8.5 months baby throw up 3 times a day?

Question

Hi, I need help. My 8.5 months baby girl lately always throw up every time she cries; this happens 3-4 times a day. and she cries when I put her into her crib to sleep. She seems fine when I pick her up, no fever or anything in fact she smiles at me. I suspect that she does this throw up thing to trick me to come and pick her up. what should I do ?

additional information: she does this ONLY when I put her to her crib to sleep. so I put her into the crib,hugs, kisses, say night night, and go out from her bedroom. she then cry for 5-10 minutes, then throw up. she doesn't have diarhea, fever, or anything. I called my ped and she said that this is a habit. I am worry that this could be a long term psycological problem. I mean it's not easy to force yourself to vomit right ?

Answer 1

No, everyone that's said she's not tricking you is right, she's too young for that.
The first thing that came to mind was....maybe she has an allergy to the formula you're giving her? one way or another it could bother her, maybe making mucus that makes her cough and cries because she cant catch her breath.
This would scare me enough to not want to leave her alone.
She could choke/drown on her own vomit.
I'd go get her checked out and see what the dr. says and maybe see about changing her formula/milk whatever you're giving her.

Answer 2

Throwing up 3 times a day is not normal for a 8.5 month old. I don't think she's tricking you. They don't have the mentality to do that yet. Take her to the doctor and have her checked out please. Could be acid reflux and it burns, makes her cry, and then she throws up because of it. If you lay her down, the burning sensation feels worse in that position, which would explain why she isn't crying when she is in an up position. Now, I don't know for sure if this is the problem, I'm just guessing related to the info you gave. Go have her looked at and discuss this with your doctor.

Answer 3

I can't believe no one else has mentioned this...

I experience a similar thing with my daughter (7 month old). And I've discovered it's because I let her cry. The only time she throws up afterward is because she gets so upset, and cries so hard, mucous from her nose builds up, goes into her throat and she gags on it, resulting in vomiting. If I were to let her cry for 5-10 mins non stop, guaranteed she will throw up afterward. It has nothing to do with the formula she is on or what she is eating.

Answer 4

Gently massage her belly and lower abdomen with your palm. It will help for find relief from gas problem if any.

A sure-shot remedy. Press her calf with your bare palm - the area between her ankle and knee..... the fleshy backside. The acupressure points of stomach etc are located in this area. Press for 1 second and stop. Press and stop. Repeat 30-40 times. If your baby has stomach problem, she will feel pain and will not like your pressing. But carry on nevertheless. Gradually in a day or two the pain will subside and the baby will feel calm and normal.

Watch out if some noise, some changes in our interior decoration is irritating her. Stroke her scalp gently with your palm, tapping lightly.

If this does not work, write back. We shall try something different.

Answer 5

Your baby is getting so upset when you let her cry it out that she throws up. She can't "trick" you--she smiles because she loves you and wants to be near you! Crying is her way of expressing a very important need: YOU holding/comforting HER. Letting babies "cry it out" doesn't teach them independence, it teaches them that mommy doesn't respond to their needs, or that their needs don't matter, or that mommy can't be trusted. Any of these scenarios are not good for your relationship with your child in the long-term.

Crying is hard to listen to for a reason! Follow your instinct, hold your baby (get a sling or carrier if you need to get things done while holding the baby) and know that a *secure* baby whose needs are met now will have a MUCH easier time becoming an *independent* adult.

Answer 6

It is amazing how kids can learn what we react to and do more of it. I remember freaking out when my son burped oddly when he was alone in the backseat of the car when he was around 24 months. For months afterwards, he burped, on and on. The doc told me to ignore the burping, which was almost maddening, but did work in a few weeks to stop the burping.

Your child, however, is under age one, the age under which we know children can't be 'spoiled.' She is still communicating. If she's crying to the point of being sick, then maybe she's crying too much.

My first born hated the crib, and I chucked it pretty early on, keeping him in our bed. We were all much happier and we never even set up the crib for our second born. I learned that when babies are apart from their moms, even at night, their brains flood with a hormone, cortisol. This hormone flooding impairs learning, increases anxiety and depression, and makes the child vulnerable to stress as an adult. Humans evolved to need to be around mom 24/7 for around 5 years.

Answer 7

It could be a couple of things, stress from crying,acid reflux (especially if she does it when lying down) .It could be overfeeding, needing to be burped before being put down.... honestly I don't think being left to cry in a crib is a good thing and letting her sleep in puke is really just abusive. 8 month olds are not manipulating you,they are instinctively trying to tell you that they don't want to be left alone. I surely don't like to sleep aqlone, why would I assume that my baby would? You can decide to take your baby to sleep with you or "train her" not to cry. I have 4 children and they all shared our bed, they have never cried to sleep and are very happy secure people .

Answer 8

HI my son is almost 1 will be 1 one the 24th of Feb. We had to take him to the hospital about 2 months ago because he was throwing up so much. They said he was a little dehydrated and gave him an IV to get him fluids. They also gave a suppository to help him with the vomiting/nausea.Yeah i know it sounds sick but a baby is to small to take any medication. The name of the suppository they gave him was trimethobenzamide if you wanted to ask your doctor or the hospital about it. It worked. I hope everything goes well for you and take care.

Answer 9

ok, first don't freak out. my daughter did the same thing!!! to the T! you can't give in to her or she'll make it a habbit, which sounds like she may already have... what you need to do, which i know this is gonna sound mean and whatnot, but it works. i'm talking from experience!!! let her scream her little head off until she throws up and then ignor her until she falls asleep. yes in her puke! i know it's gross and some people reading this are probably freaking out right now but sleeping in puke once will not kill you and you always check on them a few hours after they have fallen asleep. with my daughter i did this once and after a few hours of her sleeping and her figuring out that mom wasn't coming she stopped! i also changed her in the middle of the night into clean clothes and bedding, but do this if you know your little girl won't wake up and start all over... habbits are hard to break but it's worth it. now my daughter is 22 months (almost 2!) and putting her down to bed is a fun time! no crying, no puking... no nonsense. she knows that when mom and dad say "it's night night time" she knows what to expect and we don't have to be stressed around bedtime anymore because of our persistance in her throughing up routine.

if your doc says she's healthy, she's healthy and don't worry about it. i went through the very same thing!!! good luck and good job : )

Answer 10

I would take her to a different doctor, the one you talked to sounds like an idiot, mine won't give advice on the phone for vomiting. Actually take her in to a different doctor and rule out a medical problem first, then see what needs to be done.
And I really don't think she's tricking you,she's too young for that.