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Choke on spit up? (talk me down)
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I had asked the pediatrician this already and she said it's not possible for babies to choke on their spit up, but wanted to see what the consensus was here? DD totally freaked me out this morning. She was in her bouncer, an hour after she ate, and all of a suden her face turned red, hands shot up in the air, and spit up was coming out of her noise and she acted like she couldn't breath. I grabbed her and turned her over and started patting her back and she was fine. But know I'm scared to death to take my eyes off her for one second, and especially scared to put her on a crib to sleep at night (she's been sleeping in her RnP)., Anyone experience this, or feel like talking me off my paranoid ledge?
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Re: Choke on spit up? (talk me down)
yep. it was 11:30pm and i even called the ob on call and almost took him to the ER. i was pissed that the dr's only advice was to bulb his nose or take him to the ER. but that really was the only legit thing to do. but at the time he was only a week old, if that, and it was so new, i was so new, and it was just not a good moment. he kept making it seem like he couldn't breath, which only made the situation worse. milk will still come out of his nose from time to time. it upsets him usually. he'll turn red, lip will start to pout, and he'll start to cry. but now i'm used to it so instead of freaking out, which really just makes him freak out more, i just grab something to wipe him up with and talk to him in a soothing voice, clean up his nose and show him that he's ok, everything is fine, and that usually stops him from hitting a full meltdown and he's back to babbling and hanging out.
just before he turned a month old i had him laying in the middle of the bed for a couple of minutes while i did something at the edge of the bed. he spit up but didn't turn his head and it went backwards all over his face, forehead, eyes, the works. it didn't bother him for a second but it completely freaked me out. it solidified that i was NOT moving him out of his RNP, out of our room, in to his crib, none of it, at one month. the pedi said if it concerned me we could put books under one side of the crib so that he still laid at an incline but was flat in his crib. we didn't do that. it wasn't until about a month ago that i started working in a nap a day on a flat surface (which wasn't easy, he had gotten used to the incline, so i do suggest working in flat surfaces here and there with the babies just so that they are used to it). this past friday night was his first night in the PNP in our room, though i have had him taking his daytime naps in his crib so i knew that he was ok. his spit up has reduced, though is not gone by any means, but i'm more comfortable with it and how he handles it. it takes some time to get used to that though. it's a scary thing to watch them go through. hang in there momma!
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I agree with your pedi-- choking on spitup is normal and while scary, not going to be a major problem. They can circular breathe at this age, so having their mouth clogged up will not cause them to asphyxiate. Just make sure her nose is always clear and you should be good.
Our baby chokes pretty often-- either while eating or spitting up. She just coughs it up. It can be scary, but she's been doing a few times a week since birth and is fine. She even can choke when I'm holing her upright, so don't be too scared of flat surfaces.