What could be causing my toddler to throw up?

My daughter has been throwing up once a day for two weeks now…she throws up and then goes back to being fine…she is 2 years old and i feel like the doctors are not listening to me…what could be going on with her?

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My son is 1 and does the same exact thing, he has been doing this for a few months now, my doctor doesn’t seem too concerned

Do you notice a pattern after she eats or drinks? My son will vomit if he gets dairy, gluten, or too much sugar. It could be a food sensitivity or allergy.

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You need to make a log on what is happening before she throws up; everything from how she’s playing, what she’s playing, what she’s eating or drinking, when, etc.

I imagine it’s not a sickness but an activity or food intolerance thing

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Could be reflux due to something she is eating or drinking. Mine has to have lactose free milk bc makes her cramp and lactase drops so can eat cheese and ice cream.

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My daughter did that for like a week and a half, she would throw up once at night and during the day she would just be fine. Ended up being some sort of stomach flu because I also ended up getting it and got the worst diarrhea/vomit episode of my life lol

My son did it around that age. He can’t have dairy.

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My daughter did this and they determined it was anxiety related. She was nervous about stuff. Went through so many tests. It was insane.

Make a food/activity journal of what happened before and during, right after vomiting.
That’s how we discovered my kids allergies.

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Could be acid reflux my son had/has it he’s 13 now but before the age of one he would just throw up they done a lot of test and put him on acid reflux meds it’s gotten better the older he gets … he would do the same thing throw up and go back to playing does it happen after she eats or drinks ? My son even now if he eats too fast he will throw up

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Reflux. My daughter puked all the time. Could also be a problem with the stomach valves that hold things down. gastroesophageal reflux (GER). GER is the backup of stomach contents into the esophagus (the tube between the mouth and the stomach). That’s just one possibility. But you gotta keep on the drs. They don’t listen. ADVOCATE

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Definitely log what she’s doing, eating, and drinking. If it’s in the morning then it could be reflux.

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My little one was diagnosed with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. Chart how frequently it happens and see if you notice a pattern.

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Sounds like acid reflux.

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Possible food allergy

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Check her diet, what is the common factor when she vomits.

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Reflux. My son does the same thing. Chiropractic helps his. Apparently the vertebrae that the nerve that supplies the stomach gets out of alignment, making the stomach not function fully. After an adjustment he’s fine. And it totally makes sense. If the nerve is impinged, the stomach isn’t getting the complete signal from the brain, thus it doesn’t work at 100% meds just mask the problem.

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Acid reflux and constipations. My son has the same

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My 6 year old has this issue. We’ve seen a GI specialist and it could be one of three things. Acis reflux, cyclic vomiting, or abdominal migraines. Sounds crazy but it’s a thing. Still waiting on labwork so I don’t have an official diagnosis.

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Check with her doctor about her being lactose intolerant

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My daughter used to make herself throw up just experimenting with her gag reflex I guess

Maybe it’s an allergy. My daughter use to eat strawberries and would throw up and our doctor didn’t know until he finally sent her for allergy testing. She was allergic to strawberries, mild, fresh cut grass, etc. Take a good look at what she is eating.

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My grandson did that and finally stopped, I think they changed his milk

My daughter was like that, she had H. Pylori. You need to take your baby to a Gastroenterologist and explain everything so they can do testing

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Aaliyah Crumpton didn’t nova go thru something like this

Try a different doctor.

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How much are we talking about?! Have labs done and always get 2nd opinion… hugs

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My son had a hatial hernia causing heartburn and vomiting for years before the doctors actually listened. You should raise hell and get a referral to a GI immediately.

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Drinking or eating too much

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Food rejection like lactose intolerance or meat

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Could be an ulcer irritated by certain food.

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I would get an ultrasound to be safe !! If she starts running a high fever take her into ER ASAP ! That’s not normal

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If your not getting the answers you need get a different doctor.

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With my little ones it was lactose intolerant whrn the first baby did that i knew by the second right away. in my opinion soy formula is next best to breast more nutrients then the other brands :blush: hope this helps or if its not that i hope you find out whats goingg on with your littie one…

Ask your ped to specifically test for H-pylori. It’s a bacterial infection of the stomach you get from just about anything you put in your mouth,as kids do. I got it as an adult and that was my initial symptom, throwing up randomly.

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I would guess acid reflux

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Acid reflux, or eating too much. My daughter was the same way.

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She could be dehydrated…it will make you throw up

My son wasn’t throwing up, but he was having diarrhea. He developed a fructose intolerance. Fructose is in almost everything, so we couldn’t pinpoint the problem and he wasn’t always this way. It started when he was 3. His pediatrician couldn’t figure it out, so I asked for a referral to a GI specialist. After some testing, we found out the problem.

I’m not trying to scare anyone so please don’t think that. But you need to push for them to be checking things if this continues. Food allergies, reflux, hernias, and other vomiting conditions could be causing this.

However I have a friend I worked with who’s little girl did this for months and come to find out she had a brain tumor. Again this is not meant to scare you, I’m not trying to diagnose anyones child with anything awful. But it’s important that you push and push for them to be checking for things.

Keep a log of when it happens, what foods are being eaten. Any other symptoms out of the sorts. And keep taking her back to be seen until they listen.

More than likely is reflux or something that’s a simple fix. But I always urge mamas to trust their gut and keep taking them back because had my friend not done that and got 10 opinions her daughter wouldn’t have made it because the first few doctors told her nothing was wrong

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check foods. for dyes. Odd name foods in the pkg. My kids allergy to red dye in licorice. One example. I can only have real honey straight from bee farm. Can not have those mixed at factory.

Have her gallbladder checked

Take notes on everything you feed her especially milk products but if she had regular formula it doesn’t make sense, I wouldn’t insist on seeing a specialist

My daughter used to throw up multiple times every day and it didn’t even phase her. We’d be walking down the street she’d stop, throw up and carry on. The doctors weren’t concerned; she wasn’t having tummy pains and was still gaining weight and growing normally. Eventually she outgrew it but it was an ongoing thing for a LONG time

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I would ask the doctors about acid reflux. And maybe some sort of food allergy. I there something that is usual that you give her for lunch, maybe as a regular side dish? A drink? A piece of fruit? Some sort of dairy maybe? I would see if that’s it.

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Pls have her see a gastroenterologist :disappointed: poor baby!

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I’d get another opinion.

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Is there a certain food she eats every day and happens to throw up sometime after eating it? Could be a food intolerance or acid reflux. But food intolerance can make acid reflux to act up too. I also threw up when I ate high carb or high sugar foods. Turns out I’m pre diabetic. May want to address this with her doctor

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Not trying to scare you but my daughter threw up every morning then was fine the rest of the day. They finally did an MRI. She had a brain tumor. Get a second opinion please.

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Could be her gallbladder or reflux!

I used to throw up like once a day and years later it resulted me to having my gallbladder removed because it was infected

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Had the same problem with my son at the same age. Prob the weirdest life events i had to deal with. I didnt get why he was throwing up. Then was even weirder when he went right back to being perfectly fine

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Could be from constipation, or acid reflux.

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What is her diet like? Is it after she eats something specific?
I’d switch pediatricians and if she’s doing it after she eats wheat I’d have her checked for gluten allergy, same goes for dairy and dairy allergy

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Food sensitivities, allergies, ibs, I suggest looking into a gastroenterologist

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Does she drink pediasure?? My daughter was drinking it and we didn’t know she could get too much vitamins and it was making her do that.

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Reflux and constipation

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Cyclic vomiting maybe? My oldest had it for several years, but grew out of it. Mention it to your pediatrician. Might not be it, but worth mentioning.

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My son did that and he had a stomach ulcer.

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I would say constipation or acid reflux, if she eats something regularly she may have a slight food allergy. There’s also a condition called cyclic vomiting syndrome and it’s more common in young children. I would see a doc.

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I had something super weird going on with my toddler when she was about 2 y/o. She would randomly wake up in the middle of the night and get sick and be really sick for a day or two and then it would seem to go away. She also had REALLY watery poopy diapers. Turned out she had E Coli. She went to the ER and her ped for it and they both said it had to pass on her own and try to adding probiotics along with a bland diet.

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When is she doing it is it before or after meals

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My son is doing the same thing. We just got his food allergy test back and it all came back fine the doctor basically was like well idk whats going on so i just scheduled a physical for him with another pediatrician. Hes 9 and a bigger boy than average. Im hoping i get answers soon too. Even bland food make my son throw up but im sure he does have acid reflux because pizza sauce gives him chest pain.

I don’t think that is normal. It sounds like something she is allergic to and her body is throwing it off. It might be good that she can vomit and get it out of her system.

I literally just posted this a few minutes ago my daughter is 1.5

Definitely following this post. It started a little bit and it just hasn’t stopped. It’s become our normal now :disappointed:

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Sounds like something she is consuming is giving her acid reflux.

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Reflux , has she been coughing? Does she put her fingers inside her mouth? I babysit a boy ( he is 2 1/2 ) and I have to be taking his fingers out of his mouth constantly he put them until he is about to vomit :woman_facepalming:t2:

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Could be acid reflux

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This started happening randomly to my son when he was 3 and it ended up being a daily allergy. We had to get blood work.

My daughter has chronic constipation and she will puke for what seems like no reason and be fine afterwards. I kinda want to guess acid reflux?

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My daughter was doing this but i started to notice if she drank red juice or anything with red dye she would get sick

Sounds like acid reflux or an underdeveloped esophagus. Go to a GI or an ENT doctor.

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My Granddaughter had the same problem and she was lactose intolerance.

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My daughter is almost 2.5. She has had a cows milk allergy since she was a few weeks old that she still has we just got the allergy test back for we avoid milk all together. Recently in the last month she has been coughing and gaging almost throwing up it is more in the mornings and late evening times sometimes it’s after she drinks her formula and sometimes it’s just out of nowhere last week she actually had coughed and gaged one morning and within 30 minutes she projectile vomited twice back to back and complained of tummy pain all day. I have started to wonder myself if she hasn’t developed acid reflux because the coughing and gaging I did tell her pediatrician and he kinda blew it off as she had a cold I’m about to make another appointment because it’s still going on and make them figure it out it’s not a cold.

My son was the same, has acid reflux

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When my son was a toddler he would throw up if he drank water first thing in the morning- every single time. He needed to have juice or milk, or eat something first.it took a few years to grow out of it.

My little girl had this turns out it was asthma and she was being sick to bring up the nastyness laying on her chest even tho she wasn’t coughing xx

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Try keeping a food diary and see what foods are triggering the her system
Organise for you gp to check for coeliac disease and other gastric issues

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MANY THINGS - YOU’RE BEST BET WOULD BE TO TAKE HIM/HER THO THE DOCTORS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND GET A CHECK-UP WHILE YOUR THERE ALSO,cause other things may be wrong with him that u are not awre of at present time!

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Lactose intolerant? Allergies? Crohns disease/colitis/coeliac disease… Could be absolutely anything best bet is to demand fourth testing.

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Lactose intolerant? Allergies? Crohns disease/colitis/coeliac disease… Could be absolutely anything best bet is to demand further testing.

Could be many things. Take her to the doctor.Just to be on the safe side.

Push your doctor for a referral to a specialist! It took me 2 years to first diagnose one of my daughters food allergies when she was young then another two years when she was older and started having more food related problems. I wasn’t going to take no for an answer because it’s awful seeing your kid unwell

My 2 year old son had this problem and the doctors wouldn’t listen to me. I took him back the the hospital over and over again and they kept sending us home. I could feel something was wrong. I just knew it. Finally a doctor did a CT scan and we found out he had a large tumor on his brain and he has brain cancer. The tumor was pressing on the area that affects the gag reflex. If they hadn’t found it when they did, his neurosurgeon said he likely would have died within a couple weeks. I was angry af.

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Probably acid reflux! Look at things like if the child just ate and what it was, the time of day and things like that. It will really help in deciding what it is.

Did she eat any of the peanut butter from the salmonella recall?

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My son had the this problem. Puking every day once or twice. Results were asthma and acid reflux. He got antibiotics for his reflux and flomax I think its what’s its called and everything is controlled. Ask your doctor about this

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My daughter was similar from the age of 1.5. It wasn’t everyday but at least 4 days a week. After many food diaries and general noting of her day to day activities and the lock downs meaning nothing was allowed to happen etc I found that when she is excited, overwhelmed,nervous,worried,anxious
or big emotions she throws up. Upon research I’ve found she ticks every box for cyclical vomiting syndrome and she still has bouts of it at the age of 7 but no where near as often and with distraction methods and not telling her too many exciting things at once we have found her ways to make it easier on her

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Need more details. Is she doing it after she eats, crying, throwing a tantrum, or anxious? If it’s after she eats then it may be reflux but doctors are not really gonna start worrying until she starts losing weight. If it’s when she’s crying, upset, mad, throwing a tantrum then it’s attention seeking behavior. Once you stop giving her the attention from throwing up and making her help clean it up it will eventually stop. Girls are especially bad for this. My daughter definitely has done it and when I started making her clean it up (she’s 7 but was around 2 when she started) she stopped doing it. Doctor probably thinks the same. If it’s because she’s nervous, anxious or scared try to find the source and help her overcome it.

My brother has a rare asthma, where he vomits instead of wheezing. Vomits every single day during this time of year because of the season change/pollen where we are.

Majority of health insurance now do not need referrals call your local children’s hospital and get in with a specialist. You can always call the main number explain what is going on and they can guide you to the correct speciality.

I hear you on the Dr thing when my boy was around 2 I had to repeat taking him to the hospital until finally a Dr listened to me he did the testing and said the boy needed to be admitted to the hospital… just keep taking her to the hospital until u get an answer they will either get fed up or ull finally have a Dr listen to you best luck

Maybe something she’s allergic to

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Could be acid reflux my sister-in-law had the same issue

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take her to a gastro Dr

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maybe reflux, i was sick this way as a kid and so was my daughter. not my son though. pediatrician told us it was definitely acid reflux :frowning:

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I had the same issue with my daughter when she was 2. She had an x ray done on her belly and she was just very backed up. She had to drink miralax for a month.

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