I just don't know if I should go with my gut feeling. Help please?
On Sunday, I put a discussion up about my son. He'll be 6 weeks old on Saturday and this past Saturday he started eating every 30 minutes, being super fussy, had bad gas, and wouldn't sleep for more than 20 minutes. I know he was getting enough milk because I pumped and got my normal 3 to 5 oz. And he was pooping and peeing regularly. So mostly everyone on my discussion said it was a growth spurt. He did fine yesterday. Sleeping and eating normally. Well today he went back to eating every 30 minutes to an hour, only sleep for a short time, and being super fussy. Well around 9pm tonight, he was still acting hungry after he breastfed on both boobs so I pumped only an oz and tried to feed it to him. He had the bottle in his mouth maybe 5 seconds then he threw up....and when I say threw up, I mean he threw up what looked like alllll the milk he had eaten all day long! And now if I get him to sleep, as soon as I lay him down, his eyes pop open and he starts screaming. I feel like he's sick or something is wrong. I don't know if I should go with my gut feeling and take him to the hospital tonight. Help please?
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I wonder if he is over eating. My pediatrician told me that at 6 weeks, babies shouldn't be eating more than 3 ounces at a time because their tummies are so tiny, and anything more than that will make them throw up. My daughter was about 5 weeks old and I was feeding her 4 ounces because after 3, she seemed to still be hungry. But, I had the same problem as you, she would throw it all up. After talking to her doc, that's what she told me, so I cut back to 3ozs and once she was done, I burped her well. When she was fussy, I would give her the binky/pacifier and off to sleepy land she went!
The only other thing I can think of would be reflux or GERD. Does he seem to struggle during his bottles as if its uncomfortable to eat, or arch his back during feedings it before spitting up? My son had bad GERD and would projectile spit up. It was so bad that he was listed as "failure to thrive" because he wasn't gaining weight. At 9 months, he was put on pediasure, whole milk, and any baby food he ate had to be made with avacados, sour cream, cheese or butter. He still has weight gain issues to this day. He's almost 5 and hasn't weighed more than 34 pounds. Anyway, the point is that GERD could be the culprit if he has those symptoms. I think babies often mistake their tummy pains for hunger... Poor little babies.
Update* Took him to the doctor, no earache or over eating, just colic
Good luck with the colic and thank you for the update.