3 Month Old Wont Stop Throwing Up

My three month old son cannot seem to keep a meal down. im feeding him 4 oz. of enfamil prosobee but the doctor recommended that i switch him to enfamil nutramigen and add rice to his milk but it got worse than before this is his third time i have switched his milk on a doctors recommendation.

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3 Month Old Wont Stop Throwing Up

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Nov 30, 2009
A specialist?
by: Paula (Baby Help Line)

Hi,

I am sorry to hear that your baby continues to have problems despite switching formulas. Obviously that doesn't seen to be the solution. Has your child been properly screened for pediatric GERD (often called reflux)? I suspect, due to the advice to add rice cereal to the formula that the doctors at least suspect reflux. But switching formulas is not everything you can do in such case. Holding your baby in an upright position while feeding and feeding only small amounts and frequently are other measures to take.

Your baby should maybe also be checked for allergies as well as other possibly conditions, such as pyloric stenosis (narrowing of the opening from the stomach to the intestines), and laryngomalacia (under developed throat/larynx muscles).

I am not a doctor, so can't say what is wrong with your baby. Instead I would like to empower you to not give up! You have already searched second opinions, but since you keep getting the same advice but it doesn't help, try to educate yourself about GERD, and otehr conditions, keep a diary over how much your baby throws up and head back to yet another doctor.

One thing you should know; if your baby does have GERD/reflux, but is still happy and gains weight, most doctors advice not to medicate, but rather let the condition grow away.

You are not alone!

Here are links to similar questions and problems here at the Baby Help Line:

http://www.easybabylife.com/why-is-my-baby-vomitting.html

http://www.easybabylife.com/baby-throwing-up-after-drinking-the-bottle.html

http://www.easybabylife.com/feeding-problem-baby-throwing-up.html

http://www.easybabylife.com/reflux-in-8-week-old.html

I wish you good luck! Please come back and let us know about your progress.

Paula

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