Vomiting after sickness bug

[Carrotstick878]

Hi everyone.

To preface, I have health anxiety and can struggle to put things in perspective. I am seeing a therapist about this.

My 15 month old DS started nursery in June, but since term started back in August and all the newer kids have come in, he’s been constantly ill for the last 6 weeks.

On Friday lunch time he started vomiting, and vomited until 5am Saturday. Everything that went in came back out. He seemed to settle down after that. No appetite, but kept a banana and some toast down the rest of the day. Slept better but had another vomit at 4am. Yesterday was more of the same, tired and washed out, had a couple of almost sick after his nap but nothing came out, perked up at dinner, ate an almost normal meal, and went to sleep well. He woke at 2am and had some breastmilk, and went back to sleep. He woke again at 5am and my husband decided to try some formula. He drank almost the full bottle then almost immediately threw it back up.

He seems to be acting more like himself this morning, but is it normal to still have random vomits in the early AM after the worst of the bug has passed? I always jump to worst case scenario and Ive landed on brain tumour today :( such an exhausting way to live and try to keep in check.

Thanks :)

Is he weeing plenty ? Has he done a poo ? Is he playing ?

Yes to all of those. He was playing less yesterday and Saturday, but still playing. He’s just had some breakfast. It’s the random vomiting after the bulk of it that’s stopped that has me worried.

Sickness bugs are awful but it can take them afew days for their stomachs to settle.

I would offer fluids and food little and often until his stomach has settled.

Good thing he's starting to seem himself.

My DD's first stomach bug (she was about 2.5) she threw up on a Wednesday morning a few times, then a few more times on Thursday morning but was absolutely fine from the Friday. She ate normally on Saturday/Sunday/Monday. Then the Monday evening a few hours after she went to bed, she threw up again - that was the last time. This was almost a year ago and she's not had any stomach/vomiting issues since so I don't think you need to worry there's a more sinister cause. I assumed it was just a lingering bug making her tummy a bit more sensitive or something.

(I have pretty severe emetophobia which I why I remember the exact days and details, it's burned into my brain)

Thank you for putting it perspective. He is eating and taking in water. Doesn’t want milk as much but he didn’t eat any breakfast the last couple of days and has had some today, so hopefully a steady improvement!

Thank you for sharing your experience! That sounds stressful, especially with your phobia. Just when you think it’s over, there is is!

The first 24 hours of this felt like a pretty standard sickness bug, but it’s the lingering I don’t like! I think it’s because he’s on the back of a long string of back to back viruses, my anxiety is peak levels even when I don’t realise it is.

Hopefully last night was the last vomit!

Kids can get a bug, feel better, eat stuff and then you give them dairy and out it all comes again. Lay off dairy for three days after a big to avoid triggering it again.

Yeah I was wondering if the formula maybe caused it - it was immediately after. He had some porridge with oat milk this morning so will stick with milk alternatives for a couple of days and hope that’s it passing.

Exactly the same thing happened with my daughter, she’s 14 months, started nursery, has had 2 sick bugs in November. Same as you described. Starts off every few hours, then once per night/morning for up to 6 days. However, there can also be a gap of 2 days when nothing comes up, which is the trickiest part as you’re lulled into thinking it’s all over. She also was herself during the day, and not really any other symptoms other than a mild temp and looser BM. I understand what you mean, as when it happens twice the mind stands wandering!