This section will include information about topics such as allergy, intolerance, colic, reflux, silent reflux, posseting, breast refusal, specialist formulae, thrush, what to do if baby isn't getting enough breastmilk, teething, what to do when baby is poorly, and many more.

Here's a common scenario, too:

Help! My baby is bringing back her feed!

Erin keeps throwing up after a couple of feeds each day. It is projectile from her nose and mouth and frightens the life out of me. I have been told that this is because she has drunk too much and she is just bringing up the excess - then why does she want another drink after, I'm worried it'll just make her sick again but don't want her to be hungry either. Any ideas?

Also she gets hiccups all the time and this also can make her sick - anyone know any cures for hiccups??

Charlotte and Erin 4+5 xxx

Answer:

My son is quite sick after most feeds, he is a very efficient feeder and I have quite a strong let down, so I think he's gulping air down with the milk - the air then gets trapped in a little pocket at the bottom of the milk and to get out it brings lots of the milk with it. Such a waste! And messy too!

I spoke to the local very knowledgable and experienced BfN supporter about this today and she suggested feeding lying down, or at least with baby in a more vertical rather than horizontal position in relation to you - as this seems to make the milk hit a different part of the mouth / gullet. and stops them gulping so much air down with it. I can tell you that this seems to help - as he feeds lying down with me at night and doesn't seem to get trapped wind, but after EVERY OTHER feed of the day he does. Also I tried lying back with him in the same line as me - ie him sort of vertical on my body - earlier, and this seems to have worked too. Editor's note - this is known as the Biological Nurturing or BN position.

Breastfed babies don't really drink too much as while the first, thinnish milk is quick to come down and they could get too much of that, when your breasts switch to the fattier milk part way into a feed it is very creamy and slow to come through, so they can't gulp down too much without realising they're full: they would have that FULL feeling and stop - you see them go into a sort of 'milk coma' - totally blissed out and rolling eyes - very sweet!

HTH - certainly helped me!

Michelle



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