my 6 month old is vomiting?

Question

My 6 month old baby is vomiting since two days he is a breast feed baby and I started giving him cereal and mashed vegetable and rice too.. He started to eat since he was 4 month old he was so interested in food.. Before two days I mixed with his vegetable a small peace of fresh boiled chicken.. the next day early morning I breast feed him and he vomited then after his breakfast he vomited again I directly toke him to the dr. he told me that it might be because of the chicken or that it might be a virus he gave me medicine and a solution so he will not be dehydrated but tell today he is still vomiting he look pail and tired I don't know what to do :( please help me

Answer 1

take him to the hospital he could be dehydrated.

Answer 2

You need to give a teaspoon of rehydration solution every ten minutes for the next four hours. If that stays down, you can give an ounce or two at a time. If he vomits again, start the four hours over again. This will "train" his stomach to keep liquids down again. You can use a medicine dropper to give him the rehydration solution, one teaspoon is 5ml.

Signs of dehydration include crying without tears, lips looking dry and cracked, sunken fontanelles, 8 hours with no wet diaper, and (this is how they checked for it at the ER) when you pinch the skin on his belly, it should spring back right away, if it stays looking pinched for a few seconds and then starts to smooth out slowly, that is a big sign of dehydration. If you think he is dehydrated, even slightly, take him to the hospital.

I don't think it's the chicken, although some doctors would say six months was young to be eating meat. It sounds like a virus. If it was the chicken I think it would all be out by now.

Answer 3

my 5 mo. old daughter went thru something similar. i left her w/ a babysitter i thot i could trust but she went n fed her 3 diff types of baby food plus un-diluted apple juice within 1 week(while i was out xmas shopping), without my permission. she had diarrhea and was vomitting, she wouldnt keep her formula milk dwn, kept checkin her soft-spot to make sure she wasnt getting dehydrated and took her 2 the doc n was given Pedialyte, supplemented her feeding of milk w/ Pedialyte for 24 hrs n she was still kind of sick, it lasted about a week n half. my doc said that was too much new foods for her at her age, i already knew that fr 1st child but had her see doc anyway. i was told to not start baby foods until after 6months old, its ok 2 slowly start rice, or oat cereal @ 5 mo. and was told 2 only introduce (a) new food(s) every 1-2 weeks to see if they have an allergic reaction or if they cant handle it, yet.

Answer 4

I also breast feed my daughter she's 7 months old and feel that the chicken was too soon and you should go with just giving your baby breast milk and cereal for a while. stick to the Gerber stuff of beach-nut for starting them off with meats. or give small amount to try out like tiny finger nail size. My daughter still spits up to new things but still give the baby lots of fluids to drink and plenty of rest. Plus try not to mix the food up too much.

Answer 5

Usually at 6 months old babies begin first stage soild food eating don't give him any solid foods that are bleanded smooth to perfection I would continue the baby feeding and get him gerber foods that you usually can get from your local grocery store give him that and wait until about he's maybe 7 to 9 months old before giving him soft solids to chew on. Also after he eats don't sakes or play with him burp him and lay him down for about half and hour, because shaking and the baby having lots of movements with mess up his digestion....and that can cause vomiting.

Answer 6

first thing first; call the doctor. If he looks really pale, he is most likely sick. Maybe, he just has the flu. It's around this time of year and the best thing to do would be to just call your doctor up and tell him the medicine isn't doing much and my son is looking pale. He will most likely either tell you to wait to see if conditions improve by morning or tell you to come to the doctor today. I hope your son does well, I'm praying for him. Have a safe and happy New Years!

Answer 7

The main thing to monitor is dehydration. Keep feeding him and hopefully it will pass. To tell if a baby is dehydrated you look at his head. Babies skulls are are made up of plates, so are ares but they attach with age, they are called fontanelle, when these become more visible he is becoming dehydrated wich is serious.

So in closing, make sure he stays hydrated.

Answer 8

we vomit to expel something our body needs to expel- he could be still getting rid of what ever it was that caused the vomiting and if he looks pail and tired it's because he is tired and his blood is fighting the virus so his face is pail as a result.
Get Pedialite at the drug store to help to hydrate and give him small amounts of liquid until his he can hold it down and his stomach is ready for food again - go to exclusive breastfeeding for another 2 months then intro solids again.

Answer 9

take him back to the doctor. chances are its the chicken. And you really dont want him dehydrated. if you think seeing your baby vomit is horrible, wait til they stab him numerous times trying to put a needle in him for fluids. its aweful. good luck. hope he gets better.

Answer 10

Call the doctor and talk to the nurse there and find out what more you need to do. You may have to take the baby back to the doctors/

Answer 11

Take him to the Emergency Room STAT!!!! He could be getting dehydrated even though they gave you something to prevent that. He needs medical attention. Better safe than sorry.