throwing up toddler?

Question

My 17 month old daughter has been throwing up since last night. She isnt eating anything and I am trying to keep fluids in her. She just keeps throwing up and is very calm- just wanting to lye around.

Answer 1

Take her to the doctor asap, this isn't normal.

Answer 2

There is a nasty virious going around. Son has been throwing up too all night.
He was even throwing up water. With something like this is it important that they don't dehydrate. Make sure that her diapers are wet when you change them. Check her lips to make sure they are plump. If they start cracking and it looks like she has lines in them. That's a sign she is dyhrating and should be taken to the hospital so she can get an IV and be rehydrated.
If she hasn't is sit wetting her diapers and her lips are not dryed then.
If running a tempture give her babies tylenol. Give her pediatlyte to keep mineral in her body that she would otherwise be losing.
The laying down and being very calm is normal when they are sick, throwing up takes a lot out of a person let a lone a little one.
If she is holding the liquids down try giving her some chicken soup broth and see if that stays down then slowly build her back up to more food. Last see she has the broth and it stays down next time give her a little bit of the rice or noodle in the broth.

I know it sucks having a sick little one. Hope she is feeling better soon.

Answer 3

Rest her stomach completely! At least for one hour, nothing to eat or drink. After resting her stomach for the hour and she has no vomiting, try sips of water or unflavored pedialyte. Again just sips at a time, every 15-20 minutes. After an hour again if no vomiting try a bit more, still really small amounts though, no more than 1 oz at a time. Increase as tolerated. A normal diet is usually ok in 24-48 hours. If she starts showing signs of dehydration then she need to be see in an ER for IV fluids. Signs of dehydration include no urine >6-8 hours, dry mouth, lethargy, you would notice those first. Good luck the good thing about vomiting is it is usually pretty short lived. A few days at the most.

Answer 4

My son is having the same problem right now and has been throwing up since Wednesday night.

I got him Gatorade because Paedialyte is terrible - I give him dry toast, Cheerios without milk and crackers when he is hungry - he needs to run it out.

My friends boy was throwing up two weeks ago and it took him about 6 days before he felt better.

This is a nasty little virus and other than let it run it's course there is no much treatment for it.

Just watch for signs of dehydration, if you gently pinch the skin together and it stays in a bump or if she is not going to wee a couple of times each day then a visit to the pediatrician won't hurt.

Good luck!

Answer 5

There is a nasty stomach bug going around. Doesn't seem to matter what part of the country you are in. For my kids the throwing up lasted about 6 hrs. I have a friend whose child has been fighting the throwing up, off and on, for a week.

Just keep her hydrated. Try clear Pedialyte mixed with Sprite. If it keeps up you might call your pediatrician for an antinausea med.

Answer 6

Call the pedatrician and talk to a nurse, since it hasn't resolved yet. Keep keeping her hydrated - it's the most important thing.

Even if you have to drop a few drops of pedialite or formula every few moments to keep it in.

Even if she throws it right back up, it's better to keep hydrating her than if there wasn't anything for her to throw up.

Important:
If she hasn't made 5- 6 sopping wet diapers in 24 hours - she is dehydrated and you need to call a dr and get her seen.

Answer 7

if there's no fever and/or diarrhea, just try to keep fluids in her. there's a syrup you could try called emetrol, it's a glucose/sucrose thing that is supposed to help with nausea. my daughter didn't like the way it tasted, but it's for adults and kids, so we ended up using it. avoid dairy! if she tells you she's hungry, let her eat a little something. it's hard when they're this young to know if they're ready to keep food down, but if she feels hungry, it's a good sign she might be getting over it. a lot of people have told me that pedialyte is the only thing that i should give my daughter when she's throwing up sick, but she doesn't like it, and if you taste it, you'll know why. my husband panicked the last time she had the flu and took her to the emergency room, where they stuck my baby full of holes to get some fluid into her along with an anti-nausea medication that was supposed to work for 24 hours. she was throwing up again six hours later. however, the sheet they gave us to take home said that things like gator-ade or other sports drinks were o.k. for her to have. she was at the time 15 months old, so i guess at that age, the rule about no soft/sports drinks for puking kids doesn't necessarily apply. if she starts getting diarrhea or spikes a fever, definitely call your pediatrician. it sounds like the garden variety stomach bug that kids get. i just told someone last nite that EVERY year around this time, my daughter catches the flu or whatever it is. i imagine we'll be doing the same thing over here within the next month. if you can let her ride it out, it'll help build her immune system. if she seems lethargic or too hard to wake up, call the doc a.s.a.p. absolutely no pepto-bismol!(can cause reyes' syndrome from subsalicylate). if, or when, she does want to eat, our patient care sheet says things like apple sauce or mashed potatoes or plain noodles are good to try, since they're easier to digest. (and of course, good old campbell's chicken noodle.) it also says to wait 24 hours after the last incident of vomiting before you try to feed your child, but my thinking on that is: if she says she's hungry, she must be. if she chucks up whatever she eats, hopefully it stayed down long enough for SOME of it to digest and get into her. if after a day or two, she doesn't seem to be getting better, it's time to go to the doctor. our pediatrician never minds a call when we're unsure what course of action to take, and the call costs far less than ending up in the E.R., so if you don't think anyone here knows what they're talking about, or if you're just that uneasy about what's going on, just call your doc. at the very least, they can let you know if there's something more serious going around than just the flu, and let you know if you need to have her looked at. it's horribly scary the first time you have to go thru something like this. i'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you that she gets better quick!

Answer 8

As long as she's hydrated, let her ride it out. You could try giving her Ginger Ale-not Canada Dry; the real stuff like Hansen's--just a sip or two every 10 minutes until it stays down. Symptoms of dehyration are listlessness and hollowed out looking eyes. If you think she is showing signs, take her in immediately to the ER, they will want to put an IV in her to give her fluids.

Answer 9

My daughter is 15 months and she's gone through this twice already. The doctor recommended Pedialyte it will keep her hydrated and keep nutrients in her. Last time she was sick for almost a week. Try to make her eat, she probably won't want to yet. Good luck.

Answer 10

Call your peds right away! Also try to keep her hydrated with something like Pedialyte. I prefer organic products and have used Baby's Only Essentials Oral Rehydration. Hope this helps.

Answer 11

shes probably got a bug let her sleep it off keep fluidsgoing in and if shes still sick in a day or so take her to the doc