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Heather states, "Well, I dunno.....I'd want to know exactly what the mother
means by the baby "spitting up massive amounts in the morning several
mornings in a row after sleeping for a few hours and she kept putting the
baby back on and the baby did this three times one morning."
All of that could just be the baby spitting up - babies do this.
Maybe the baby is getting too much, and brings it back up again - normal.
Mothers will say it's 'massive amounts' when a more experienced mother (or
bf supporter of whatever hue) will recognise it as no more than a 'generous'
amount rather than a sign of some pathology.
Pyloric stenosis is characterised by projectile vomiting, and if it was
projectile, the mother would be able to describe it in a way that made it
clear this was not just spitting up."
Heather, I distinctly remember Jack Newman saying that spit-up is a "laundry
issue only." Obviously he was NOT referring to the amount that would be
associated with Pyloric Stenosis. But it is appropriate in the USA; moms
really do think there is a huge amount when it seems to be only "normal baby
spit-up."
Royce
What you permit, you promote
Royce Anderson
RN, IBCLC, RLC, CD (DONA)
The Focal Point
7608 Brookside Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73132-5641
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