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What Causes Vomiting After Breast Feeding?

Hello doctor, my son is now 48 days old .few days after birth my son vomit after every feed.i tried keeping him in 45 degree angle position so that he don't puke but its seems to not work.n now he has cough and cold and his vomiting has increased and milk comes out from his nose and mouth like waterfall. After which he is tired and sleeps.i m worried as his stomach remains empty after so much of vomiting. please help me and my son. My son is on mixed feed. N i m non vegetarian.does it have something with my diet? Please help.
Wed, 19 Nov 2014
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Let me mention that breast milk is the best food for a baby and there can be no alternatives for the same. Most formula milks are cow milk based and hence difficult to digest. Since you mention that the child is on mixed feeds, it is likely that the vomiting is occurring in response to the supplemental feeds and not really to the breast feeds. Often children cannot tolerate such supplemental feeds and vomit it out. In case of cold, such regurgitative tendency often increases. Giving the child Domstal suspension 0.5 ml thrice daily before feeds should help in reducing such episodes. The other thing to be done is to try to increase breast feeding as much as possible as compared to the supplemental feeds.

In case the vomiting still does not subside, please take the child to a doctor who can evaluate for presence of pyloric stenosis which may also be the cause of such symptoms.

About your own feeding, remember that you are feeding for two persons and not one. Just take a healthy diet in increased amount and things should be fine. Animal proteins are essential and can be taken in the form of milk, curd or cheese.
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What Causes Vomiting After Breast Feeding?

Let me mention that breast milk is the best food for a baby and there can be no alternatives for the same. Most formula milks are cow milk based and hence difficult to digest. Since you mention that the child is on mixed feeds, it is likely that the vomiting is occurring in response to the supplemental feeds and not really to the breast feeds. Often children cannot tolerate such supplemental feeds and vomit it out. In case of cold, such regurgitative tendency often increases. Giving the child Domstal suspension 0.5 ml thrice daily before feeds should help in reducing such episodes. The other thing to be done is to try to increase breast feeding as much as possible as compared to the supplemental feeds. In case the vomiting still does not subside, please take the child to a doctor who can evaluate for presence of pyloric stenosis which may also be the cause of such symptoms. About your own feeding, remember that you are feeding for two persons and not one. Just take a healthy diet in increased amount and things should be fine. Animal proteins are essential and can be taken in the form of milk, curd or cheese.