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Acid Reflux Baby Breastfeeding
Our newborn baby spits up before we can even sit her upright to burp her. What else should we try?
Hi, our daughter is 4 weeks old and has been breastfeeding exclusively. She tends to fall asleep while she feeds (which should minimize gas/burping/spit up issues but she still tends to swallow a lot of air. We burp her when she completes one breast and more often than not she will spit up as soon as we sit her up for burping. The amount is is probably 2-3 tablespoons, and often coming up very rapidly (like a vomit rather than a slow trickle).
Our main method of burping is the 'lap burp' (with baby sitting on one lap and one of parent's hand supporting chin), with the occasional 'over the shoulder burp'. I understand that acid reflux could be the cause and that we should keep her upright while feeding. What's the proper way to hold her in that case?
Thanks!
I'm not sure on the upright position but try burping her more often during the feeding. Like every 5 min. See if that helps. My son was like that and he also hated to be burped. So what I did was while I was burping him I put a binky in his mouth and that helped him calm down and within sec. he burped and then I continued the feeding. Burping every 5 min. helped me until he was older and the gas really didn't affect him as bad.
Identifying Heartburn In Babies
Although aptly called ‘heartburn', this ailment really is not really a heart problem. It is often called such because individuals who suffer from heartburn often complain of a burning sensation in their breast area. Heartburn is also referred to esophageal disorder. Seeing an adult suffering from heartburn is bad enough but more so if it were your little tykes who suffer from such ailment.
In infants, heartburn is often associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD. This is a common ailment in babies below two years old. In babies, symptoms of heartburn include cough, restlessness during sleep and irritability. The cause of heartburn at this early age may be attributed to stomach discomfort. An infant's stomach may have acidic contents that may move towards to the esophagus. A weak esophageal sphincter, which is the muscle that connects the stomach, may be weak and cause such reflux.
A reflux simply means that intestinal fluids flow the wrong way. In infants, acid from their stomach is reverted back to his food pipe. When this happens, the symptoms of heartburn would soon follow.
You would often notice that your child would often spit out food or even vomit. They often cry out after a meal and produce a burping sound. If this happens, hold your baby upright when feeding him, this will keep the milk down his digestive system. Using a baby sling can also be of help.
Since heartburn is a disease related to food intake, it is important to keep watch of you're the food your child takes. Babies mostly rely on milk as food; you can give them milk in smaller amounts but on a regular basis. If you already started feeding your babies rice cereal, make it less diluted and thicken the formula.
Heartburn is more evident in premature babies. As in most cases, mothers play a vital role in the health of their babies. When either of the parents smoke, then your child will suffer the results of passive smoking. As always, breastfeeding is a great advantage for your baby' health and can prevent heartburn. Immediately head to your pediatrician at the first symptom of heartburn. Treatment can be administered, though in time, children would eventually outgrow heartburn.
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