My daughter has had a spitting up issue since around 1 month old. She is now 3 months old so we've been dealing with it for around 2 months. I know that spit up is a normal thing for babies to do but she does it in excess. It's all the time no matter what I do. I've tried feeding her so she's sitting up, as well as keeping her upright for 20-30 mins after she eats. I've tried the expensive Dr. Brown* bottles and burping her several times while eating. I've tried gripe water and gas drops. Nothing works!! I took her to a pediatrician and all he could suggest was to maybe try mixing in half soy with a regular milk formula. If that didn't work to just keep changing the milk formula until something agreed with her. That's easy enough for him to say! I've already tried 6 brands of formula all with the same end result. Each had their own different side effects. However, since she is still gaining weight properly that was all the suggestions he had to offer me. I can deal with the extra laundry, I don't care at all about that. How much fun can it be for her to be spitting up all the time? The constant taste of vomit in your mouth, constantly chewing on her hands cause her tummy doesn't feel good. Plus she wakes up every 30-45 minutes during her naps because she has spit up. Which is another big problem for me cause I'm always concerned she is going to choke!
So what is the answer? Is there an answer? Do I keep trying different formulas? They say that wreaks havoc on their system as well. Or do I just accept the way it is, pick the best of the worst formulas and hope she doesn't feel too terrible on it?
*One day I hope to write a letter to the Dr. Brown company regarding how their expensive bottles have cheaped out by not colouring the measurements they have on the side of the bottles. Do you know how impossible it is to see opaque numbers on a bottle when you're trying to measure out an exact amount of water? It has to be exact remember! See my post re: my dislike of formula preparation
