Spilling when will she stop?
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Topic: Spilling when will she stop?
Posted By: caliandjack
Subject: Spilling when will she stop?
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 6:58pm
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DD is a very spilly baby it seems to have gotten worse over the last few weeks and the amount of dribble has increased, where it seems its more dribble she's bringing up rather than milk.
When will she get control of her wee tummy? ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 7:13pm
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My DD didn't stop spilling so much till she was established on solids! Even then she would still spill sometimes, just not as often. ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 7:40pm
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Did you do anything to keep on top of the endless wet clothes? ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Jaxnz1
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 7:51pm
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DD stopped when she was on solids too.
We used heaps of muslin cloths and I could usually predict when she was going to spill, so was well prepared with a cloth. 
Mum2mum do great dribble bibs....I would highly recommend investing in a few. They look like bandana's too, so very trendy and don't actually look like bibs  ------------- 
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 8:06pm
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Waterproof backed bibs will be your best friend!
Ollie wears one always now and gets changed if his chest is wet or its a real;ly bug spill.... -------------   
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 8:15pm
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DD had bad reflux and dint stop spilling until about 8-10 months. ------------- |
Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 8:44pm
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DD was very spilly, I think it had a definite improvement around 5-6mths, basically after she started solids.
The dribble may have to do with teeth if shes usually spilly but not dribbly. We just used lots of flat white cloth nappies as super large "bibs" ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 8:51pm
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About 5 months here, well that's when I noticed it getting less milk and more drool and solids at 6 months and around then was when she stopped spilling. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 8:54pm
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DS2 is very spilly as well. TBH the amount of washing and cleaning up I do sometimes gets me down! He has got a bit better recently (he started solids at 6 months). 2 different doctors told me that it should stop by the time he is 1 (!!!). That is when the valve at the top of their tummies should be working right.
As to the wet clothes, I had him in bibs from fairly young (some people thought I was giving him solids  ) also I use an old style flat nappy over my shoulder when burping or even just holding him, it's become his permanent accesory!------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 8:59pm
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I always have a muslin or a flat nappy handy. Avoided bibs so far guess I'll have to add them to her daily atire. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 9:15pm
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We used bibs from birth, but that was just because every time I fed her (BF) my letdown was so forceful she'd pull off and get drenched rofl! But bibs saved clothes otherwise I'd be changing her every 2 hours! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 9:17pm
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The neck of her sleep sack gets pretty sodden and crusty with spilled milk. Shame they're so expensive we really need two. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: gmunster
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 9:19pm
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permanent bibs here and the polar fleece top ones with plastic underneath are great - NO wet clothes! -------------  
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 11:15pm
Sorry, Zac is 10.5 months old and still spills several times each day  He eats loads of solids and has done since 4.5 months. Harry was about 5-6 months I think when his stopped though 
Bibs - Mum2Mum. Worth the price. Amazing for spilly and dribbly bubs. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 8:17am
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I have some of the Mum2Mum ones ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 9:33am
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Usually around 6 months old they get better, I guess it coincides with sitting up.
I agree on bibs, we used them as Cooper dribbled a ton. Dribbling does seem to go along with reflux I've noticed. Just an observation not saying that C has reflux. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: shadowfeet
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 10:27am
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DD's got better at around 8 months when she started sitting, but she still spills once a day or so at nearly 14 months. It seems to go away but get worse around bad teething times. We used a lot of cloth flats as permanent accessories and bibs on all the time. ------------- 
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 11:21am
Just had to keep changing her bibs didn't cut it, as you probably know! And I was always covered in sick  we had soooo much washing!------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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caliandjack wrote:Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 11:46am
Same! And it started right after I'd had a shower *sigh* Now he is crawling I find puddles all over the floor ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 11:57am
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When Kiara still does the odd one (more dribble these days) she stops and plays with the puddles, then crawls through them, shes an expert floor washer (luckily most of the floor is wood!). ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 1:18pm
Nope she doesn't have reflux, the dribbling has only recently started in the past month. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: snugglebug
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 2:04pm
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I have a very spilly baby, always spills a few times after a feed and on me, on the floor etc. I only change him if it's a big one but I still have loads of washing lol bibs for sure but I find just trying to pre-empt it helps, and keeping him up right for half an hour after a feed to try and keep it down. But I think it's just one of those hazards of having a baby. I do washing a few times every day so I can always have clothes ready ------------- Me 28, DH 29 DS born 20 Nov 2010 (4 years old) #2 due October 7 http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 3:42pm
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I had a spilly baby too. He was even sick the night he was born lol but that was mucous. Anywho, he used to spill EVERY SINGLE FEED at least once. It was horrible. He wore bibs every moment he was awake. Mum2mum bibs were great. SillyBillyz do a good one too coz it sits so close around the neck.
Anyway one day when he was about 7.5months I thought to myself, "hey, DS hasn't spewed in awhile" and he hasn't since. Well, the odd one where he's been a guzzle guts but nothing like before. And he WASN'T a reflux baby. It will get better, but just like every baby is different - every baby's spilling is too. P.s it smells worse when they're on solids too 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 4:34pm
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Wore her first bib today and it did help, mostly having something close at hand to wipe up the spills.
Not much I can do when she's sleeping though she sleeps on an old flat nappy and I change that regularly. She's happy enough and no she doesn't have reflux. She is a very windy baby only time it bothers her is when the puke goes up her nose hasn't had that for a while. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Buttersmum
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 4:56pm
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Zoe is a really spilly baby and doesn't have acid reflux. She is what they call a "happy chucker" Found not much we could do except her wearing bibs all the time and have a cloth at the ready to wipe up the spills. And yeah she dribbled constantly. We had her on thickend formula which helped while she was little but once we started solids just changed to normal formula. the carpet takes a hammering but I've stopped stressing about it now. She is much better now at 7 mths but still spills heaps. The dribble has subsided somewhat so bibs aren't daily attire anymore but she has dribbled heaps during teething. ETA: the spilling at night stopped at about 4 mths which was good. I just used flat nappies too instead of having to change the sheets all the time
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 my little blobby April 09 "gone but will never be forgotten xx"
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Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 08 February 2011 at 9:07pm
Oh Shadowfeet!! I didn't realise you were still dealing with this too! DD spills after most milk feeds still too (at 14 months). It is starting to attract a lot of negative attention from well-meaning people. Yes I've spoken to the doctor, she's fine. Back off!! When it was all the time, lots and lots of bibs, and using a cloth flat in the cot under her head. Also having a supply of cloth flats at all the likely spots around the house so you can grab them quickly. It gets better - DD fetched me a spill cloth to clean up herself for the first time last week ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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