My 8 week old DS is a bit of a chucker. Usually it's just little dribbles here and there especially just after a feed. Enough to ensure I have a burp cloth handy pretty well all the time. But every so often, he has a mega-chuck where it seems that he spews back his entire feed, it goes everywhere - all over him, all over me, sometimes all over the floor etc. He doesn't seem to be in pain or distressed at all other than a bit of coughing/gagging just before the river of vomit begins. His nappy output is fine and he's putting on lots of chub rolls, so is gaining weight and growing well. We have an appointment with the CHN tomorrow so I'll ask her about it as well, but just wanted to know if anyone else has had this? How long did it last and is there anything else I should keep an eye on?
DD2 was a happy chucker - she grew out of it around 6m when she started solids and was upright more often. I made sure I had loads of spew rags, multiple changes of clothes and a couple of tops for me whenever we went out. I found regular burping during feeds and feeding more upright made a bit of a difference.
My DS2 was a happy chucker too. It lasted the whole BF journey (mine was only 10mths). It continued onto the next stage as well. It had no effect on his development or weight and I didn't have feed him again after he threw up. Like your DS he was never stressed or in pain...he just threw up alot. I had heaps of those old fashioned cloth nappies (the one's you have to fold yourself) and used those as chuck rags.
He did end up having a dairy intolerance, not sure if it was related or not and now after years, I am still not 100% it was as he has been diagnosed recently with something new, he is now 5yrs old.
We went through the whole allergy testing, and it was inconclusive on dairy, we were advised to stop it anyway and re-introduce again 6-12mths down the track. We did and he was fine.
Worth a chat to the MCHN, it could also be a little reflux. The Paediatric Gastroenterologist we saw with DS2 thought that maybe he had severe reflux as a baby, again it wasn't something ever diagnosed as he was never in pain and ever under weight.
My newborn DS is a happy chucker so I'm interested in any replies! We both wear it several times per week, and he seems to bring some up whenever he is laying down.
I have one of those! Generally minor spits here or there, and then every once in awhile a power liquid spew. She coughs once or twice before it happens, and then I get soaked in spew. She's perfectly happy afterwards, so I wait 3 hours, then feed on one side and if she keeps it down then I feed her as usual from the next feed. Sometimes it happens every week or so, sometimes not for a few weeks. Her last one was Christmas Eve.
I now try and sit her up on my lap when she detaches for a minute or two then move to the second side. After feeding both sides I sit her up for 5 mins.
Heh, the only difference with mine Kimbles is he wants to feed again within usually 20-30 mins if not less. So I normally give him one side, burp then sit him up for a few minutes. Strangely though, he's never done a huge spew while laying down. Not sure if it's coincidence or not.
My DD wants a feed straight after too, but by the time I change clothes (usually everything is soaked down to my knickers!) I don't like to risk more spew, and she'll forget about wanting more after a few mins.
The strange thing is that if he has more (and it's usually only a little bit) he doesn't seem to spew it up. And of course, it is after we've both gotten changed, sometimes had a shower as well if it's really bad. Thankfully he hasn't done it while we've been out yet....*touches wood*
DD was like that.lovely isn't it. settled down around 4 months, but was back with the gag reflex when she started solids and any time she's unwell. We still get hte ocasional spew, but nothing like before
My DS was a very happy chucker. He would still be chucking when it was time for the next feed, we literally could not pick him up or put him down without a spew cloth. And unfortunately, nothing made a difference, except time. At around the 6 month mark it slowed down dramatically and then just faded away.
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Happy chuckers - what's your experience?
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