Child Vomiting After Drinking Formula Milk. What To Be Done?

Hi,
Thanks for the query.

You have provided me with good information. However, as I believe the more information a person gives the better is the doctor's reply, please do not mind in answering the following:

1.How many time has she vomited after drinking milk?
2.Is this associated with fever or diarrhoea?

Your baby has vomited after drinking formula milk after a period of one hour.
A newborn's digestive system isn't fully developed, so sometimes when you feed her and she has not digested the milk, there are chances of vomiting.
1.     I would suggest that you take the following measures:
2.     Hold your baby in a fairly upright position when you feed her. Feeding her while she's slouched (curled up in your arms) doesn't give the formula or breast milk a straight path to her tummy.
3.     Minimize noise and other distractions
4.     Try not to let your baby get too hungry before you start feeding her.
5.     If she's distracted or frantic, she's more likely to swallow air along with her breast milk or formula.
6.     Burp your baby after each feeding and try to keep her in an upright position for half an hour or so. This will allow the feed to pass down. If she's big enough, you can prop her next to you against some pillows .
7.     Keep her hydrated: Give her sips of oral rehydration solution (ORS), such as Dioralyte, a few times an hour, alongside her usual breast milk or full-strength formula, and water. Don't give your baby fruit juices or carbonated drinks.
8.     If your baby hasn't vomited for 12 to 24 hours, you can begin moving back to her usual diet, but keep giving her plenty of fluids. Start with easy-to-digest foods such as cereal or yoghurt.

You will have to visit the doctor if there are :
1.Signs of dehydration or fever.
2.Refusal to breastfeed or drink her formula milk.
3.Sleepiness or severe irritability.
4.A swollen abdomen or signs of abdominal pain.

I hope I have answered your query. Please accept my answer if you have no further queries.
Wishing you good health.

Regards

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Hi,
Thanks for the follow up.

Your daughter is apparently suffering from lactose intolerance which occurs when the small intestine does not make enough of the enzyme Lactase.
Decreasing or removing milk products from the diet usually improves the symptoms.

She can have the following instead of Formula milk.
1. Buttermilk and cheeses (they have less lactose than milk)
2. Fermented milk products, such as yogurt
3. Aged or hard cheeses
4. Lactose-free milk and milk products
5. Lactase-treated cow's milk for older children and adults
6. Soy formulas for infants younger than 2 years
7. Soy or rice milk for toddlers

She can still continue with breast milk, but when feeding her with breast milk it is better for the mother to stop having milk or dairy products which can cause intolerance to the baby. You can also continue with the Isomil powder.

I hope I have answered your query. Please accept my answer if you have no further queries.
Wishing you good health.

Regards.

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