So I guess I woke up even more confident, convinced that today would be a breeze. But then little missy decided to start up a very familiar habit; one we lived with for the first seven months of her big brother's life.
Spitting up.
Ben was a SPITTER. Such a spitter that we had a stash of at least 40 bibs that we were washing every other day. That doesn't count the outfit changes or his crib sheets or our clothes. I remember I used to get so frustrated when I'd read in articles that "you don't have a medical problem - you have a laundry problem." Thanks.
Addie has spit-up since day one, but it was manageable: small amounts, usually only right after eating. But then today? Today it started. In the exact same way it started with Ben. One morning he woke up and projectile spit-up everywhere. And then more and more and more. We called the doctor in a panic and even ended up running all sorts of tests and putting me on an elimination diet to make sure it wasn't something in my milk. But all for naught and we just ended up resigning ourselves to doing loads and loads and loads of laundry.
I was so hoping we wouldn't go down this road again. Today we've been through five outfits, four bibs, mommy & daddy's bed sheet, three baby blankets and three outfit changes for mommy. And it's 9:30. And we've only been up since 7:00. It's making this "taking care of two" thing a little tougher when I'm constantly running downstairs to do laundry, upstairs to clean spit-up off a little girl, to the nursery for another outfit and so on. The silver lining in it all? At least this time we won't spend 7 months worrying about the health of our baby. We know she's fine. We just have a laundry problem.
It's a good thing she's so cute!
She is beautiful and worth every little bit of spit :)
ReplyDeleteSome babies are just spitty. My second was. He was a projectile spitter as you describe.
I know some folk have found that prescribed drugs like zantac help.
I remember when Jude started spitting up (and I use the term "spitting up" very loosely). I figured out with him that I had a very strong "letdown ejaculation reflex" when I was feeding and that was causing him to gag and projectile vomit (and probably the same with Penn, but we never thought of that). Turns out, it was a pretty simple fix (no pumping and manually express milk into burp cloth until my milk started to let down, which for me was pretty quickly). Maybe you'll figure it out sooner this time, but if not, maybe you'll be less stressed! Prayers for you!
ReplyDeleteSo proud of you! Although I know it is HARD to not worry about it, some kids, including mine, just spit up.
ReplyDeleteAwww she is so worth it! Look at her looking at you knowing exactly what to do already with those eyes and that charming smile. Looking right into the camera lens with that "look"
ReplyDeleteMy daughter was a spitter. We used receiving blankets as burp cloths and that helped - GREATLY. I didn't have to change my clothes all the time. And it protected anybody who wanted to hold her. :) She is a cutey!
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