Is it reflux, really struggling with all this sick.

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DS is almost 12 weeks old. He's a sicky baby and has regularly vomited since he was a few weeks olds. It was just small amounts but it's got worse and worse. He also farts allot and has lots of green poo's. He has also struggled to bring up wind since he was tiny but it doesn't seem to bother him that much.

I have spoken to the doctor and hv about it but they have just told me to try infacol because he doesn't seem to be in pain and he's gaining weight well. They mentioned reflux.

Becaue ds is bf I tried to stop dairy, I was very strict for 9 days but didn't notice a difference. I also found it very hard, I'm a veggie and found I was hungry all the time.

I paid a fortune for a cranial osteopath but it didn't help.

It's so bad that he's vomiting about 50ml at least 2 or 3 times after every feed, as well as lots of tiny pukes. Dh sometimes doesn't want to hold him and dd (2.6yo) is often left to her own devices while I hold up ds or clean up sick.

Can anyone suggest anything that might help, I'm finding it hard?

Sorry meant to say that infacol and gripe water seems to help a tiny bit with the bringing up wind and vomiting but then ds struggles and seems to be in pain. He also brings up clear or slightly lumpy sick when on these.

My friend with baby now 20weeks had same complaint and only just followed it up as think she felt she was complaining about small inconvenience but is glad she did as much improved. She changed formula brands which I know doesn't help you but also got gaviscon

My DS was exactly the same. The only thing that helped was baby gaviscon while he was only BF'd, but it got loads better once he started on solids. It's a messy, stinky time, but it won't be forever.

My DD1 and DS were / are like this and it is utterly maddening. DD2 wasn't so I conveniently forgot about it all until DS came along and I found myself covered in puke yet again. All 3 were bf, none of them have any sort of dairy intolerance. I eventually came to the conclusion that there was absolutely nothing wrong with either of them, they never showed any signs of distress and gained weight brilliantly and apart from the not stop sick (certainly 20 times a day at least - some little bits sometimes much more) were happy and healthy in every way. With DD1 it stopped by about 9 months when she was properly weaned onto 3 meals a day (rather than purees). The worst stage was 6 - 8 months when I was covered in orange milky carrot puree sick the whole time. DS is currently 7 months and it is decreasing slightly as he takes a bit more substantial and less liquid food, but he's still going strong and I am very smelly most of the time (I have lost the will to change my clothes and dab at them half heartedly with a damp cloth).

Not wanting to be the bearer of bad news but nothing we did ever helped. I did use infacol in the early weeks, which certainly helped all 3 of them to be more settled and less windy - it didn't make one iota of difference to the sick situation though. I only bf until 6 months and the switch to formula made no difference either. Neither did cranial osteopathy which we tried with DD1.

Obviously I cannot say that your DS is fine (as I don't know him and am not a doctor), and you must keep on pressing Dr and HV to help you if you are worried. All I can say is that it can be completely and utterly normal for babies to do this, and if that is the case grit your teeth and prepare for the carrot sick stage..... it'll just be another few months now until you are through it though.

Thanks fb addict and Wolfear.

Nelly, you've made me smile. My dd was similar but not as bad, Infacol worked for her but it was 6 months of smelling like rotten ice cream as I used vanilla oil to take the smell of sick away. Thankfully dd improved almost as soon as she started solids at 6 months, I hope ds does too.

I think I'll give baby gaviscon a go and if it works yay, if not then I guess I'll be smelly for a bit longer

My 10 week old is like this. We use gaviscon, it helps a bit but basically I am getting used ot being covered in sick.

I find it particularly useful for relatives you don't like!

Anyway, baby wipes get it out and cheap babygros from Asda so I can change himn 4-5 times a day.

My bf DC2 was like this. We constantly smelt of sick, me and her. Am a bit for you that your DH won't hold him. I did triple bibbing (one under the babygro and two over - but make sure you take them off before sleeps so he doesn't strangle himself) and lots of washing.

If he is otherwise well, good weight gain etc then it is probably something to endure. DC2 was a porker from the start and clapped on weight unbelievably well (didn't even drop any weight post birth as far as MW could tell )

I found it incredibly frustrating. I know a lot of people are precribed Gaviscon in situations like these but I have yet to hear of it making any difference. I also think that if you want to try eliminating something from your diet then you need to give it at least two weeks but I am not a nutritionist so you need to check that out with someone properly qualified.

At least bf is the gentlest on his tummy so it is some small consolation that he is probably being less sick than he might be otherwise - no, I know, it's not much of a consolation.

What else did I do - lots of time upright in one of those stretchy slings. Do you get pains in your other breast when he starts to feed - you could have a very fast flow of milk. Try feeding lying down or you reclining on your back and him lying tummy down on you to feed - takes practice and lots of cushions/pillows. She grew out of her sicky phase eventually.