Oh Inertia...this post just bought back all sorts of feeling of panic. The exact same thing happened to my first baby when she was only 8 day sold....and I was only 17. Very scary indeed!!!!!
She spent the rest of her baby life sleeping on her side or tummy. (which was the recommendation that many years ago )
I hope you can sleep tonight after that scare...but I am sure it will be a while before you can rest easy again.
I've never been so scared in my whole life. After some huge cuddles, I changed her nappy - big poo - and then double checked her hearing and vision, and she looked into my eyes like she loves doing and gave me this big smile - I just burst into tears.
I put her down after her next feed to help DH bring in the lounge suite, but she didn't sleep long so picked her back up and havent put her down since.
She sleeps overnight on her side next to me but and usually tilts her head to the side to sleep anyway - but she was awake so completely on her back.
The regurgitation usually comes up with a burp or hiccup, so I am not even sure it can be prevented.
Position is everything. I guess being more vigilant wont hurt as you'll feel you are watching your little one even more.
You can't second guess every possible regurg. If she's like that again, heaven forbid, on her side to let anything drain out and let her airway open up to give her enough force to cough out anything.
On her back is still the safest position - the food pipe is actually behind the wind pipe, so when they vomit, the milk normally slides back down the throat. On their tummy, it flows forward and if it doesn't drain out of their mouth, it can be inhaled and cause problems.
There's really not much you can do, apart from keeping a close eye on them. Keep them with you as much as possible - in a pouch, or in a bassinet next to you. As she gets older and stronger, and more able to move her head or spit out or swallow the milk, things will get easier and less stressful.
Pretty much where she will always be now! As I said, I think it was because she was crying at the time. When she went to breathe in again for another big scream it probably because trapped then. She did it again to us this morning but DH was on top of it the second he heard her stop crying. She is being extremely clingy right now and is screaming minutes after I put her down asleep. And to think, she had the best sleep yesterday while I was at Kidz HQ.
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