When Jerrod's sister was a baby she had really bad reflux (they did not know that at the time), and anytime she would eat, she would projectile vomit everything back up. Jerrod was only 2 or 3 at the time and would say "Ninnie blew up!" each time she did it. Well, tonight Jude blew up!
I am not sure what caused it, he has never done it before. It had been about 30-45 minutes after I had nursed him, but I was just holding him and EVERYTHING he had just ate came back up. I have never seen a baby puke that much up before! So of course, he then needed a bath because it was all over him. I really hope this was just a one time thing....
In other GREAT news, Jude slept through the night last night!!!!! He last nursed at about 11:30pm and did not wake up again until 6:30am!!! I actually woke up around 4am and had to check to make sure he was still alive. What a difference the second time a around makes. If that was Julia, I probably would have woken her up at 4am to get her to nurse, at 5 days old they really should be eating every couple of hours. But now I figure, he will wake up when he gets hungry enough and took advantage of getting the sleep. Sure enough, when he woke up at 6:30, he ate off of both sides. He also eats less often than Julia did. Julia ate every 1.5-2 hours. Jude occasionally eats that often, but it is not uncommon for him to go 3 or 4 hours between feedings. He is having the appropriate amount of outputs, so I am not worried about it. I might take him in for a weight check soon, just to make sure he is gaining weight, but I am positive he is. His latch and nursing is MUCH better now that his tongue is clipped and he has re-learned how to nurse.
The latest issue Jude has is that his belly button cord STINKS REALLY BAD!!! It just smells rotten. You can just be holding him and you could smell it. I never had that problem with Julia. I was told in the hospital to just keep it dry and leave it alone, but with Julia, I cleaned hers with alcohol. After starting to get really concerned about the smell, I decided that I was just going to clean it with alcohol anyway. After a day of alcohol cleanings, it is smelling MUCH better!! Now you have to get your nose close to his belly to smell the nasty rot smell. Oh, it was not red, swollen, or warm, so we were not too worried about infection or something like that. I just hope it falls off quickly and then we will not have to worry about it anymore....
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Hello there! Thought I would comment on projectile vomiting since Isaac was a pro at it. If it missed you, you are lucky. In my experience it was when Isaac ate too much. Not like you can tell when you are breastfeeding though. :)
And I dare say it might be the difference in having a boy baby then a girl. As much as I want a girl I have heard they are much more to handle. Good luck.
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