How To Help Your Baby Not To Spit Up

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How To Help Your Baby Not To Spit Up

Scott Cohen (Pediatrician, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) gives expert video advice on: How do I help my baby not to spit-up?

How do I help my baby not to spit-up?

There are a couple of things you can do to stop your baby spitting up. First of all, know that spitting up in general is normal, and that spit-up doesn't hurt your baby, and not to worry about it. So when you are burping, and the more burping you can do the better, it gets those big gas bubbles out to stop the baby spitting up. But occasionally with the gas will come a little milk or spit-up, and that's OK. The other thing you can do to help your baby not to spit up is keep your baby upright after feedings, to use gravity to your advantage, and keep the milk down. Even elevating the head of the bed a little bit helps so that, again, the milk stays down and if they do spit up they spit up to the side.