Twice in the last two weeks my 14 month old son has vomited in the night. During the day on both occasions, he was completely fine--eating and drinking like normal. The first time it happened he was sick with a minor cold, so I assumed that it was an upset stomach due to mucus drainage. He had been a little more fussy that night with sleeping, but not too bad. We discovered he had thrown up after his 5:30 am nursing, quick changed his sheets, and then he slept another hour after that and seemed fine (other than his slight cold). What was strange was that the vomit was dry, and spread around the bed and his pajamas like he had rolled around in it. We could see partially digested beans in it.
Now he just threw up again. No cold this time. He started crying at 4:45 am--too early for his morning meal--so my husband went in to pat him down and get him to sleep more. When he entered our son's room, it reeked of vomit. There was a lot of it on the sheets and the crib dust ruffle even with lots of food particles from what he had had for supper. While my husband changed the sheets, I nursed our son, which he took just fine, then laid him down to sleep more.
He did start drinking cow's milk during the day a week ago--that's the only real change in his diet. But the first throwing up incident was before starting the milk.
Any ideas as to what's going on? I'd love some advice and help to understand if I should be worried (which, of course, I am). Thanks.
Thanks for all of your advice!!
After two days of on-and-off diarrhea and mild temperatures, we took our son in to the doctor. Turns out that he has a virus that I forget the name of but is in the family of hand, foot and mouth disease. It is apparently really common. The virus is hanging out in the back of the throat (looks like little blisters back there) and causing problems in his ears and stomach. The only way to get rid of it is to cut out fats and protein for 48-72 hours because the virus feeds on those nutrients. So even though he'll be hungry and cranky for a few days, we need to basically give him only carbs and clear fluids to kill the virus. If we don't do this, it'll just stick around for months possibly (he's already had it for a few weeks--started with a high fever a while back) and continually show up in new forms--sometimes with stomach issues, sometimes like a cold, and so on because it will constantly be mutating into different forms. Strange, huh?? Hopefully the carb diet will work. Luckily he likes Cheerios!
it's also not uncommon for children to have acid reflux. and it can be treated easily too. talk to your doctor and see what he thinks.
I had this happen with my youngest at about that age. It happened a couple nights in a row. He was fine during the day, but vomited during sleep and barely woke up. Long story short, I woke up with a horribly sore throat and brought us both in to the doctor. I was told he probably just had a bug. But, after 3 kids it didn't look like any stomach bug I've seen. My strep test came back positive, at which point they tested him, and sure enough he had strep. I was then told that when little ones get strep they get stomach symptoms instead of a sore throat.
It may not be what you're dealing with, but you might want to check it out. If your babe does have strep, don't let them fool around with amoxicillin. It's a joke. That's what we were given and we ended up in the ER on a Sunday for better drugs. Good luck!!!
Hi S....About the cow's milk...maybe have you been feeding him anything with cow's milk in it (like yogurt, or some of the baby foods in jars also contain milk..)? Our now 3 year old is allergic to milk, and him vomiting is how we knew that he had an allergy. He would eat things like Hawaiian Delight and vomit, adn also Macaroni and Cheese (in a baby food form). We started to read the labels of everything that made him ill, and the only connecting ingredient was milk (also milk proteins, like whey, anything starting w/ lact...etc.) Your little guy sounds like he has more of an intolerance, if it has something to do with milk. I know you said that he didn't have milk yet before the first incidence...perhaps it was something ELSE he ate w/milk...or perhaps the two are not connected. Good luck figuring it out...but I would switch him to Soy Milk or Rice Milk for a little while, and definitely consult your pediatrician :)
My son threw up for the first time at about 10 mos... turned out he had an ear infection. He didn't really have a fever, and he was teething so we thought he was cranky from that. My mom said every time WE were sick, we threw up, even when it wasn't a stomach thing. Apparently that's the case with my son too. Anyways, good luck, I hope you figure out the problem.
~A.
This has happened to my daughter when she is teething twice-I don't know why, if it just makes he tummy upset or maybe its the extra drool and mucus. I would just make sure to nurse on demand to make sure he doesn't get dehydrated and I would stop the cow's milk till he feels better.
Hello,
I am sure you have been told this a thousand times but the only thing i can think of is an alergy to something. When in doubt call your doctor i always say. Hope all ends well. take care.
