thread: when should i take him to the dr?

  1. #1
    Registered User

    May 2007
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    when should i take him to the dr?

    DS is vomitter - probably averages 8-10 vomits a day.

    no particular pattern -
    always after a feed
    often 1 hr after a feed,
    could be laying and vomits straight up and over himself,
    sitting or when burping.

    he is putting on weight so somemust stay in his tummy but i am over going through a good 1/2 dozen terry flats onmy shoulder a day soaked

    any suggestions?

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Jan 2008
    In a land of bubbles and trouble
    1,479

    Oh PP I just alluded to this in our BB thread!

    My DD was exactly the same exact she wasn't puttng on a lot of weight. However, she didn't seem upset by the vomiting so I decided to do nothing - she wasnt crying with it or squirming etc, and I didn't want her put onto anything - the MCHN talked about the bottle with whatever that heavy formula is to make sure some stays in their tummies, but I was pretty anti cos 1) I was mostly b/f still and 2) sounded awful, imagine it coming out the other end.

    so only my opinion, but if Ethan is still happy, sleeping acceptably and still having nappies etc - I would try and ride it out.

    I remember DD doing it after solids too - nothing worse than cottage cheese/avocado mix coming back up into my hair - she was a mess when crawling too. If she cried hard - like, cried hard cos she didn't wanna go to bed as a young toddler too - she would vomit. She hit her head, she would vomit (and I don't mean the scary falls, just fall over with a little bump).

    Praise the washing maching

  3. #3
    Registered User

    May 2007
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    Yep i dont want to ween him at all.
    He is happy and sleeping well.
    looks like he may just be a vomitty one!!!

    thanks sami

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Feb 2006
    NSW Central Coast
    5,301

    Sometimes it's what you eat that affects them. I kno when I have dairy or chocolate my DS gets really vomitty but when I don't have any he hardly vomits at all. So I have cut all dairy from my diet and chocolate and have substituted with soy for now.
    As for taking him to the dr, I agree with SamiH, I souldn't worry if he seems happy enough.

  5. #5
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Feb 2006
    melbourne
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    is he having both sides? if yes perhaps just give him one

  6. #6
    Registered User

    May 2007
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    Jols - nope only one side.

    Kel - Have you cut out everything dairy? butter milk cheese etc? how is your cooking and prepackaged stuff containing dairy going?

  7. #7
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    Feb 2006
    NSW Central Coast
    5,301

    In the begining I cut out ALL of it, then at about 3mths, I slowly started having little bits at a time. I have things with small amounts of dairy in it, like biscuits. I also now have one decaf coffee a day with full cream milk, about 1/4cup. Occaisionally I will have a ham salad sandwich with cheese in it, but not often as it does up set his tum. And I now use butter too, though not alot, only if I have vegemite really! Once in every while, maybe monthly, I will go all out and have a bit of a gorge on it for a day, just to see if he's still sensitive, like for christmas I had buttermilk pancakes with butter, pudding with cream, cheese in salads, my cousins yuummmyyyyy cheesy dip..... and so far he has still been sensitive . It really sucks cause I LOVE dairy foods! And I miss cheese and yogurt!

  8. #8
    Life Subscriber

    Jul 2006
    Brisbane
    6,683

    DS2 was like that - a silent chucker as the paed called it. He said it was perfectly normal and he'd grow out of. And he did. TBH I don't even remember how old he was when he stopped but it took me a couple of days to realise that I hadn't cleaned up vomit in a while!

  9. #9
    Registered User

    Aug 2007
    Country NSW
    452

    Sounds the same as my DS! He is 11 months now and I realised a couple of days ago that I don't automatically put a bib on him anymore and that the cloth nappies have left the living room, so I think it started to improve around the 10 month mark...