My son is 6 days old and is breastfed. He spits up after some feedings, mostly at night. The thing is, it is bright yellowish orangish. Is this normal?
The nurse said the color doesn't matter unless it is red, for blood obviously. She said as long as he isn't spitting up his entire meal. I was a llittle concerned with that, but he went all night last night without spitting up. I do try my hardest to burp him, even at night, but he is not a good burper at all.
I'd check with the doctor.... probably nothing, but I'd check.
I had this happen with my son. He was a very aggressive nurser, and it turned out my nipples were bleeding as he nursed and he was drinking some of my blood. It wasn't harmful and it resolved in a few days. Hang in there!
Yes, I think so, because when the sugars that are in your milk mix with his stomach acid they will turn colors because they are being digested. You may want to make sure that you burp him really good after each side so he spits up less after each feeding and especially at night. I know can be harder when feeding at night because you want to go back to bed.
I totally spazzed about this in the hospital!!! According to my ped, it's totally normal. I had instant fears that it was stomach bile or something totally horrible, but my ped told me simply that our son was eating colostrum still, which is golden yellow in color. I clearly hadn't seen it at that time, but she calmed me down by saying that it was simply the colustrum coming back up. Once your milk comes in, he'll spit up white, as the milk he's drinking is white. Newborns tend to just eat and eat and eat and sometimes their little tummies just run out of room so the leftovers pop back out. If you're still nervous though, call your ped. Or, try pumping some breastmilk out to see what color it is. You don't have to pump much, just enough to see the color. As for the burping, try bouncing him up and down a little bit while you pat his back. It sorta feels like you're a 5 year old again, patting your head and rubbing your tummy, but it always worked to burp my kids, who were horrible burpers. I swear, the bouncing seemed to bounce the burps up and get them moving in the right direction.
If you think there is too much throwing up, reflux can be caused by iron supplements or not enough magnesium.
You could take magnesium malate daily, it is GOOD for you and baby.
I am appalled by all the iron supplements the doctors are doling out to new moms. Not only do they cause magnesium deficiences, they feed bacteria. Bacteria MUST have the host's iron to survive and replicate, so iron supps grow bad bacterial colonies in the gut. Especially so with formula fed infants who tend to have more e coli in the gut than breastfed. Iron is also a heavy metal- good for the body in tiny TRACE amounts but becomes a poison in overdose. It does not leave tissues easy and builds up to high levels, (quickly in small babies.) 30% of all pediatric deaths are caused by iron overdose, and many of those were dosed by a physician.
Hopefully it is not an issue with either of these, check your breast milk color.
I don't think that is normal either. Bile is bright yellow. Most newborn spit up is either straight breastmilk or curdled/slightly digested breastmilk. Maybe he has reflux?
Could be normal- do you know what your breastmilk looks like? Before you worry too much, pump a little or express some into a tissue before each feeding to get an idea of color.
Breastmilk color changes daily depending upon what you eat. Its also higher fat than cow milk, so its going to be a lot more yellow looking.
My breastmilk ranged from a bright yellow to an almost green color (all completely normal and safe!). :)
Double check with your pediatrician to be on the safe side, but to me it doesn't sound like anything is wrong.
Good luck!
doesn't sound normal. Best bet would be to call the pediatrician to make sure. this could be nasal discharge or chest conjestion mucus, as well.
