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Re: 4 mth old spitting up formula/and rice cereal

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri, 12 May 2000 08:17:51 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 12 May 2000, Jennifer wrote: >
>Hello
>
>My sister's baby just turned 4 mths old...she has been trying to very
>slowly wean him from breastmilk....has given him (1 feeding per day)
>breastmilk mixed with a little formula...that was at 4pm yesterday...and
>yesterday before his 7pm feeding gave him a little bit of rice cereal to
>try.
>
>He was spitting up most of it for hours afterwards...and has been doing
>this ever since she introduced the little bit of formula about 2 weeks
>ago...she said that she can see a tinge of another color in the spit up
>(almost pink or peach??)
>
>Do you have any idea why he cannot adjust to taking the formula and
>cereal...her friends have babies about the same age (a few weeks in the
>differences) and they are feeding their babies all kinds of things with
>no problems (including pudding of some kind!?!)
>
>Please help...by the rate he is going she will never be able to go back
>to work...and she is wondering if maybe there is something wrong with
>his digestive system?
>
>Thanks

Your sister needs to take her baby to see a pediatrician. As an OB/GYN, the only things that I know about formulas and baby spit-up is what my three sons have taught me, and all three of them would eat anything that couldn't crawl fast enough to get away.

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