can anyone shed some light on this mystery for me? non-urgent, non-critical, but puzzling nonetheless.

[CroupyKidsGalore]

am asking here coz it seems such a vague question and id feel a div asking the doc. have tried asking my mum (shes medical) but she dunno anything about it. its something that has niggled slightly for years but never seemed to be much of an issue so never really followed it up, but i am curious to see if anyone might know anything about it and what causes it and if theres anything i ought to know about it.

all that intro made it sound much more interesting than it is - sorry to disappoint!

ds2 is now 4.2. when he laughs a lot (through tickles or humour) he burps these huge great dirty burps. not just one but repeated evil sounding explosions. it sounds really sore. when asked he doesnt say it hurts but hes always done it so maybe he just doesnt know it oughtnt to iyswim. he has such a delicious giggle and wicked sense of humour, its a shame that this always happens when he really enjoys something. he absolutely HATES being tickled now, and im fairly sure this is the reason why. if hes laying down when it happens he seems to gulp hard, like somethings come up his food pipe a bit.

similarly, if he has a cough he always throws up too. (not every time he coughs, but usually at night and at least once or twice in the duration of each cold). in fact, the minute he has a cold, we water his milk drinks down 50:50 coz we know we may well be meeting it again later [blurgh]. he LOVES milk btw, its like crack to him.

SO. what do you think? could he have some kind of reflux problem or something? is that even what reflux is? does it sound like anything anyone knows of? if i had some kind of an idea what it is i could do some research and find out if theres things i can do for him to make him more comfortable etc.

ive tried googling but am clearly shit at it coz i cant see anything relevent.

thanks in advance to anyone whos even read this far

[MmeLindt]

Here is another one with a giggly hiccupy pukey DS. Not nearly as bad now (he is 4yo) but he used to throw up when he had a cold. He was also car sick a lot.

He still gets the hiccups when he giggles too much.

[avenanap]

Car sick's horrid. ds used to puke (alot), when ill (alot) and travelling (alot). He's grown out of it though so maybe there's hope for you.

[psychomum5]

I get hiccups when I giggle too much

I also wet myself, but that is nought to do with this!

[avenanap]

lol! pelvic floor exercises help

[NappiesGalore]

is it true hiccups are really spelled hiccoughs? [irrelevant]

[psychomum5]

well....one must clearly be the american spelling.

you know, like color/colour and ....oh god, fuckit, brian went away or I am making things up as I go along, which is not that unusual!!!

and yes, pelvic floor excersises are grand when you have not have five kiddies - IME.....!

[NappiesGalore]

whos brian? does he help you with your memory then?

[psychomum5]

clearly, my BRAIN is that bad I mis-spelt......



I mean, you just cannot get the staff these days