Jethro has been a happy chucker since pretty much day one, and he is now five months old. We are fairly sick (pardon pun) of the constant splats onto the floor or gushes down his and our clothes, but really, that and the steady stream of laundry required is the only issue. He is breastfed, by the way, and has just started the solids exploration in the last week, which just makes for orange, pumpkin-y spews. He has gained weight steadily and well, feeds happily (possibly too often...I think I need to cut him off a bit sooner rather than let all this comfort feeding take place which seems to overfill him) and has always been a happy kid. I've had a few mums ask me, with slightly horrified looks on faces at the sight of his torrent of spew, if he is on medication, but never has a Maternal & Child Health nurse or GP suggested this is required, and I have always been up front about his vomiting. I might double check at his next nurse appointment if it is still considered normal, but I really don't want to go putting him on meds willy nilly if he is happy and gaining at a healthy rate. I would love it if the reflux (as I call it, but not, I think, in the medical sense) stopped tomorrow, but whatcha gonna do? Keep the washing machine going I guess!

I'm curious who else out there has a happy chucker and feels the same as me...do you feel pressured to be using medication by some people, but feel it is unnecessary? Also, I have never made any connection between my diet and his chucking, bu I am going to try cutting out tomatoes, citrus, spicy and fatty foods for a week to see if there is an effect. Ironically, these (apart from fatty foods) were the flavours I craved most through my pregnancy, so I don't know if I have created an acid issue for him from in-utero...I would have hoped it would have made him more resilient to those flavours.