Spitting Up
Is Your Infant Spitting Up?
Babies commonly spit up after meals. Spitting up can occur because your infant may have swallowed air while feeding. He may have been overstimulated, overfed, or rushed through a feeding, or he may be responding to a change in the environment. Spitting up can also occur if the formula is flowing too fast into your baby's mouth.
Tip:
Feed your baby before he becomes frantically hungry
Give him smaller and more frequent feedings.
Make each feeding as calm and relaxed as possible.
Burp him more often. Feed your infant for a few minutes, or a few ounces, and then stop and burp him.
Turn his bottle upside down to check the flow. It should come out one drop at a time, not a steady stream. Change the flow by adjusting the tightness of the bottle- top screw ring, or by changing to a slower flow nipple.
Hold your infant upright after each feeding.
