1 Year Old Throwing Up

I wish I had some words of wisdom other than what I am about to say but it's the only thing I can think of. My mom and I are the same way yet a little different. My mom gets upset about anything and she can't eat because she's so nauseous it will just come back up. Me, I can't eat because I feel so nauseous yet I rarely throw up. As for how to get her past it, why not try slowly decreasing the time you hold her and substitute rubbing her face (assuming she is still in a crib) in a downward motion from the top of her cheek to her jawline (seems to be soothing for a lot of children). ie: if you normally hold her 30 minutes, for a week make it 25 minutes holding her and 5 minutes rubbing her face, the following week 20 minutes holding and 10 minutes rubbing her face, etc until you're completely on rubbing her face. Then slowly decrease the face rubbing with sitting next to the crib in the same manner. Once you get her to the point where she is content with you just sitting next to her crib, slowly move farther from the crib until you can get her to sleep without the throwing up and without even being in the room. Once stories have been read and she's had her bottle and the lights are out. It will be slow going, but should alleviate her anxiety level. Good luck.

My daughter who is now two, just stopped doing this. She would do it at the same time too, in her bed. For her there were no changes in diet, so I thought it might be reflux. It was following crying, even very brief..she can go from quite to full blown melt down in seconds. I confirmed that it was her emotions that caused her to do it, when we were on vacation. She did it a a resort dinner when the mascot made his appearance. Then again when she saw him later in the week. I did mention it to her ped. at a well visit and she said it was her "personality" and she was perfectly healthy. Thankfully she hasn't done it since our vac...and she still does put up a fight going to bed. Maybe because she bearly eats now..whole new toddler dilemia :)

I don't know if this will help, but you may want to give the bottle about an hour to a half an hour before bedtime. That way most of the formula is absorbed and if she does get frustrated her stomach may be settled by then and she may not throw up as much.

I think this how some kids are my. My oldest went to bed fairly easy but little guy if left to cry it out will cry until he throws up which is exactly why we don't do it. How often does your daughter nap? maybe its time to cut out one of them if she still is napping twice a day. My son was finally starting to go to bed easier and started with the crying and fussing again and as it turns out he phased out his one and only nap and is now back to going right to sleep. If he does fuss I generall grab a pillow lay on the floor next to the crib so if he needs to touch my hand he can generally about 10 minutes later he's asleep and I slowly leave the room. 10 minutes of laying on the floor beats throwing up in my opinion

My 2 yo does this too if she is really crying. I think it pretty much always happens if she is real crying (as opposed to the sort of crying they do sometimes when they are not sure if they are upset). In DD's case, it has happened when she's been injured mostly as she is never left to work herself into a tizzy (it doesn't take her long to get there if it is something really upsetting). With DD the stomach contents make no difference, it is the level of her upset that causes it.

So I think the crying vomiting thing can be normal for some kids. In our house we do everything to prevent the crying escalation to prevent the problem; it absolutely is not a length of crying thing either for DD. As re: the getting to sleep problem, have you tried reading No Cry Sleep Solution? Maybe there are some techniques in there that will help.

I also think some babies are less likely to calm themselves down when they are crying. My DD would always get more energized by crying when she was little. You might have one of those types. The book I mentioned may be helpful for you.

My daughter did this. She also had major allergies i nursed her till 18 mths then stopped because i was pregnant again. She threw up at dinner quite often. I asked my dr because it was so often i was afraid she would damage her throat. The dr said it is quite common and was away of getting attention. She didn't care if it was positive or negative attention she just wanted it. My dr said to ingnore it. Funny huh? She said just clean up with no emotion and end dinner and move on. It worked but i will say with a lot of patience and a very supportive husband who knew when to step in. We also used some simple signs of sign language and had her take deep breaths when we thought she was going there. If it is at night i would probably hold her bottle before bed then she has less of a full belly between that and dinner and may not be able to throw as easily. It is very frustrating but if you have a true alpha girl as i do you are in for things to come. I will let you pass this before i tell you more. Good luck and maybe try some breathing or counting yourself i know i did. Any more questions let me know.

I too have a puker. my 1st born. We call her Mount Vesuvius. She can puke at the drop of a hat. A little too upset, eruption. Too much to eat, eruption. Needs some attention, eruption. Like you we were concerned so I took her to her Doctor. He told me that some kids are just like that. They have a very slight gag reflex. One of his sons is that way - so much so, they have a bucket with his name on it, and he is 14. He told me not to worry. Some kids grow out of it. IN fact My DD has stopped puking so much since she started preschool. Coincidence, possibly. But we'll take it. If you are really concerned and think something more may be wrong consult your doctor.

Good luck - and ikea has cheap sheets, I've learned it's always good to have extras for your extras.

HI,
My gand did that too. My 3yr old would throw up if she got too upset... crying. She grew out of it. My son however still does this w/ anxiety. My husbands side of the family has extreme sensative gag reflex... hope your daughter grows out of it or you get a resolution soon. Good luck!
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C....this is actually very common! A lot of times kids (especially girls) do it to get out of doing something they don't want to or for attention. I don't know if you have ever seen Jon and Kate plus 8 but one of the little girls on that show used to do it too! Although I think Kate is a little harsh with her parenting, she used to tell the little girl that she could go ahead and throw up but she wouldn't change her! The little girl didi eventually stop but I think that there must be another way not so harsh. I would probably talk to your ped about it and see what they suggest.

C., I'm not sure what to give for advice, but I wanted to sympathise with you because my son (2nd child) did the same exact thing!! It drove me nuts, If he cried for any lenght of time, even a short amount of time (bedtime usually) he would begin to cough then empty himself!!! He has a dark navy blue pile carpet in his room to add insult to injury!! My biggest fear was that he would vomit on "woobie" (security blanket) and then it would have to go into the laundry and thus be another 2 hours before he would eventually sleep!!! UHHHH, I hear your pain honey!! Initially I worried that somehting was wrong with my child, being able to make himself vomit almost on command like that. But I have since heard of many that have done the same. To no avail, he just stopped this behavior -- no rhyme or reason, it just stopped (thank GOD!!) I do wish you the best of luck, just be patient I guess and she will hopefully outgrow this phase SOON!!! :)L. C.

Does she really need that last bottle before bed? She almost sounds like she is overfed. If she had an empty belly she wouldn't have much to throw up.

Just a thought, good luck!

H. Z. (SAHM to 5, almost 4 and 15 month old boys)

Oh my GOODNESS! I went through the exact same thing with my then, three (3 year old. It went on every night for a very long time. I would feel awful! I’d clean her up; sometimes I'd change all the linens on the bed and end up sitting in her room reading her to sleep, although I had already read her a bedtime story.

Then one night it hit me! Was she simply doing this every night for the attention she knew she would get from me after throwing up? Before I sought medical treatment, which I was about to do, the next time she cried until she threw up, I went into the room so that she was sure I had saw what she did and I simply told her "you have to sleep in it tonight". I turned off the light and went to my room and continued to listen to her cry and tell me she had thrown up. I did this for less than a week. I think it only took 3 nights for her to realize that throwing up was no longer working and another few nights to know that mommy was not going to change her mind about bedtime because of the crying. Then it all STOPPED! Now, I don’t get any feedback when I say “let’s go brush your teeth and get ready for bed”. Except for lots and lots of kisses and I Love You’s!!

Please note that this is just my chronicle. I am not medically qualified to determine if there is a medical need but I hope this story helps