Would you term a spit up baby?

[PolkaTots]

I have an 11m old DCK that spits up...a lot!
Great parents, easy baby...only problem besides the spit up, is that DCK is here almost 11 hours.
DCK spits up at every meal...several times on the carpet when we are playing...sometimes on me if I am holding them...and spits up in the crib at both naps. DCK never goes home in the same clothes they came in because of the spit up. I know it's something that they can't help, but I feel like charging an extra fee for all the extra cleaning I am having to do

[Holiday Park]

I bought two area rugs as am planning on getting another area rug. That will ruin your carpet. Those will be permanent stains. I suggest getting a bunch of inexpensive area rugs to lat on top your carpet. I would have to term too if I didnt do the area rug thing. Our carpet in the last gouse was ruined from that. We rent and this house had just laid new carpet before we moved into this one. Its only been since April and there are spots everywhere. Thats why I went and got the area rugs.

[Blackcat31]

Ugh....(((((((HUGS))))))) I am contemplating the same thing right now.

I have a 7 month old right now that seriously has my washing machine going every night with a load of blankets. My PNP is faded and ruined from the constant cleaning and I feel as though I am probably not spending nearly as much time holding and cuddling this little one as I should due to fear of being "ralphed" on.

In my situation, there is a lot more to it than just a pukey little one but the throw up plays a HUGE role in wanting to term this family.

Does this baby have a medical condition? Have the parents addressed the issue? Are they doing anything about it at all? Is the spit up caused from anything in particular?

Sorry I don't have an answer for you but wanted you to know you arent alone.

[crazydaycarelady]

Fortunately - since she is 11 months old it will probably stop when the baby gets on solid food.

I just got done with a baby like that. I hate to say it but I find it hard to bond with a smelly baby. She was always wet and stinky. I would change her and give her a rub down with wipes and I finally got a bottle of body spray also. I was going to get new carpet in the dcroom but I held off because of her. Thank heavens too!

[melilley]

Talk to the parents first! I'm saying this because my daughter did the same thing when she was an infant and she would throw up whole bottles! It turned out that she had reflux and ended up being put on meds and they really helped! Maybe there is a medical condition. I know it's frustrating to clean up the messes, but if you enjoy this child and like the family and want to keep them, it might be worth it. I would be sad if my daughter went to a provider that she liked and they termed her because she spit up. Just my thoughts.

[PolkaTots]

That's another thing too...this child is going to another provider in June when they turn 18 months old. ( I enrolled them knowing that. The DCF is good friends with the other provider, but can't enroll them until 18m) So that's why I am contemplating if I should even deal with this or not. They have spoken to the doctor, and this child is on soy formula...but it doesn't seem to help.

[melilley]

That's another thing too...this child is going to another provider in June when they turn 18 months old. ( I enrolled them knowing that. The DCF is good friends with the other provider, but can't enroll them until 18m) So that's why I am contemplating if I should even deal with this or not. They have spoken to the doctor, and this child is on soy formula...but it doesn't seem to help.

Oh I see. I do have to agree, having been through having to constantly clean up, that it is very tiring not to mention messy and ruins things! It would be frustrating to deal with especially knowing that the child is leaving anyways. But if she is easy besides the spitting up and that's the only reason you would term, it might be worth keeping her. Of course I may be saying this because I am/was used to the spitting and cleaning up...

[Lorna]

WEll I'm new to home daycare and this forum. But I would probably tell the parent because of the spitting up the child is more work and I would need to charge her more. If I was getting paid for the additional work of cleaning it up I might be okay with it. But I would be asking her if she took him to the doctor and if there was a reason for the spitting up so much.

[littlemissmuffet]

I have an 11m old DCK that spits up...a lot!
Great parents, easy baby...only problem besides the spit up, is that DCK is here almost 11 hours.
DCK spits up at every meal...several times on the carpet when we are playing...sometimes on me if I am holding them...and spits up in the crib at both naps. DCK never goes home in the same clothes they came in because of the spit up. I know it's something that they can't help, but I feel like charging an extra fee for all the extra cleaning I am having to do

I would talk to the parents and let them know that they needed to figure out what the issue is and get it under control - I would require a doctor's note of the issue being looked into. It could be a simple issue to fix! If I didn't see any kind of progress in the next four weeks, I would likely term. I seriously don't have time to be cleaning up spit up all day long, every day. And I wouldn't put this much effort into a family that I know has zero interest in staying with me beyond the time it takes to get into their friend's daycare.

[melilley]

I would talk to the parents and let them know that they needed to figure out what the issue is and get it under control - I would require a doctor's note of the issue being looked into. It could be a simple issue to fix! If I didn't see any kind of progress in the next four weeks, I would likely term. I seriously don't have time to be cleaning up spit up all day long, every day. And I wouldn't put this much effort into a family that I know has zero interest in staying with me beyond the time it takes to get into their friend's daycare.

Well said! And you are right, there is a med that could fix the problem. Excessive spit up means some type of problem such as reflux. She said the doc put the child on soy and it isn't helping, you would think they would have the doc look more into it.

[itlw8]

for some reason it helped my dgd whn they switched from tap water to nursery water to make the bottles.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

Well said! And you are right, there is a med that could fix the problem. Excessive spit up means some type of problem such as reflux. She said the doc put the child on soy and it isn't helping, you would think they would have the doc look more into it.

Definitely.

I raised a Godchild for 5 years and oh good golly the amount of spit up (really throw up since it was such a large quantity) that this child had due to reflux! It made me want to pull my hair out. I always thought it was because I was just a young teenager, but now I am rethinking that after reading your post! ::

How does baby do with pureed foods/baby food?

[Meeko]

My youngest (now 16) would projectile vomit as an infant due to reflux. I would have to feed her an ounce, then burp. Another ounce then burp.

Then....after 3 ounces had been fed....she would throw up a quart across the room...

BUT she outgrew it by about 4 months.