i hope some one can give e some advise on this but when i talk to my health visitor im the worrying parent.

i went throught this with my other daughter for 18 months and i do not want to go through it again...
what it is , my daughter is 6 months and on solids and every time shes having them shes throwinup like something out of the excorcist.
she an have had a mouthfull of food and no millk but is sick.   any got any advise why
  thehealth vistor says as long as she is putting on weight shes fine  but its not when shes being sick every where. help

I had this same thing,many years ago now,with my second son,it was then called projectile vomiting!We tried all things like letting him lie down after a feed,keeping him quiet etc nothing seemed to work,but we persevered,I fed him on a bland diet too and had the same results.Our health visitor gave me much the same replies!

In the end I gave up on all 'baby foods' and just pureed our own meals in a blender,then finally chopped them as he grew older and slowly it stopped.

He is now a strapping 6'3" tall man of 24yrs,he plays rugby,football,fencing,canoeing,off road mountain biking,hiking and so much more,he eats almost anything with no after effects and can cook very well! and he's a PhD student living in digs!

He has the healthiest teeth and hair you could wish to see.

Persevere,I know it is distressing when they are throwing up most of the time,Andrew could vomit from the top of the stairs over my shoulder and it would reach the bottom step! I was constantly cleaning up everywhere,but he survived!

You have every right to be the 'worrying parent' every mother has,we are all protective toward our kids and it doesn't change as they grow older and move away!!

I'm sure she will be o.k. but if it continues and you are worried,get some advice from the doctor,especially if she should lose or stop gaining weight.

I take it your other daughter is now o.k. with her food?

I hope this is of some help,maybe there is more info on the web? we didn't have the technology in the days when my two were small and I'm sure some other mothers on here will come back with other advice too :)

<He is now a strapping 6'3" tall man of 24yrs,he plays rugby,football,fencing,canoeing,off road mountain biking,hiking and so much more,he eats almost anything with no after effects and can cook very well! and he's a PhD student living in digs!>

Porkie, Is he single :D
Lea :)

:D :D :D @ Lea

Hands off, he's mine!

Almost yes! he has a girlfriend but no-one serious,says he's "an impoverished student struggling to make ends meet and wants to buy a house and get a dog this year,so can't afford a 'real' girlfriend!". :D

<<<<<<<<Almost yes! he has a girlfriend but no-one serious,says he's "an impoverished student struggling to make ends meet and wants to buy a house and get a dog this year,so can't afford a 'real' girlfriend!".>>>>>>>>>>
Hey Jo19. I could offer him the house, and 2 dogs, can you :D :D :D :D : D :D :D :D
Lea :D 

I'll do a house + 3 :D :D

my other daughter is two and a half but will only eat finger foods... such as roast potatoes and chips . bread   scotch pancakes ... cakes biscuits  she wont eat any thing else 

but with chloe she got to the stage she wouldnt take food because she knew shed be sick.

speak to your doctor he will have more advice for you. I think on the issue of not eating proper food you should take advice or you will end up with a school age child who doesnt want to eat there are many things that can be done and with the right help you will get it sorted good luck

My little brother was a very sicky baby. My mum used to despair coz he was always covered in sick and she thought he would waste away. He had something called 'reflux' which cured itself as soon as he began to walk - something to do with strengthening internal muscles I think! My brother is now nearly 17 and bigger than me so he didn't waste away. I hope you get this sorted out for your own peace of mind.

What a co-incidence - my younger son and his partner have a new baby boy (Jay) who frightened them last night with a torrent of milk spouting forth after a feed (he's breast fed). They phoned me and I was delighted to tell them the tale of my oldest son. Whenever I fed him I had to cover my chair and the floor around with towels - oh the nostalgic smell of sour milk - I tried everything to prevent the projectile vomiting to no avail. However throughout this time he continued to put on weight well. When he started on solids, things rapidly improved. He is now 33 years old, 6ft 2in., a Venture Scout Leader leading in all sort of outdoor activities and getting married in May.
Of course you're worried and this can transmit to the baby but you know your child better than anyone and are right to get all the information you can. Hope things soon get better.
Sandy

I think I'm right when I say that when my now 21yr old son was projectile vomitting a Doctor said the common name was 'reflux'.
Then later when I had Huskies a friend of mine had a pup with 'megasophogus'(sp). Her vet said that it was the same as baby with 'reflux'.
Apparently in a young child there is a sort of 'valve' at the entrance to the stomach.If it 'over works' you get this projectile vomitting. As the child grows something happens to this valve and the vomitting stops.
I know my son stopped vomitting by the time he was about 18mths old. Then again he was a 10lber and drank bottles like a gannet. It never seemed to bother him that he threw up every time he ate. In fact by the time he got to about 10mths he p***ed himself laughing every time he 'got' us.
We used to have a laugh when people would say 'oh what a cutie can I feed him?'. We never warned them and they never asked again.

That's it Dawn, the valve thing, I remember now. I also remember the sour milk smell which would never wash away YUK! My brother was such a cute baby but I was always a little reluctant to cuddle him as I knew I'd get covered - made up for it later tho!

Pyloric Stenosis

Pyloric Stenosis is a serious condition that requires surgery caused by the narrowing of the part of the stomach that leads to the small intestine.  The stomach is stopped from emptying and symptoms include progressive forceful and projectile vomiting.  The baby quickly becomes dehydrated, identified by a sunken soft spot on the head.

I think lots of us who have children have experienced projectile vomiting without this serious condition.

My oldest son was investigated for reflux because he was always sick until he was about 2 yrs old.  My youngest son suffered from what they called "failure to thrive" and at six months old only weighed 9lbs.  He was investigated for all sorts of awful things but his main symptom was projectile vomiting!  I knew he was being fed but others thought I was starving him.  After months of going backwards and forwards to hospital twice a week he decided to start to crawl.  It was a pitiful sight seeing this scrawny scrap pulling himself over the floor but that week he gained 1lb, the next week 3lb and within a month he was at normal weight!  He's now the largest boy in his class and a fine strapping lad well on his way to being the 6'2" god that others have described above!

I had months of worry but it all turned out OK in the end, thank God.

Sorry I forgot the ? it was meant as a question.

two of my sons had pyloric stenosis its is quiet common and can vary, some children have it and do not need surgery it often is never spotted as mums think they have a sicky child others as in the case of my sons develope it really bad and have to be operated on my sons were under two weeks when they were opperated on I was told it was because a valve which allows food to pass into the stomache has extra tissue that causes the valve to go into spasams(sp) and forces the food back.
Maggie

Hi there

Indigo is just over six months old and has always been a pukey baby.

I narrowed it down to a lactulose intollerance and had her on soya milk. I have gradually changed back over as I have weaned her. A doc can prescribe as well for ruflux which this does sound very much like, a baby version of Gaviscon which may help.

Indigo is not as bad but does have her moment. Moments like the whole of this weekend projectile vomiting anything she ate or drank :rolleyes: I think this was a tummy bug this time !! :)

Ask for a referal if you are concerned as it maybe worth getting it checked out.

My neice had the same problem as your bub,the "exorcist" describes it perfectly,lol. They found relief in giving her chamomile tea in her bottle,it is an easy "natural" way of helping to calm the tum,prepare it like you would for yourself,wait till it's luke warm and let her drink it,sometimes easier said than done as some dont like the taste :p but it really was a godsend for my neice and her worried mum.

christine

Hi ,my youngest daughter also  suffered from "Exorcist vomiting " lol, (she was approx 6 weeks ,it was very scary as well as messy ) i took her to to the doctor who prescribed Gaviscon satchets to be added to her bottle and they worked immediatly ,i was told it was described as an immature gut/ Hiatus hernia !! she is now a  beautiful, 19 year old 5ft 6" legs up to her armpits ,and unless she has one too many glasses of wine (or similar )never repeats those  Exorcist immitating  days, i hope your little one is soon better too Bye Sue & Lola xx