milk coming out of nose-question

[Anonymous]

Hi!

I have a 7 week old baby boy. This is my second MSPI/reflux baby. I used this site alot with my first son. I have a quick question. Today while Tucker was nursing, milk was streaming out of his nose. We were laying down, which is how I like to nurse b/c it helps slow down my letdown.

Anyway, is this “normal” for a reflux baby to have milk coming out of his nose while nursing? It was very strange.

Thanks for any input that you may have….

[Anonymous]

never heard of that one.

[Anonymous]

Hailey has milk come out of her nose whenever she has a bad reflux attack. When she was smaller, especially between a month and 8 weeks, she would choke and sputter a lot while feeding and milk would come out of her nose. It used to make her (and me) very upset. I don’t know what causes it. s&h’s mum2006-6-18 15:47:56

[Anonymous]

Hailey used to shoot formula out of her nose quite frequently from birth to about age 3 months. We didn’t even feed her unless we had a nasal aspirator handy. She grew out of it and I’m not really sure why it happens either.

[Anonymous]

Maybe you should have a swallow study done on him?

[Anonymous]

Yes I am going to mention it at his 2 month appt. He def. has a weird suck swallow rhythm. I blame it on my letdown, but i’m not so sure thats it. He swallows alot of air.

Thanks for your input.

[hellbennt]

my friend just had a baby & she’s nursing and her baby swallows a lot of air- turns out he’s ‘tongue-tied’ – there’s a proper way to call that, lol!

http://www.kellymom.com is a great breastfeeding resource

[Anonymous]

I also used to blame it on my letdown, but it turns out that an overactive letdown was not the whole problem after all. Good luck to you.

[Anonymous]

thanks ladies!

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