holding upright???

lovonna,

I TOTALLY understand your frustration!! When I used to feed Kate off of both sides, with that and holding her upright for thirty minutes it was almost a two hour ordeal Especially if you’re feeding every three hours!!!! Holy cow when do we get sleep!!!! For me, and this is just me, I found for Kate it really didn’t make a huge difference with the spit up being upright for 30min exactly as long as she was thoroughly burped. I usually keep her upright tops ten minutes but she sleeps on her back so maybe that’s different. Sorry I’m not much help but for us, the 30min upright rule wasn’t a HUGE deal maker or breaker. I agree with Therese that you should just see what works for your baby b/c unfortunately, like all things reflux, there is no golden rule and all babes are dfferent Bummer I know. Good luck though!

Cade’s pediatrician said that tummy time during the day would help keep him comfortable after eating because laying on the belly helps…something…I’m sorry I don’t remember exactly what he said. But it had to do with keeping the food in the belly instead of coming up. My impression was, if Cade was on his belly, the reflux wouldn’t be as bad. That being said, I’d think (if the ped. is right) if he sleeps on his belly it might not be as critical to keep him upright for 30 minutes.

Of course, if that was completely the case, maybe reflux experts would tell us just to put baby on his/her belly after feedings…? I’m just relaying what I was told I’d give it a try for a couple nights and see how the baby does!

well, we always adhered to the 30 minute rule but I remember how exhausting it was. It seemd like by the time we got him feed, held him upright and back to sleep, it was time to do it all over again! We always put Seth on his back so I don’t know about the tummy thing. I guess it’s worth a try. If I had to do it all over again, I think I would put him in his swing or bouncy (in our room of course) to keep him upright and go back to bed.

I did not hold either of my boys upright at night after a feeding. With Justice his reflux was not as bad at night and to be completly honest it made no difference for either of my boys to hold them upright. Don’t get me wrong, they never slept on their backs flat. I had their beds elevated and in the early months they slept upright in a swing or bouncy seat. So, I don’t know, maybe you would consider that holding them upright. But as far as staying up with them and holding them upright I didn’t do that.