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Baby burping position

Baby spitting up

Spitting up

Here are other ways to reduce spitting up:

• For breastfed babies, try limiting nursing to just one breast per feeding.
• For bottle-fed babies, avoid feeding large amounts. Instead, feed smaller amounts more frequently. Be sure the nipple doesn't have too large a hole.
• Try holding the baby upright for 15 - 30 minutes after feedings.
• Avoid excessive movement and jiggling during and immediately after feeding.
• When it's time to lay your baby down, try keeping the head of his bed slightly elevated.
• Sometimes, switching formulas or removing a food from the mother's diet (usually cow's milk) will help.

If "projectile" spit-up shoots across the room, it's important to consider a condition called pyloric stenosis. Here, the too-tight valve at the bottom of the stomach needs to be treated.

Review Date: 08/18/2006
Reviewed By: Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.