Baby throws up massively, refuses bottle

[@llli*s.p]

My daughter threw up ALL of what she ate and then some, I weighed her before and after throw up... now my breasts are empty. I used to have oversupply and then a couple of days back it dried up and now its back to just being able to feed her... maybe. So I need to give her the bottle, how do I get her to take the nipple ?

[@llli*chloes.mommy]

maybe you should talk to your pedi about your lo spitting up so much?

[@llli*gooch]

How old is she?

[@llli*mommal]

No need to resort to the bottle! While your breasts may feel empty, they never really are empty. Milk is constantly being made, so no matter how much you take out there's always some left in there. You may not be able to pump any out, or express any by hand, but a baby is much more efficient at getting milk out than a pump or a hand, so rest assured she will not be sucking a dry breast. She may get trickles of milk instead of gushes, but she will eventually get a full meal.

When you nurse your baby with empty-feeling breasts, your body gets the signal that there demand for milk is currently exceeding supply, and it increases production. Every time you give a bottle, your body gets the message that it is meeting demand just fine, and it can continue to produce at the current level. If giving a bottle means that your baby sleeps through a feeding, your body will get the message that you are producing too much, and it will decrease production.

So put the bottles back on the shelf. Feed your baby on demand. Your milk production will be fine if you do.

And go see the pediatrician about the vomiting/spitting up. Throwing up an entire feeding may be normal if it only happens once in a blue moon. But if it's happening frequently, something may not be quite right!

Hang in there!!!

[@llli*s.p]

It happened again, almost same time as yesterday. She is 8 weeks old. She had her first vaccination on friday for Dtp and Hib (?)
She seems very lethargic, wanted to feed but as soon as I put her to the breast, she threw up, a lot. She does not seem to have a temperature.

[@llli*gooch]

If that's the case, I would definately call your ped.... not to alarm you but it sounds related to the vaccination. My ped told us when we had the dtap that fever (within reason of course) was actually a good thing, meaning the body was responding to it however, lethargy, change in behaviour etc was something to be mindful of. Good luck and keep us posted.