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Q: Puke Baby

For you ladies who are already mamas. My one week old all of a sudden has decided to puke after eating. It doesn't happen all the time but more recently lately. We've been using the same formula that he had no problem with in the beginning. Could it be because we are "force feeding him?" Pediatrician said to feed him every 2 to 3 hours during the day and every 4 hours at night. The puking seems to only happen at night though. Maybe the husband and I are less patient at night, feeding him too much, I'm not sure. We generally feed him 2 ounces and give him another half ounce to 1 ounce if he still acts hungry. I'm also supplementing with breast milk when I have enough pumped or he decides he wants to latch. And thoughts?

This question was asked Dec. 25, 2015 10:14am
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Answered by lala_0412 - Dec. 28, 2015 5:42pm

At night it can be little bit more tiring but just make sure your getting a good burp or two out of him.. I know they usually eat and fall asleep but even as adults we can't just lay down with a full belly. Maybe sit him up for a while and let the bottle digest and then put him back to sleep. And yes, like the other ladies said, ignore scheduling. Let him sleep as long as possible at night. He will definitely wake up when he is hungry. Good luck!

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Answered by Amanda_McDaniel - Dec. 27, 2015 12:16am

Definitely ignore the schedule and do what suits his feeding schedule. He'll let you know when he's hungry. But, if you start noticing a acidic bile smell, like actual vomit, maybe have him checked for acid reflux. After I stopped producing when Sebastian was ten weeks old, he did fine on a certain formula for a few weeks until he started crying excessively and spitting up with that acidic smell. He was put on Prilosec and some sensitive formula and we never had another problem.

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Answered by pbc910 - Dec. 26, 2015 8:45pm

I too ignore the schedule. My babies do a great job of letting us know when they are hungry and full. Oliver usually throws/spits up when he has eaten too much, which has been happening a ton because he is eating so much more. I'd say see how he acts if you feed him less. If he is still doing it, could be something else.

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Answered by Cattsmeow - Dec. 25, 2015 7:04pm

I personally ignore the feeding schedule. Baby will let you know if they are still hungry. We had a lot of throw up problems when we fed on a schedule. Valerie stopped puking after we started feeding her based on her cues. As long as your son is gaining weight, I wouldn't wake him to feed overnight.

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Answered by Starmama14 - Dec. 25, 2015 5:53pm

We had this problem with our daughter. And it was only at nighttime too...our pediatrician told us to feed her every four hours too so we did that, even would wake her up for her feeding if she was sleeping . My MIL (retired pediatric nurse) told us to stop waking her up for feeds at night and let her wake us up when she's hungry. After we started doing that, the night puking stopped. Not sure if this helps or if it is the 'right thing' to do but it worked for us and our daughter and she gained weight and ate just fine. We just never told her doctor that's what we were doing ;)

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