SpittingUp versus Vomiting What is the Difference Babys

Spitting-Up versus Vomiting What is the Difference? Baby’s Stomach Size Spitting-Up Day One – Size of a cherry Flow of milk from stomach to the mouth Common and a normal process Not painful Pleas e Not e: If Spi tting 2 tab Up m lespo o ons o re than as respi sociated r if it is w ra chok tory sym ith i ptom n g , c whee zing oughing s, – or p profe ssion lease see k al ad vice Vomiting Increase in volume or force Causes choking episodes or coughing The result of the digestive system developing Week One – Size of an apricot Can continue for up to year • • • Common causes: Burps (wet burp) Overfeeding Swallowing too much air If Spitting-Up becomes more forceful / more volume – this is called Month One – Size of a large egg Discomfort Poor Weight Gain Weight Loss 1 Pleas e Not e: Spitti ng-up to ba is no realis bies. Th t painful e e As lo they hav y don’t e ng as you done it. hea weigh lthy and gr baby is a t of the it is a sim ining ple p deve ar lo proce pmental t ss Fever, Diarrhoea Bloody Mucus Bloated abdomen Green or yellow colour vomit Vomit Projectile Vomiting 3 Samour 1 Spangler AK, et al. J Hum Lact. 2008; 24: 199 -205. RE, et al. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 16 th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co. 2000: 165. PQ and King K. Handbook of Pediatric Nutrition. 3 rd ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. 2005: 90. 4 Fomon SJ. Infant Nutrition. 2 nd ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co. 1974: 24. 2 Behrman