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

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Also, has she considered pumping when she goes back to work? If the formula is not working it might be an alternative. I've never pumped at work (I'm a stay at home mom) so I don't know how easy/difficult it would be, but I have several friends who have done that.

She should talk to her baby's pediatrician... Probably the only thing wrong with his digestive system is that it is still very immature. All babies develop at different rates, some babies are ready for solids at 4 months and others are not ready until 6 months. If he is not nursing/taking a bottle frequently during the day (more than every 3-4 hours), and not waking at night hungry, he probably doesn't need solids yet. My daughter did not start solids until she was well over 5 months old, and she was a healthy, chubby little thing.

God Bless!

At Fri, 12 May 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>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.
>
>--
>William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
>Clarksville, TN
>
>This is for educational purposes only, and is not intended to be replacement
>or substitute for consultation and examination by an appropriate medical
>professional. Due to time constraints, private e-mails cannot be answered.
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