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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