Digestion: Infant, First Response

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Constipation in My 14 Week Old

HI, my 14 week old little boy has had a real difficult time with his digestion. Initially, we were dealing with him spitting up constantly and now he is going 3-5 days without a bowel movement. I have to admit that I am starting to get frustrated because I am breastfeeding and I feel like no matter what I eat it is bad for him. First I was avoiding gassy foods to decrease the spit up and now I need to avoid constipating foods. I feel like there is nothing that I can eat. I cut back on a lot of vegetables and salads because that was causing...

Spitting Up

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Baby Food, Spit up and Laundry

Hi y'all, I'm sure someone has asked about this before, but I'm not finding the topic on the website. My baby started on solids about three weeks ago. So far, we've introduced rice cereal, carrots and sweet potatoes. Question 1) How much spitting up is "normal"? He always spat up a lot, but he seems to be doing it even more. The pediatrician said that wasn't cause for concern, but I'm wondering at what point it should become concerning. Question 2) How do you get those awful carrot-spit-up stains out of his clothes????? Question 3)...

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Awful Spit Up

I have a 15 week old who is always spitting up. She is a happy spitter and...