Is this of concern?

DS, almost 12 months, has started vomiting quite regularly (once a day), its been going on a good month or so now. Some of them are caused by him gagging, either on a bit of food thats sitting wrong on his tongue, or because he sticks his fingers too far into his mouth :rolleyes: But most are after bf in the evenings before bed, and are massive projectile vomits that cause even some of his lunch to come up. He could be over filling himself, but these are massive and so forceful. Its just awful to see him freak out when chunks of food get a little stuck on the way back up (we do BLW). He has started in the last few days to almost pant after some solids feeds or bf (like tonight). He is almost dry retching at the same time, and then bang big vomit everywhere. Or sometimes he coughs a little. And this happens after most solids & bf's, but doesnt always end in vomits.

I've read its normal, I havent let it stress me, but after tonights vomit I'm just feeling a bit WTF is going on!? Should I take him to our GP to have a check over?

And I have no idea if its related or not, but his sleep is just awful. It has been about 7 months now that things have been topsy turby, I'm really thinking a little more than a stage lol. 2 hours in a row is BRILLIANT overnight, and RARE. Usually he goes 1.5 hours at a couple of points in the night, mostly he wakes every hour. Lately its been every half hour or so. Last night and the night before was waking every 30mins, but stirring every 15-20mins. Doesnt matter if he is in our bed or his own, but we do have the very very odd night where once he is in our bed he'll only wake 1 or 2 more times for a feed. Teething & a WW explains the more wakefulness atm, but even when he isnt & nothing else is wrong, he still wakes at least 4 times a night (4 wakes up is a VERY good night here, and doesnt happen often).
I've taken to completely cutting out preservatives/additives/colours/flavours from our diets to see if that helps, but I've only started that today lol. So a bit of a wait to see if it helps lol. Could it be related to his vomiting though?


-sigh- Sorry this is so long, it turned into a little vent lol. I can feel myself heading back to the "wtf is going on?!" stage where everything builds up, and the exhauston takes over.
And wow ... the 25mins its taken to write this amongst eating ... the boy has woken after going to bed 25mins ago. Oh what another joyful night we are in for :(

I know you're practicing BLW but could you try purée or mushy foods for a bit, smaller meals and drinks more often rather than a big meal with chunky food? My DS didn't get his molars til he was 14 months and I noticed a big improvement in the variety of textured food he could tolerate.

With your sons sleeping, waking every 1.5-2hr is not normal!! My DS was doing 12 hour sleeps during the night from 6months. My advice would be to speak to your Paediatrician about referring you and your son to a sleep clinic. My friend is in the same boat and sometimes she doses her dd on phenergen just to get more sleep when it gets too much. She's due to go to a sleep clinic this month with her DD

Good luck! I hope things improve!!

Coud be a food intolerance (gluten, lactose etc....) or even a very strong gag relex, I'd get it looked at
Xx

Thank you ladies :) I will be calling our gp tomorrow to make an appointment, I'm kinda glad my intuition to get it looked at is agreed with so I know I'm not being a OTT itms.

Blackrose, I would give him purees/mashes, but he doesnt really let me spoon feed him. I can give him breakfast, and a bit of yogurt but thats it really. And he doesnt really eat a lot either, milk is definitely his preference. I will try offering even smaller meals more often. Although he does usually just throw food if he isnt ready to eat lol, so I dont know how that will go.

And re sleep school, I am thinking its time to talk to someone about it. A few weeks ago I looked over some school websites and picked a few settling suggestions and gave them a go, and he was doing really well. Then we had to go away for 2 nights and since then he will not settle without feeding. Any attempt for hands on settling or me staying in the room results in hysterics and then vomiting. Tried all the no-cry books available, they havent worked so far. CC is out, on the very odd occurrence I have to leave the room with him in his bed so I can take a 5 minute breather he gets hysterical and vomits. Dont want to go that route anyway. So I guess sleep school scares me a little as I know there will be crying, which will likely distress him enough to make him unwell. I'm kinda running out of options though lol, DP cant do any settling as DS goes berserk until I take back over.

I suspect that his sleep might be linked to whatever is causing the vomiting. My mummy gut is saying that something is going on.

I know that in private sleep schools your child is admitted to the hospital under the care of a paediatrician. When I went the paed did an initial check on admission and was available every other day for a check up if we wanted. Might be a good way to tackle the sleep and health issues at the same time?

It sounds yuk. Hope you get it sorted soon.

Poor little mite.
I hope it doesn't take too long to get some answers now you've got the ball rolling with your GP.

You guys rock :)

Fabfiona, my mummy gut says the same. And I feel awful that I havent got onto it sooner. But its been hard to know if whats been happening sleep wise is normal, I read so much on here of other babes being wakeful overnight & hear a lot that its normal (not just on bb). Then WW's have come up, and teething has sent him haywire as he really struggles with teeth coming through. But inbetween things are still crazy. But then the odd night or two happen that things are good (for us), and I just keep trudging on. And then he is so happy & content throughout the day! He has his odd grizzly day (like today), but even then he still laughs & smiles.
But now the vomiting has started, and it has just sent my radar beeping like mad. We went to the gp a few weeks ago as he has some major inconsolable nights, I was walking the house for an good hour calming him as he started screaming as soon as I stopped moving. That has never ever happened, I have never needed to walk the halls. But the gp done a few checks, checked his ears, and put it down to teething (even though he'd just broken another tooth the week before).

And as happy as he has been, I feel so freaking awful right now that I havent thought to get things seen to sooner :'(