Milk from the nose

[JoyfulJoyful]

Hello, I'm here both petrified and guilt ridden. My 9 week old baby woke for his feed and whilst still very sleepy I shoved my boob into his mouth only for him to cough and I realised milk coming out from his nose. I immediately put him upright and he seems fine although I'm scared I may have done some damage. Should I take him to see GP in the morning?

He's sleeping now and breathing fine.

[monsterchild]

No he'll be fine. Milk won't hurt anything up there!

[elvislives2012]

My DD had this too. When she was feeding it would drip out if her nose sometimes. If you're worried then take her to the GP in the morning but don't feel guilty- boob shoving is normal!

[JoyfulJoyful]

Thank you Monsterchild. I feel so guilty for not being fully awake. I feel like such a bad mom.

[JoyfulJoyful]

Thanks elvislives. I feel more guilt than worry. He seems fine and is now fast asleep.

[duchesse]

Oh they do that all the time! It's better it comes out through the nose than go down the other way...

You are not a bad mum! There is a thread in classics of hideous things people have done to their children by accident that will make you laugh and laugh. I'll see if I can find it.

[JoyfulJoyful]

Thanks duchesse. Your post is most reassuring.

[duchesse]

Funny thread here if you're having trouble getting back to sleep.

[JoyfulJoyful]

Thanks so much duchesse, really appreciate it.

[CailinDana]

My poor dd (8 weeks) was very stuffed up with a cold till the same thing happened to her. Cleared her out a treat! I think it's a pretty normal thing

[blackteaplease]

They are connected so its fine. Ds did this at every feed until he was about 6 weeks old when he grew out of it.

[isambardo]

My son did this too in the first couple months, quite glad to hear this happens to others as well! Seemed to clear him out quite well when he had a cold :)

[Radiator1234]

Completely normal we had it most days at first and still now sometimes she is 6 weeks

[lurcherlover]

Joyful, if it makes you feel better when my baby was two months old I posted on here asking if I needed to take him to hospital after my (big) dog trod on his chest . You're a long way away from "worst mother of the world" award

[duchesse]

Am I the only one wondering what the MN consensus was on baby trodden on by dog (a lurcher?) FWIW, I reckon that unless the dog had been about to leap up, the chances are that most of its weight would have been on the other three paws and it wouldn't have had time to put press down much with paw on chest. Hope baby was OK!

[duchesse]

And lurcher, I see your 2 mo accidentally trodden on by dog and raise you one 4mo bounced on by (just) 2 year old brother. Red marks and everything.

[lurcherlover]

Heh heh. The MN consensus was that as he didn't cry (or even wake up) it was unlikely that said dog had broken all his ribs, as I was panicking...he's two now and doesn't seem to have suffered any ill effects!