3-a-day
3-a-day, to me, used to mean dairy! calcium! healthy!
Now, it means nothing but laundry, because baby Em isn’t yet a fashionista (oh spare me that torture) but still wears at least three outfits a day.
This little Cute McScoot has reflux, which – before I had a reflux babe – I used to think was just a bit of a bummer, from what I’d heard from friends. Even our sweet pediatrician has reminded me the last 3 visits that he did his residency among a large population of reflux babies, and “they just had to wear bibs all the time.”
Are all you reflux moms laughing? Sure sign that the nice doctor has probably not parented a reflux babe of his own, lucky duck.
When I first started researching reflux I read about volcanic spit up – so high in volume and so far in distance it made people (the ones who didn’t have to do the laundry or clean the carpets) stare in awe. But I thought “how lucky we are! Emerson spits up a lot, but it’s not that bad.”
Ha ha ha ha ha
It wasn’t that bad yet.
And now it is.
She has the volcanic spit up 5-15 minutes after every feed, and then whenever she’s in the mood after that. Then she’ll spit up ever 2-10 minutes all the way up to her next feed. Sometimes the kids love to hold and hug her, and sometimes they run away screaming “but she’ll spiiitttt uppppppp on meeeee!”
And they are right. Hold her long enough and she will indeed spit up all over you.
She gets her outfit changed a few times a day, and then usually ends up in a onesie or, if it’s warm enough, naked up on top to try and stay dry. Constantly wet babies = rashy babies, on little tushies or necks and chests. Sad face.
It’s a good thing I was so excited I was having a girl when Ainsley was born, that I stocked up on the infant clothes. We’ve got enough, it’s just that I can’t keep up with the wash – her clothes, the blankets, the floor, our clothes – you get it.
Good thing she’s adorable and worth every single load of laundry.
CUTE BABY!
Wow, Julie, she is getting big — fast! By the time I see her, she’ll be all grown up!
My daughter was a spitter, but she didn’t have reflux. I can’t imagine. Hopefully you have one of those high efficiency washer and dryer sets that does 2x the laundry in 1/2 the time.
She is SO cute!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve never had an extreme spitter. That sounds like a laundry nightmare…
On the other hand, she IS absolutely adorable so there is that.
Sending laundry fairy wishes your way…
She is very cute and it makes it all worth it right? My twin nephews both had really bad reflux when they burped them they would just put a towel or blanket in between them and burp them facing each other. That helped catch the first volcano at least. I do remember being spit up on by them multiple times though. Sorry you have to go through so much laundry.
Oh I feel your pain. Amelia was the same way. I would be nursing her and suddenly it would just shoot out like a high pressure fire hose, drenching me to the skin. I had never seen anything like it! Thank goodness they do outgrow it eventually!
just wait until you start her on solids AND she’s mobile… carrots+crawling=trail of orange all down the white hallway carpet…
Is she a happy spitter? Reflux is SO hard and peaks at 2-3 months. My son had reflux and had the spit up, but he was SO miserable and in such pain from the acid going up and down his throat that he would arch his back every time and SCREAM in pain. He only slept 20 minutes at a time for 4 months. It was awful for the first 8 months of his life!
She’s a happy spitter now. She has meds for the reflux twice a day and that works for her pain. It’s so sad, isn’t it?
the meds didn’t touch my sons for a long time. when we finally tried 3 different kinds and got the dosage right it helped! He is 10 months and is off his meds finally and doing great! He still spits occasionally but it doesnt hurt him anymore!
sorry about the spit up. I thought my kids were bad but you win. I can’t believe her eyes, gorgeous!!! I wish we lived close I would show everything I know about photo shop. Just so you know I use elements too.
Yep, we had the projectile spitting with several of our kids. We used blankets for burp rags. We lamented all the money being wasted on formula that was never digested. We had rainbow spots all over the carpet from the baby food regurgitation. Then as our kids got older we realized that they are lactose intolerant. Could this be a possibility? It is more common in African Americans.
A good thought. My sons reflux was MUCH better after we realized he was lactose intolerant and got him on the right formula…world of difference in the volume of spit up!
How could I leave this out – SHE IS SOOOO CUTE!!! Those smiles make the messes worth it!
Yeah, we had a doctor tell us that our son was a “spitty baby”…I’m thinking that same doctor would’ve called Old Faithful a “nice little water fountain”.