One year old has always vomited of crying for more than 30 seconds

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Help please
I just want to know if anyone else experienced this or should I be worried. How normal is it for a baby to vomit like the exorcist if allowed to cry for more than roughly 30 seconds.

Not experienced this with my other babies.

My baby is just turning one and has done this since she was born. Her first week she dropped birth weight a bit like a lot of babies do. However by week three she hadn't put it back on even though only vomiting up milk the couple of times a day I might not quiet her quick enough. So midwife told us to take her to hospital for investigation.

At the hospital they checked her over. Asked some questions and then concluded it was very bad reflux. They advise us to feed her fairly up right and keep her that way for a while. We go a prescription to use if she needed it and off we went home with are answer, reflux.

Anyway she did put on weight next time midwife saw her. So we were discharged from her care. Had health visitor see us twice. Then no more health visits or clinics because of covid lockdown. Not had contact with health visitors since. In our area they are hiding well. Been to gp for vaccinations. Baby is big and healthy these days.

However the vomiting if she cries issue has never gone away. We just have held her or one of us have never been more than a couple of metres from her day and night.

I know some babies vomit if left to cry for a long time but I don't like to leave mine to cry anyway. I just want to know how common it is to do this after less than a minute? She can literally make a couple of shrieks and then full on projectile vomit.

Up until now as she is happy, big and healthy I have just took the reflux explanation. Now she is one and still doing it I am wondering if more going on.

An I just tired and over thinking? Does this happen with reflux sometimes? Has this happened to your baby or one you know?

Sorry for long post but want you to have all the information.

DS can still puke if he gets upset and is 3 and a half. Still did it every time he coughed etc for a long time after 1yo.
It's less and less now. Never diagnosed with reflux as baby but was definitely a puker, frequently

Does she puke because she is upset or is she upset because she feels sick/has tummy ache then throws up?

I would be going to the doctor

My baby used to vomit frequently - laughing, crying, coughing etc. It was like a very sensitive gag reflex (although he never had reflux). It got less frequent by 2, disappeared by 3.

@Harrysmummy246

DS can still puke if he gets upset and is 3 and a half. Still did it every time he coughed etc for a long time after 1yo. It's less and less now. Never diagnosed with reflux as baby but was definitely a puker, frequently

Thank you that reassures me a little it is not that odd

I wonder if she's crying because she's going to vomit rather than the other way round.

There is probably a reason behind the reflux if its not getting better. A lot of the time its caused by dairy allergies and intolerances. Either way, I would be taking her back to the doctors.

Is she putting fingers down throat?

@mermaidbutmytailfelloff

Does she puke because she is upset or is she upset because she feels sick/has tummy ache then throws up?

I would be going to the doctor

She seemed very uncomfortable with it as a newborn. That is part of why we accepted it as refux.

Now she is older she can be happy then falls over, tired or gets frustrated with a toy starts to cry then it happens.

In normal times I would have just taken her to the doctor instead of asking mumsnet. At the moment my doctor will do phone consultations but something like this that needs a medical examination he will tell me to go to childrens A&E. I am in London the covid cases are rising and I only want to go to hospital if serious. That is why I am asking if this sounds like reflux to other people.

You are probably right though and I need to get a doctor to look at her just in case.

@CanAnyMother

My baby used to vomit frequently - laughing, crying, coughing etc. It was like a very sensitive gag reflex (although he never had reflux). It got less frequent by 2, disappeared by 3.

Yes that does sound like it.

What I might be dealing with this for 2 more years

@tiers4fears

Is she putting fingers down throat?

Definitely no fingers involved

@ChristmasTreeFairy5000

I wonder if she's crying because she's going to vomit rather than the other way round.

There is probably a reason behind the reflux if its not getting better. A lot of the time its caused by dairy allergies and intolerances. Either way, I would be taking her back to the doctors.

I didn't know that about allergies and intolerances. Definitely has never occurred to me. Since starting solid food she does get very bad nappy rash sometimes. I have wondered if that was food related. So definitely worth more investigation.

Thank you for your reply that is really helpful information

My 10 month old does this. In fact he did it tonight after he ate a big bowl of porridge and a bottle of milk. I will watch him on the monitor for about 20 seconds to see if he settles. If not I go to him but I've never got to him in time before he is sick. I literally leg it upstairs. Hes been like this since a baby.

My ed was like this. My mum was always saying let her cry it out, but we couldn't. If I didn't get to her within a minute or so of crying, there would be vomit everywhere and a much bigger job to clean her, her cot up and try and settle her again. I do wonder if she had migraines as a baby as she was born using ventouse and had a bit of a cone head. We'd heard a bit about cranial osteopath to help with it, but I don't think we had anyone available in our area which is why we didn't do it.

DD is an easy puker, she threw up loads for the first 5 months and it tailed off but then weaning meant some gagging and more puking. Also if she got very upset she'd puke, when she gets sick and coughs she pukes (starting childcare meant a lot more of this), if she's not well and you need to get her calpol you think twice because she hates it and if you upset her she'll throw up and then do you try again or leave it? Brushing her teeth is similar but you have to rebrush them after she's been sick.

Never diagnosed with anything but just a pukey baby. "Muslin" was the most used word for a very long time.

It's getting better, slowly, she's 2 now.

Overactive gag reflex?

In the same boat here.
My son does have allergies (including to dairy) but I think this is a separate issue.
He has a very sensitive gag reflex and if he cries loudly for more than 10 seconds or so he will vomit.
I can tell by his face and run to the sink at this stage!
He's almost 13 months and it's becoming less frequent. It seemed to peak about 11 months.
We find that feeding him little and often and not feeding too close to bed time really helps.

@Couldntthinkofausername24

My 10 month old does this. In fact he did it tonight after he ate a big bowl of porridge and a bottle of milk. I will watch him on the monitor for about 20 seconds to see if he settles. If not I go to him but I've never got to him in time before he is sick. I literally leg it upstairs. Hes been like this since a baby.

It is exhausting isn't it

DD was the same, turned out she had reflux and was lactose intolerant. So definitely worth looking into. In her case she ended up on special drinks because of also being prem/losing weight, and was soon doing much better.

@Lisa78Lemon

In the same boat here. My son does have allergies (including to dairy) but I think this is a separate issue. He has a very sensitive gag reflex and if he cries loudly for more than 10 seconds or so he will vomit. I can tell by his face and run to the sink at this stage! He's almost 13 months and it's becoming less frequent. It seemed to peak about 11 months. We find that feeding him little and often and not feeding too close to bed time really helps.

Thank you for posting so reassuring it is not just my baby. Though obviously I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

I shall give making a bigger gap between milk and bed a try then.

Thank you

Oh I should also say that he has reflux and a 2 week course of Gaviscon from the GP really helped to settle things down and he vomited a lot less after that.