Hi just wondered if any of you had any advice or similar experiences...
My daughter is 18 months old and for the past 4 nights in a row has been vomiting at night time. She is totally her normal self during the day, eating fine, pooing and weeing normally, running around and having fun just like normal. Then we put her down at night and around midnight, she wakes up with a HUGE vomit. So we change her sheets and everything. She seems ok after this and re-settles easily, but some of the nights this has happened 2-3 times.
I am going to take her to the DR tomorrow. I just rang that 13HEALTH number and the nurse (she was lovely) told me I should go to the hospital to check she wasnt dehydrated. Im thinking if she wakes up and vomits again tonight, I am going to take her straight down there now but otherwise, might wait til morning. I only think this because of how she acts during the day, totally her normal self...
So was wondering if anyone had any experiences... Is this just a flu, should I be really worried and head straight down to Emergency or becasue she is fine during the day should I just see if she is ok again in the morning...
Sorry no help- that is a tricky one as she is okay during the day? I wonder if it something she is eating in the evening? I am sure you will take her somewhere if she is not well tonight- fingers crossed you will just see the GP tomorrow. Let us know how she is.
get her checked out for ear infections..my son did this for a few weeks before we had him checked out and it was because its not a raging infection he could cope as the pressure was off during the day but when he went to bed the pressure built up and the pain made him vomit even though he never cried...
I am sorry to hear that little Chels still isnt well, i have no idea as to why she is ok until night time.....maybe keep a note of what she is eating before going bed and see if you can see any pattern happening, as in if there are any triggers. Seems rather strange that she is waking up at the same time every night and being sick then is her usual happy self during the day.
Goodluck i hope you get some answers really soon. Let me know if i can do anything to help.
All my 3 children have gone through a similar thing while they were/are toddlers.... infact my 2yo has been through it within the past month. What I find is that a cold/flu will go to their chest and the cooler night air will set off a cough... also lying down will set off a cough because (I think) the fluids (congestion) in their lungs tickles as it resettles into the lying down position IYKWIM? Anyhow after a bit of coughing the gag reflex is often triggered... and voila: vomit! ...and yes, only at night, about half an hour after going to bed it seems. After they have their vomit they usually settle well into sleep for some reason. It could also be the ear... so yes, if you see a doctor make sure the ears are checked.
I just happen to stumble across this thread and it sound eerily familiar to what my son is doing. He is 18 months and for the past two weeks he has been waking up at midnight and throwing up. Usually, he has more than one vomiting episode and he screams like someone is poking him with a hot prod. He has his 18 month appointment tomorrow, so I am for sure going to bring it up, but it concerns me. Along with the vomiting, he also gets diarrhea. He gets real restless, until about three am when he finally dozes off and then in the morning he doesn't vomit anymore but he has diarrhea, about every 20 mintues or so for about three to four hours. He seems like his normal, fun and playful self, he never runs a fever with this and he doesn't have a cold (I first thought post nasal drip but he doesn't have a cold), I suppose it could be an ear infection, but this has been going on for a number of weeks. I am hoping it has something to do with something he is eating, but I was wondering what the diagnosis was of Becky's little girl. Any insight would be so wondeful!
Vomiting 18 month old - Only at Night!
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