have a link somewhere.

 

[Worrisome]

This is what I found from cow and gate site.

I've asked caw&gate advisor about throwing up the water.This is the answer they sent to me.
The fact that your baby is bringing up a water like substance is totally
normal for the Comfort milk. The reason for this is because the protein in
the milk has been partially broken down to aid digestion and the nutirents
are easier absorbed in the body so the end product be it vomit or stools are
both very watery

 

[MrsEngland]

She just screams non stop i dunno what to do its really getting me down.

It is horrible, I know.
We had a different baby come 5pm everyday, she would be sicky all day but at 5pm she would projectile, scream, arch her back and this would continue until 10pm with pretty much constant tears until she would fall asleep exhausted.
My mum also said it looked like colic but she said the acidic sick thing wasn't right.
As soon as we changed milk and I truly mean from that very first bottle she was content, it was def reflux.
It will get better x

Thanks hun, its so hard to see her in so much pain and its exhausting for us both. I know its not her fault but i lose my patience sometimes and just have to put her down and walk away for 5 minutes, i feel like the worst mum when i do that but i dunno how else to calm down.
Lets hope the doctor does something or i may well kick off lol.

 

[MrsEngland]

This is what I found from cow and gate site.

I've asked caw&gate advisor about throwing up the water.This is the answer they sent to me.
The fact that your baby is bringing up a water like substance is totally
normal for the Comfort milk. The reason for this is because the protein in
the milk has been partially broken down to aid digestion and the nutirents
are easier absorbed in the body so the end product be it vomit or stools are
both very watery

Its sticky and bitter smelling though, either way its making her unhappy so need to take her off it lol.

 

[ouchwithNo.2]

She just screams non stop i dunno what to do its really getting me down.

It is horrible, I know.
We had a different baby come 5pm everyday, she would be sicky all day but at 5pm she would projectile, scream, arch her back and this would continue until 10pm with pretty much constant tears until she would fall asleep exhausted.
My mum also said it looked like colic but she said the acidic sick thing wasn't right.
As soon as we changed milk and I truly mean from that very first bottle she was content, it was def reflux.
It will get better x

Thanks hun, its so hard to see her in so much pain and its exhausting for us both. I know its not her fault but i lose my patience sometimes and just have to put her down and walk away for 5 minutes, i feel like the worst mum when i do that but i dunno how else to calm down.
Lets hope the doctor does something or i may well kick off lol.

I lost count the amount of times I have done that with both of mine as babies and my first wasn't even that difficult
Doesn't make you a bad mum at all, just makes you human
Don't let your GP fob you off, you know your baby and you witness LO's behaviour, not a GP.
They have a habit of saying 'they will grow out of it soon....'
x

 

[ouchwithNo.2]

This is what I found from cow and gate site.

I've asked caw&gate advisor about throwing up the water.This is the answer they sent to me.
The fact that your baby is bringing up a water like substance is totally
normal for the Comfort milk. The reason for this is because the protein in
the milk has been partially broken down to aid digestion and the nutirents
are easier absorbed in the body so the end product be it vomit or stools are
both very watery

Its sticky and bitter smelling though, either way its making her unhappy so need to take her off it lol.

def reflux if you can smell the acid.
I could wash my daughters clothes at 60degs and when I ironed them the smell of the acid would come out again (it even bleached some darker clothes!) x