All About Baby Spit Up: What's Normal?! Plus, How to Prevent It + More! - What to Expect
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2020
- As baby doctors like to say, spitting up is usually a laundry problem, not a health problem. It's baby business as usual.
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So here's the thing: spit happens. And for many newborns, it happens a lot, and with surprising reach. But not to worry. As baby doctors like to say, spitting up is usually a laundry problem, not a health problem. It's messy, it's stinky, it can turn those sweet little white outfits a yucky shade of yellow, but even big-time spitting isn't typically a cause for concern. It's baby business as usual, a business that some babies just seem to excel at.
Spitting up, otherwise known as GER, G-E-R, or gastrointestinal reflux, is also different from vomiting, and from GI conditions that require treatment, like gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. It's a reflection of a newborn's normally immature digestive system, which includes a not-yet-fully developed esophageal sphincter, the muscle that keeps food down once it's swallowed. This underdeveloped sphincter allows a baby's all-liquid diet to back up easily, especially when he's lying on his back, which babies often are. His super tiny tummy, which is quickly overfilled, is also quick to overflow.
Spit up can also look like a whole lot, leading parents to wonder whether a baby's whole meal has left the building, but it's usually just milk overflow that his tummy can't hold, mixed with lots of saliva.
How do you tell if your baby's spitting is normal and nothing to worry about? First, look to her. Is she unphased by the spitting, AKA, a happy spitter, which most babies are? Or does she seem like she's in pain, bothered, or uncomfortable in any way? Is she showing any other symptoms of GERD, like coughing or gagging while spitting? Look, too, to the scale, if she's gaining weight at the right rate, she's likely keeping down what she needs to grow on. Look also to her diapers, if she's peeing and pooping enough, she's getting enough to eat. And, of course, look to the pediatrician. If your baby's doctor is satisfied with her growth and development, you can be reassured, too.
Spitting usually eases up once baby starts sitting well and begins eating solids, two milestones usually reached at about the six-month mark, but it can linger longer in some little ones. In the meantime, try feeding your baby in an upright position. If you're breastfeeding, you may find that the laid back, position, which allows a baby to feed completely upright, reduces spitting significantly. Keep your baby as upright as possible after feeds, too.
Some pediatricians recommend frequent burping to help baby bring up bubbles before they can bring up the works. Others suggest skipping active burping, since some research says it may increase spitting up, and letting babies self-burp instead, which they're surprisingly capable of doing. A too fast let-down can lead to gulping milk too fast, leading to more spitting. Upright feeding can help with that, too.
Gulping can also happen with bottle feeds if the nipple is too fast-flowing. If your baby is formula-fed or if you're combining breast and bottle, check with the doctor about whether a change to a more easily digested formula might be a smart move, but don't switch without checking first. Here's to less spitting and, eventually, less laundry!
I really love you. You are very nice lady and giving informative advices
I feel better after watching this
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Your videos are so informative.So my baby is spitting out through the mouth and some times through the noise (this happens when she tries to suppress the milk cmg out from her mouth I think she thinks its milk 😕 how best can I help her to spit out the milk without her having to suppress the milk back in the mouth down to the throat?I spoke to the doc but thy said its pretty much normal that stage will pass..Plesse assist thank you.
The best advice I ever got for this was to stop shaking my baby’s bottle. Swirl, mix slowly with a spoon even but DONT SHAKE. 80% Cured my daughter by the next day. Slow bottle nipple with it and bye
Thanks, going to try this for my 6 week old!
@@queendeche4555 how did it work out for you ??
@@monetcollier5169 It works for some feeds but it’s not consistently helping honestly. We already use Dr. Brown’s bottles which filter out majority of air bubbles to begin with & he’s still spitting up like a fountain lol. He’s 3 months today & the pediatrician isn’t worried about his spit up frequency & amount since he’s gaining normal weight & doesn’t seem to be in any pain. We’ve had to learn to live with it, but it’s def annoying! The amount of bibs, birth cloths, & clothing changes we go through in a day is crazy, but such is newborn life I guess. 🤷🏾♀️
@@monetcollier5169 I will say that he seems to be (slowly) getting better with swallowing his reflux back down these days! So I think it’s just a matter of time.
I shake the bottle and let it settle for like five minutes to let the bubbles coalesce and then I'm ready to feed. It works for me.
I got a nervous, its my second child and spitting did not happened so often with the first. He burb but then he spits. And im so scared if the milk would go out through the nose.
Then What you did ?
I have a one week old twice during feeding very rarely she will not burp. A family member has me so paranoid she will not wake up from her sleep one night due to not burping her enough. Then she spit up all over me more than normal and I was terrified. The dr just seen her and everything was fine hasn't lost any weight so hopefully everything is ok
Oh no to the family member making you feel paranoid! As a first time mom it’s tough because everything is new! Hopefully your baby had gotten better!
I see that many parents are facing this issue same as me but is there any solution, I couldn’t find it in the video as well as in the comments
No. It's predominantly due to their underdevelopment and just takes time.
My 2 months old baby she's always spitting through mouth And nose and she cannot breath after feeding even when she's already burping.
My one and half month use to spit like curd now he spits like milk as it is I'm worried if it's normal or vomiting
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Is it normal for a newborn to spit while sleeping? I noticed my daughter is spitting or vomiting while sleeping and it looked as if she was choking
Mine does the same, my baby has acid reflux 😩
I had the same experience and now i have stopped sleeping when my baby is sleeping I watch her like a zombie throughout the night
@@jennycagadas1892 ur baby is fine now ,is reduced ur baby problem plz rply,my baby Also same problem
@@bpr7442 yes he is fine now, a little spit up, but it got better , he is 11 months now.
Can't seem to find any answers as to why my 7 day old baby don't throw up. I'm worried and nobody knows the answers
My daughter never vomited or spit up once.
What a dream! Both of my babies spit up so much 😭
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My son was sleep and woke up crying milk coming out the nose and mouth this made me so nervous he’s been doing this frequent lately
My 1 month old baby is doing same
My baby doing the same.
How is your baby now?
May I know how you handled this situation.
Mine too crying becomes red
@CHIDHARTH I K same here...my baby is 1.5month old ....he spits up everytime..
@CHIDHARTH I K Hope Sooo😔
Youre just WAY TOO REASSURING.😮