Re: the baby who's "throwing up breastmilk" but not formula:
Maybe mom is doing something different with positioning the baby when she
formula feeds - maybe, without being really aware of it, she's holding the
baby more upright w/formula bottles, or maybe she's even fdg. the baby with
the baby sitting up in an infant seat or something. Or maybe when she
nurses, the baby goes off to sleep, so mom, not wanting to "disturb" her,
puts her down right away flat in a crib, so then babe regurges, whereas when
she gives formula maybe the baby stays awake so she keeps her in more of a
sitting position for a while so the stuff has more of a chance to "settle".
Worth asking about anyway.

And yes, I agree that eliminating dairy products completely for at least 10
days-2 wks. is probably worthwhile.

The other thing I'd ask is, how's the baby's wt. gain *without* formula
supp.? IF baby's happy & gaining & stooling & all that other stuff, maybe
the "throwing up" is insignificant - except for the mom.

I absolutely HATE to see babies with any hx. of asthma in the family go to
formula! At WIC I saw this so often, and when a mom told me that her older
children had asthma or other allergies(esp. if formula-fed), I'd move heaven
and earth to keep them away from formula. There just seems to be this whole
interconnected complex w/asthma, allergies, rashes, resp. illnesses, and
generalized failure to do robustly well in these babies. These tend to be
the families you see year after year, kid after kid, with the pale skin &
red scaly cheek patches & lots of green snot all winter & either
squishy-looking pudgy or puny, pinched-looking kids. The ones for whom "it's
always something".

Cathy Bargar RN IBCLC Ithaca NY

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