Spilling

How much spilling is normal, and when should I be worried?

I mentioned she was a bit spilly to the doctor at her 6 week jabs but it's got a lot worse since then. Even though I'm using cloth flats every time I hold her or put her down anywhere I'm still getting covered.

All the guides say to consult the doctor if your baby is spilling a lot, but what constitutes a lot?

TIA

Most are smallish leaks out of the side of the mouth (the bird poo sized ones), But at least once a day we'll get a projectile one. They're not whole feeds but it seems like the majority of the feeds sometimes. She'll spill then demand another whole feed.

The bigger one this afternoon covered my shoulder, completely missing the cloth I had there, and went all down my cleavage and all over her face, hands, and the top half of her bodysuit. Then I put her down after mopping that up and she spilled 10cm out from the side of her face and 1 side of her face was covered.

She gets real upset about it if she's lying down but is happier if she's sitting up.

Doesn't sound too normal

Oh also Weegee you asked about though the nose. Willow has done this since about 2-3hours after she was born. Is it something to be looked at?

Dd used to projectile vomit all the time. With her it was trapped wind, she didn't like to give it up.
Does she burp soon after the vom ?

From what I understand it is only a problem if she is spilling up more than an hour after feeds, or if the spit up often has a cottage cheese consistency.

Or as the others say if she is not gaining weight that might be a concern.

my ds is 9 weeks and spills up after most feeds, and probably also about one big spill up a day, it seems to have increased over the past couple of weeks, and I think it's all pretty normal.

yay for flat cloths! hehe

T_Rex wrote: It is a pain though, constantly cleaning baby vomit off things!

I hear ya! DS was a very spilly baby, I got so sick of constantly cleaning up puke, apologising to everyone he puked on who held him, the washing etc etc It wasn't until he was about 3 weeks old that my MIL suggested putting a bib on him, in my sleep deprived state hadn't even thought of that! It didn't contain it all but at least it usually missed his clothes and went on the couch which was leather (yay!) so easy to wipe up.

He puked large amounts after every feed but like someone said if you get a TBS of milk and pour it out on the bench, it looks like a lot but in reality is only 20mls. He would sometimes powerchuck and man that could go some distance! He grew out of that around 8 weeks and finally stopped spilling around 7mths He still occasionally pukes but it's usually if he gets down and crawls around straight after being fed.

We had him on reflux meds (gaviscon and ranitidine) for a while but I stopped them as I didn't feel it was making any difference and didn't want him on medication unnecessarily. He wasn't unsettled with the puking and he was growing well.

If I can offer you one bit of advice it's clean any spills on the carpet properly. I had a tendency to mop it up with a dry cloth at the time as it was so constant and mean to go back and clean it properly but would forget and now our lovely new carpet is two toned with bleach stains from the tummy acid

Thanks for all your replies. I think I'll talk to the plunket nurse on tuesday about what to do. Gaviscon seemed to work a little this afternoon but not this evening.