spitting up
Infant meal return
Spitting up is the effortless regurgitation of small amounts of milk or food, typically by infants after feeding.
Unlike vomiting, which involves forceful expulsion, spitting up is gentle and usually doesn't distress the baby: The doctor said some spitting up is normal for newborns.
Adults use the phrase more loosely for any mild regurgitation.
- vomitEject stomach contents
- projectile vomitForcibly expelled stomach contents
- regurgitateExpel swallowed matter
- burpExpel stomach gas
- babyVery young child
infant · formula · milk · bib · drool · reflux · nausea · gurgle · stomach · tummy time · breast milk · bottle · dribble · mess · cloth · onesie · queasy · heave
- baby traitsbaby fat, baby teeth, chubby cheeks, big eyes, button nose
- vomitingvomit, puke, barf, throw up, throwing up
- nauseaqueasiness, queasy feeling, queasy stomach, sick feeling, upset stomach
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
- nursing problemslow milk supply, engorgement, mastitis, sore nipples, cracked nipples
digestive retention
spitting upkeeping down
Maintaining at low level
holding down · digesting · retaining · absorbing · settling
intensity of regurgitation
spitting upvomiting
Expelling stomach contents orally
throwing up · projectile vomiting · puking · retching · heaving