So I have been very fortunate in that little man isn't much for spitting-up. It's a rare occurrence when it happens, but when he decides to, he DECIDES to. The first time I really noticed spit-up was several weeks ago when I may or may not have put him in his swing too soon after a feeding and it came out projectile style! That was awesome. In general, he tends to spit up most of what he eats when he eats too much. My classic little binge eater! (I suppose that is only funny to a therapist.) It's never really bothered me all that much. Just baby stuff. Then this morning happened.
I went to get my little one when he started fussing this morning. It was about 4 hours after our early morning feeding where he ate A LOT. I had tried to get him to burp after this but he kept falling asleep so finally I just put him down and went back to bed. When I went in this morning, I noticed he had some milk crustys around his nose and thought it was just from breast milk spray during the eating I didn't notice. Then, as I picked him up the back of his head felt wet. My first thought was sweat, but it was too much for that so I thought pee, but his butt was dry. Now I was really confused until I felt his swaddle blanket. Then I thought man he drooled a lot. Then I smelled it. GROSS! Tummy turning gross. And upon closer examination there were little white chunks here and there. Oh and in his neck rolls, let's not even talk about that. The spit-up monster had attacked in the middle of the night!
I did my best not to breathe too deeply while feeding him. As soon as that was done, we took a very good bath. That was followed by laundry as his blanket, outfit, sheets, and mattress pad were all soaked with spit-up! I suppose poo could have been worse. Yay for the bright side?
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