Sproadic vomiting in a 2 y/o

[bentlaj11]

DS2 has had random vomiting episodes for the last few weeks. DS1 was sick from school (both cold and one morning of vomiting), so I thought it was related... but, he's had these episodes in the past (I just kept chalking them up to a random virus). Currently he's still snotty/coughing from the cold/weather changes, so I'm just going to keep a record of when he vomits/what he last ate. I'm hoping it just due to all the mucus. He still nurses (some days a lot, some a little). I haven't taken him to the ped., but will if this persists. I wish I had kept better track of the past episodes and how many days he went b/t episodes.

I've done the online thing to see what other people have said. He has no known food allergies, but he's my kid w/ cavities, and slow weight gain/tongue and lip ties (corrected about a yr ago). Since DS3 has been born, I've tried to get him to nurse more to see if he would gain some weight from the newborn milk. He hasn't gained any (but we are only 2 mo in). He's such a peanut compared to his brothers that I've always secretly worried about something being wrong, but I tell myself it was just b/c he was tongue tied, born tiny. It has happened before DS3 was born and DS2 started pre-K, so I don't think it's stress related.

Anyone have any thoughts/experience. I'm going to keep track. I don't know what to look for if it's reflux or allergies. Sometimes it seems worse in the car, but other times he's o.k. in the car, and since he does it at other times, too, I don't think it's motion sickness.

[Soliloquy]

Just my experience, two times, years apart, my kids have had some kind of virus where they vomit 1-2x a day, then nothing for 3 days (and I think they're over it) then they vomit again, going on for 2-3 weeks. It was odd and frustrating but it seemed to go through the family. DH and I only had it for a day but it dragged out in the kids. I hope your little one is better soon.

[mamacat]

If he has had extra congestion and post nasal drip could be just gaggging on stuff in back of throat.Maybe some kind of expectorant would help clear out and thin the mucuous?

[bentlaj11]

nak..bbl if I can remember

[ValiantJoy07]

My kids all vomit with colds. I think the postnatal drip causes them to feel nauseous. It almost always happens right before bed (if they were playing rowdily) or first thing in the morning (post nasal drip, combined with low loud sugar seems to be the greatest trigger).
dd1 especially has a super easy vomit reflex and seems to have it happen the most when she's got any sort of sniffles.

We'd found that if we have a piece of dry toast and some juice (which we don't usually drink) the minute they get up, they'll be fine.

[bentlaj11]

Yeah, I do think it could be related to all the mucus, other than the fact that he's had random vomiting episodes in the past (unrelated to having a cold). I wish I would've documented those times. Maybe those times were like Soliloquy mentioned w/ the virus that lasted a few weeks even after they seemed better! Hopefully it will clear up when the drainage clears. It's just so sudden and random (sometimes it's when he's coughing or gagging, but sometimes there's no warning...he occasionally will say his tummy hurts right before it happens). I'll keep a better record this time!

[ValiantJoy07]

It used to be much worse for both the girls...i don't know if it's age or the dietary changes we've made. They certainly are gaining like champs since we cut out dairy. dd2 was falling off the charts there for a while and now she's actually passing dd1 taking gluten out helped taking out most grains and dairy annnd adding lots of veggies and good fats seems to have been the key.

[bentlaj11]

I thought dairy would help w/ weight gain, and was excited that he's finally drinking some milk (it's local, but not raw) besides mine! DS1 won't touch milk w/ a 10 foot pole, but DS2 likes it. I need to reduce grains again. We'd been low grain w/ his teeth being bad, but I've been slacking since I got prg, and now pp. He's been really picky w/ food the last several months, and doesn't like veggies as much as DS1. I need to work on more fats than just butter on veggies! He hasn't vomited all day, and the snot seems to be less. Hopefully we're trending towards snot free, soon!

[mipennsn]

With all his mouth issues could he need OT (for sensory stuff) or speech (for working on his swallow)? I have a random vomiter who is in speech that I believe the vomiting is connected with his low tone stuff.

[bentlaj11]

Yes, it's possible. He was slobbering a lot (but I haven't noticed it as much), and I've worried about strength. FWIW, he was later than avg. w/ gross motor stuff, but never needed help since he eventually got there. His words are still baby-ish, but he's much easier to understand than he was for a while after his sx. His sx was a yr ago. He had lots of problems w/ eating before the tie correction, but he doesn't choke like he did. I'll definitely keep that in mind.

[mipennsn]

He is still under 3 and sounds like he qualifies for intervention. He would fall under birth to 3 intervention which is federally funded (in MI it is called Early On). As I recently learned, if a stranger can't understand 50% of a 2yo's speech they are delayed and need intervention.

I thought dd's speech was around 50% until her eval then I realized it wasn't and that she was using a lot of gestures to communicate.

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http://www.ok.gov/health/County_Heal...oonerStart-EI/

Im a BIG fan of birth to 3 intervention.