Lynn wrote:
Dee states (my emphasis * added): I agree with those who suggest that
it can't be good for baby to be constantly exposed to something that *makes
him spit up large amounts and frequently*, even if the baby is smiling and
happy.
Is this statement accurate? Can we ASSUME that because some spittiness
is alleviated by diet changes that it is always the food?
Dee here:
OK, I can tell, both from this response and from private responses, that I
did not make myself clear. My astrological sign is Leo, and we think every
detail is important and have trouble being concise even if our life depends on
it! And every time I try to "shorten up" something to make my posts brief as
the listmothers ask, people misunderstand me--leading me once again to the
conclusion that every detail is important!
What I was trying to say in that particular sentence, which evidently I
did not word exactly as I intended, was that I don't think it's good for a
baby's digestive tract to be constantly irritated by frequent and large
spit-ups. In no way did I mean that food sensitivities or other "medical"
conditions are the only cause. I totally realize that babies can spit up due to food
sensitivities, immature anatomy, mom's oversupply or overactive letdown, or
*whatever*.
But that wasn't even the most important point I was trying to make in
that post! I included that paragraph to show that I did realize and agree with
others who had already posted that the frequent spitting can have
implications for that baby that should be checked out before just assuming it is a
benign condition that will be outgrown.
The point I was trying to make, no matter what might be causing the baby
to spit up so much, is that it is not just a laundry problem TO MOM! Even
assuming she is not stressing over *why* the baby is spitting so much (and
with my daughter, for quite a while I was not worried about *her* because she
seemed happy, so was not particularly stressing about *why* in the beginning),
the embarrassment from mess and/or smell, the addition of extra work to your
day doing the constant cleaning up, the unhappy looks from friends and
relatives whose carpet just got "decorated", etc. etc. can be way more than "just a
laundry problem" to mom. I wanted everyone to think about how that
statement can sound to a stressed mother. It was the situation from the mother's
perspective, even more than what it means to the baby, that I was trying to bring
up in my post.
Dee
Dee Kassing, BS, MLS, IBCLC, RLC
Collinsville, Illinois, in central USA
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