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EBF and vomiting/spitting up

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cillacilla · 30/07/2023 14:30

Hi all, I have tried asking family about this but no one had any advice really. My baby is 2 months old EBF and refuses a bottle. I have been feeding on demand since birth. Normally she wakes, feed for a little and then at the end of wake window feeds to sleep. She has started sleeping much longer at night so having more feeds during the day but it seems to be way more than every 2 hours. She only has one long enough nap that means she has a gap of 2 hours as she wants to eat when she wakes and also to fall back asleep. This isn't a problem for me except she's starting spitting up more (mainly in the morning) and occasionally (once or twice) what to me seems like vomit/an excessive spit up. It goes all over me and her. It seems like it could be from over feeding? Is it normal to really feed baby every two hours or do some babies snack more like she does on the boob? I have recently moved so away from the area where she was born and I had access to a lactation support group.

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7Worfs · 30/07/2023 14:35

A bit of spit up is fairly normal at 2mo.
Neither of mine took bottles either, and breastfeeding to sleep did cause a bit of over feeding here and there.
They also vomit when they start to master tummy time, moving, crawling. By 10-12mo vomiting stops altogether in my experience.

HideTheRockyBars · 30/07/2023 15:12

Both of mine fed every 1.5 to 2 hours at that age. And one was a comfort feeder and the other was just super hungry but couldn't feed to sleep.

What you describe does sound somewhat normal but the excessive spit up could be something in your diet. Might be worth keeping a food diary and seeing if it's worse after certain foods

cillacilla · 30/07/2023 18:14

Thanks for the replies. This is all new to me and I think my baby may be a bit of a comfort feeder as you describe. Will try a food diary but my diet is very boring while looking after a newborn lol

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7Worfs · 30/07/2023 18:27

Yep, comfort feeding is good though. It’s really useful after their vaccinations or if they are under the weather, or teething.

Mine is 11mo now and only really feeds for naps and bedtime.

Mimi2022 · 20/01/2024 19:49

@cillacilla did you find out the reason?

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