Here is the website I was referring to:
http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/babies/spittingup.html#10
June 2002
Hi, Our 7 1/2 month old baby is still spitting up. He’s a formula- fed baby who also eats lots of solid food including organic bottled concoctions and fresh avocado, cantelope, applesauce, peaches, cooked carrots, cooked potatoes, and Oatie-O cereal.
He has been spitting up since he was a tiny little guy but hasn’t ever seemed very bothered by stomach aches (at least as much as we can tell). I’m wondering if we should switch him to soy formula or just let it stop on its own.
Also – is it normal for him to poop with almost every diaper change some days? I have associated it with his eating so many different solids, but I’m wondering if he has some kind of irritable bowel syndrome (as I do).
Note: I would have breast-fed him if I could have, but it was not an option so formula is necessary. J.
My son spit up all the time until he was about a year (I think – he is 3 now and it is hard to remember). I know it was long past 7 months, though, and long past when I thought it should stop. He was breastfed until 4 months and then formula and solids after that. It bothered me a little but it never seemed to bother him. It’s my understanding that as long as it’s not interfering with growth you need not worry, and that it seems like he’s spitting up more nutrition than he really is. My husband reassured me by telling me he was spitting up a lot less than his older brother (my husband’s son from his first marriage) who is now 21 and quite healthy! Also, we had the same thing with the frequent poops. In response to advice on this digest, I cut out all juice except OJ and that seemed to help. I do wonder a little about IBS (it’s in our family, too) but again if it’s not interfering with growth you probably don’t need to worry right now. Fran
My older daughter spat up constantly till she was around 1 & began walking. Her pediatrician said some kids are just spitters, and it generally lets up when they spend more time standing & less time sitting or lying down. She was on soy formula as well as solids. Melinda
My now 3 year old spit up lots until he was close to a year, maybe longer. He was exclusively breastfed until about 8 months and then had just fruits and veggies. i don’t think that diet had much to do with it in our case, as he doesn’t show any sign of allergies and his cousins were eating almost the same way, and weren’t nearly as spitty. I just chalked it up to increased pressure from sitting and once he started walking it was basically gone. Tara
Jan 2000
Does anyone have an older baby that still spits up? My 10 month old spits up all the time. It seems like it’s worse since he started crawling. He doesn’t seem to have any stomach distress so I don’t know if it’s an allergy. My doctor says it is still normal but it seems too much to me. He eats fine and drinks several bottles a day of Carnation Good Start. I tried several formulas when he was little and the Good Start seemed to agree with him the best. Could that have changed? I was wondering if I should try soy formula again. He really doesn’t seem bothered by it except for having his shirt changed all the time (since he likes to take off his bib!). Any suggestions?
My daughter was a real spitter-upper till she was about 15 months old, when she started walking. My pediatrician said it was normal for some kids, especially when they spend lots of time crawling or sitting with their stomachs kind of scrunched up, to gently regurgitate several times a day. It was a wet, smelly nuisance, but not a health problem.
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