My 3 year old keeps throwing up. what can i give her to settle her stomach?

Question

About 10 o'clock at night my 3 year old started throwing up and I wanted to know what I can give her to settle her stomach.

Answer 1

Let her sip flat ginger ale or gator aide. Give her 2 sips and then wait for 15 minutes then let her take another sip or two. Keep doing this until her stomach can figure out that it needs to go down, not up.

Take her temperature. She may have a stomach virus. Be careful with this, she can dehydrate easily.

Answer 2

3 Year Old Throwing Up

Answer 3

I hope your daughter is feeling better by now. My 5 year old son and husband always get stomach viruses worse than my daughter and I. Flat coke was recommended by several of the ER nurses the last time I was there with my son. My husband also claims that it's often the only thing he can keep down when he is ill. Call your doctor if she is still vomiting now or if she has diahrreah with vomiting. That combination can quickly dehydrate a small child. Ginger is also supposed to calm an upset stomach but most ginger ales do not actually contain any ginger at all.

Answer 4

The body is working its way through the virus and no matter what you give her she will vomit. The only solution that will stop vomiting is phenagren and it is only give in severe vomiting in children. DO NOT GIVE ANY FOODS OR SODA/GATORAID. These solutions have to much sugar and not enough electrolytes to rehydrate her. Most likely she will have diarrhea after the vomiting and if you give her soda not only will the diarrhea be worse but she could get a diaper rash/yeast infection. Now I am assuming she has no health issues such as diabetes (if she does you need to call her endo and let them know about her vomiting). Since she was well hydrated before she started to vomit what I would do is by some pedialyte, gerberlyte, or the store brand oral dehydration solutions and give her one tablespoon every 10 minutes. Or you can get the pedialyte Popsicles and break off small pieces and give her one small piece every 5-10 min. The Popsicles work great because they melt in the mouth and the oral membranes absorb the fluids. Usually after 8-10 hours the vomiting stops. NO MILK or milk products..when children are sick their tummies can not break down the milk protein and it makes it worse.

You should be watching for signs of dehydration which are...... at least 1 urination every 8 hours, the lips should NOT be dry or cracked and neither should the inside of her mouth, or sunken eyes. If she has any of these symptoms you need to take her to a urgent care.

If there's no vomiting for approximately 8 hours, then introduce bland, mild foods gradually. But do not force any foods - your child will tell you when he or she is hungry. Saltine crackers, toast, broths, or mild soups (some noodles are OK), mashed potatoes, rice, and breads are all OK.

Answer 5

My Daughter Keeps Throwing Up

Answer 6

Dang it! I don't know the name but, I used this stuff I got at the pharmacy, it was over the counter stuff, but you can get it in a bottle, it is a cherry flavor, thick stuff, and you take 2 tbsp every time you throw up, or once every 15min until your stomach settles, and it really helps your stomach from feeling so icky. Or if you have 7-up and crackers that usually helps.

Answer 7

We give bread (with butter, if they like that better), and milk. And my wife always thinks Diet Coke helps (my own mother gave me Diet Sprite when I was little!). We have four kids, the oldest is six. But remember, the throwing up is the bodies way of KEEPING the stomach empty. It's for a reason.

The main thing is to keep them drinking fluids, just so they don't get dehydrated.

Answer 8

fizzled out 7 up worked for my first 2. you can try crackers, or juice pops. Good luck hope she feels better. Just watch for dehydration. if it gets worse or she doesnt stop by tomorrow you should take her in. And dont worry about what some people will say, sometimes its just a bug and it goes away on its own. I have 3 and dont take them in until at least 24 of it. It could just be an upset stomach, even adults get those, and you know how you feel.

Answer 9

Sprite or 7-Up works, so does flat coke (blow bubbles in it). The most important thing is to keep her hydrated but do it slowly. Small sips, every 15 minutes or so. Also, the B-R-A-T diet works well Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, and Toast. I feel for you and your daughter. My daughter was up all night throwing up and could keep nothing in her belly, not even water. I gave her nothing for 30 minutes after the last time she threw up, just held her, and finally she was able to keep down small sips of water before she fell asleep.

Answer 10

Warmth from a heating pad on low can help settle the stomach. Room temperature 7-up or some warm tea could also help if you can get them to drink it.