7 months, still being sick, please help

[ames]

Ds is nearly 7months and has always been a sicky baby. He's had gaviscon for reflux from about 2 months but now he only has 2 bottles of milk and 3 meals. The problem is that every time he sits up he is repeatedly sick. Obviously because it's food and not just milk it absolutly stinks and today i'm at my wits end. I am always washing bibs and clothes (both his and mine) cushions, playmats, cleaning the carpet plus try to look after dd (22months.) Ds is getting bored lying on the floor but i dont know what else to do. I find it really hard to play with him when i'm being covered in stinking vomit. He is such a lovely, good natured litle boy.
Should I take him back to the doctors or is it just something i've got to put up with? Any advice?

dd got worse around the time she was getting more mobile rather than better. We had a significant improvement from around 8/9 months and all but disappeared from around a year. Still get the occasional problem with coughs and keep her cot head elevated anyway.

hth

mine were both abot 12 months before this started to improve. sorry probably not what you wanted to hear

Actually it's just nice to get some reasuurance that it does improve. Did either of you find any foods made it worse, ds eats far more than dd ever did so perhaps I am feeding him too much?Although he is still quite a small baby (not sure how much he weighs as I don't relish trips to the hv much) Today he was lying flat for nearly 4 hours after his dinner (2 of these asleep) but was still promptly sick repeatedly as soon as I sat him up, so length of time doesn't make any difference. Any other tips or advice. DD was never sick so I'm new to all this!

My ds (now 8 months) stopped being sick when I mixed probiotics into his food twice a day. The relief is enormous.

Ames,

Wouldn't say that any particular foods affected her but textures did ie when I tried mashed pear at around 8 months. Finger foods were pretty much a no-no until she started to take stuff off our plates. We were advised to stick to purees longer than normal. Even at almost a year we tried pasta as part of a bbq meal but dd gagged and threw up in front of our (then childless)guests, fortunately the woman was a children's nurse so used to it.

Do you have to lie him flat at all now ? The motion of sitting up probably disturbs his stomach more. Even as a tiny baby we kept dd's head elevated - in her car seat,cot(books under legs at head end), bouncy chair or carry cot (rolled blankets under the mattress)/pushchair, , precisely to avoid the dramatic change in position making her sick. dd is still pretty small (she's over 2 now but the size of a child at least 6 months younger) but that has made no difference to her development. At 7 months you could support him with a v-pillow or cushion to encourage him to sit up longer as that will help, or could he sit in a high chair whilst you entertain dd at the table.

hth

Poor you ames - I did despair that dd2 would never stop being sick. My despair was exacerbated by the fact that dd1 was never sick (they are only 14 months apart). It was made worse by the fact that she really loved anything with tomatoes in it, which meant a whole summer of everything being stained orange. I think it ended at around 18 months, so please believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

poor you. dd2 has juts been checked at the hospital as she is sick a fair bit. they think she probably has food intolerences, so even tho she was egg/gluten free since she was weaned till 1year old, it looks like i'm gonna be keeping food diaries and trying to find the triggers.
i would take him back to the docs, i spent 9months being told it will get better when she reaches a year/starts walking etc, and u know what, it didnt. so push and push again at the docs.

Thanks for the support, the different suggestions have renewed my strength to deal with it. It could be a lot worse, he's perfectly healthy, it's just inconvenient, but I do find it hard, especially when I bath him and he's sick as soon as I start to dress him.
Bobthebaby - wondered if you could tell me how you mix probiotics into food. I don't know much about them apart from my mum drinks Aptimel everyday!
Lizs - havent tried anything but purees yet. I suppose lie ds down is he is not really ever sick lying flat. He gets bored when sat in his chair and I bothere that he's not going to lurn to roll over properly or crawl if he's always strapped into something. Actually since he has started having less milk he isnt sick untill he is moved, picked up or sat up. If he lies flat shortly after eating he wont be sick untill he is moved, and that is however long he is left.
Carla - ds also loves anything tomato based and most clothes and all bibs have a orange stain somewhere! DD was never sick (screamed consantly, but never sick!) and heres 15 months between them so you know how hard it can get. DD does try to help by bringing me teatowels and bibs! She pretends her dolls have been sick too!
Anyway must stop ambling on, hanks again and I'm going to take ds to the hv on tuesday to see what she says, last time I went he was just starting solids and she said there would be a big improvement so I'll see what she says now!

I buy a probiotic from my paed who imports them into NZ from the US. But you can just get them in health food shops (some even have just the tins of powder for babies/infants) Mine are capsules but I mix half a capsule in with a teaspoon of pureed pear and give it before the meal. Most of them need to be stored in the fridge. Even if my ds turns down breakfast he still eats the one spoonful of probiotic.

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