Does your baby have acid reflux, or are they just barfy"
Morgan Nish really wanted to breastfeed her first baby, Isaac, but supply issues meant she had to switch to formula when her son was two weeks old. That?s when the projectile puke problems started?and the amount of spit-up dribbling down Nish?s shoulder after a feed was much more than what she thought was normal. ?He was happier, because he was full,? she recalls. ?But if I was holding him in a cradle position and he’d puke, it would go all the way up into my hair. I?d have to go shower at two o?clock in the morning. We had receiving blankets all over the house to clean up the mess.?
Over the next few weeks, the vomiting didn?t improve and Isaac was also colicky, with prolonged bouts of unexplained crying. Living in an Edmonton apartment without a washing machine made it even worse. Nish washed barfy blankets in the bathtub to save money, all the while becoming more and more physically and emotionally exhausted. ?I remember feeling so inadequate as a mother,? Nish says. ?I thought, ?why should I have kids if I can?t even feed them"?? She had worked as a registered nurse before taking her mat leave and knew from her medical training that she was technically doing everything right, but it sure didn?t feel like it. ?Deep down you know those feelings are irrational, but you still can?t help but have them,” she says. Studies disagree a bit on exact numbers, but somewhere between 40 and 70 percent of infants spit up every day. Even though it’s common, it...
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