Normal Baby Stuff??

Hi Ladies,

My little girl Alyssa is a little over 3 weeks old and there are a couple of things I have been wondering about that my midwife hasn't really been able to explain, and I think some of you experienced mums may have more of an idea I'm wondering if there is anything you can suggest?

I am waking up a few times a night for feeds and 2 out of those 3 times I can do it in about half an hour and be back in bed myself, however there is always 1 time that I could be up anywhere from 2-4 hours.. The other night I was up with her from 11pm to about 4am and I was really starting to stress out as she just would not settle.

What happens is, I go in to feed her, she will drink until she is finished but instead of falling asleep like the other times, she is still fully awake. If I try to put her in her cot to sleep she will begin to grizzle and then eventually start crying. When I pick her up again she indicates she is hungry so I offer her a breast again and then the same cycle happens over and over until usually she will have a big milk spew (pretty much everything she had been drinking over the course of the hours she has been awake). Once she's cleaned up she will want to drink again, then finally she will go to sleep. So yeah, that's the first issue...

The other thing is, she has a big milk spew at least once every day, sometimes more often. It doesn't distress her when she spews, it just all comes gurgling out, sometimes out her nose. I have tried burping her during and after feeds which works, in that she will burp, however doesn't seem to stop the spews or make her more comfortable. I usually know when she is going to have a spew because it follows a period of where she wants to keep drinking and is awake for a number of hours..

A friend has suggested I should just let her cry at night when I think she is going to stay awake for hours after a feed and eventually she will go to sleep, but I am worried she will spew from being so upset and then choke on it.

Will she grow out of this or does it seem out of the ordinary?

Sounds like wind, best to get it checked thou.

Hannah used to be a very chucky baby but I got told it was becasue she was being a guts and getting too much milk at once. Also, it may look like their whole feed that comes up but apparently its not. Good luck...

Could also be uncomplicated reflux i would see the dr if ur unsure

Mine is wakeup get her bottle ready, go in get her up change her nappy, feed her, put her to bed while shes dopey. For me if i change her nappy at the end she wakes up and is even harder to get to sleep.

PS if by chance ur bubba has reflux the worst thing u can do is change the nappy at the end of a feed coz they will have a full tum and most likely barf everywhere.

Piper used to spew like that at every feed and it went everywhere thankfully she has growen out of doing that

Hi Pepsi, your bubs sounds very similar to both of my boys at that age.
My night time routine was a little different. When they woke up I would offer one breast, then burp, then nappy change, then offer second breast, then burp, cuddle or reoffer breast (just to comfort) then in bed once asleep.
I just about always put bubs to bed while asleep in te first few weeks. Once I have a really good routine going then I start putting bubs to bed while sleepy. Both my kids have been good sleepers....not sure if its because they are just very easy going kids or if it was the routine or what.