Baby threw up after being passed around?

Question

My family came over today and were in awe of our new 3 week old baby. The problem is that everyone wanted a few minutes with him. He ended up throwing up his formula (and all over my brother-in-law). Can I safely assume that it was because he was jostled around too much? I think that next time I'll have to cut the family off and give the poor little guy a break. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

It doesn't mean that is why he threw up. Babies throw up, spit up, and have burps that make them puke all the time. Unless they passed him around too roughly it should be fine. He probably just had to throw up. Kids will vomit at random til the age of 2. My son is starting this phase and he's 17 months.  

Answer 2

Yeah,  I think its from being passed around. As long as you didn't over feed him, and burped him after every 2 ounces, you should be all set.  

Answer 3

Definitely from all the movement. I'd just tell the family one person each time.:)

Answer 4

Like others have said, I think he may have just thrown up in a way that babies do. When my daughter was young, there were plenty of times I jostled her around too much playing with her and caused her to urp a bit (or sometimes a lot). Babies do have sensitive tummies and you should just warn your family members if your baby has just eaten--it's their risk to hold him because he might urp on them if they jostle him around too much. It's that classic thing where you see a daddy holding a baby over his face playing and making the baby giggle when the baby urps on him...sometimes all the food you work so hard getting into them will just come right back up. If your son didn't seem too perturbed by spitting up his lunch or dinner and seemed content, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

However, your little guy is so new and he may need a break, just for the sake of a break. It can be overwhelming to be passed from person to person in a short amount of time. Maybe limit your visiting family members to a few at a time until your little one has a chance to get adjusted. It's definitely your call. Sometimes we new mamas just don't want our babies passed around for whatever reason of the day.

My daughter was what is called a "Happy SpitterUpper" She just urped a lot for no apparent reason. It didn't hurt her and once she could sit up, it went away. We just did (and still do!) a lot of laundry.

Good luck and congratulations!