Baby spit up: When should you worry"
Recently, we were having lunch with friends when their teenaged son appeared from the other room, stricken, holding Ezra, our 15-week-old, at arm?s length. The 14-year-old had been spit-up bombed. For that poor kid, baby puke is the stuff of nightmares. For us, Ezra?s upchuck-inured moms, dealing with spit up is like changing a diaper?a vaguely unpleasant ritual that happens several times a day and involves the strategic containment of bodily fluids.
That?s not to say I?m entirely blasé about Ezra?s post-meal attacks. I?ve often wondered whether he?s having an adverse reaction to the breastmilk-formula combo we?re feeding him. Are we to blame" New mom Manusha Janakiram has had similar woes: ?I used to feel so defeated when Uma would spit up. Watching milk gurgling out of her mouth made me feel like something was wrong with me, with her, and the milk.?
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According to Aubrey Maze, a Thornhill, Ont., paediatrician, Ezra and Uma are in good company. He estimates that two-thirds of all babies will experience at least one episode of spitting up?usually between one to two tablespoons?by the time they?re four months old. ?The muscle that acts as a valve between the esophagus and stomach is not fully developed, which allows milk...
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