Well Houston...we have a problem.
Pups are now 7 and a half weeks old and for the past week mum has insisted on throwing her food up as sson as she gets within eyesight of the pups. I tried for 5 days feeding her half a handful of food every hr in the hope that it would make a difference as there was never much in her stomach...but it didn't...she still brought up what little she had.
So yesterday I decided to give her her normal sized breakfast at 6am and keep her out of eyesight until 12pm (6hrs) but within 10 seconds of letting her in to the pups she deposited it right in front of them and they went berserk for it even though they had been fed half an hr before!!
So I gave her her tea at 9pm last night and kept her seperate all night until 6am this morning just before I was going to give her her breakfast but yet again within 10 seconds she threw it all up for them. How flipping annoying.
She is fine, happy, daft and playful, no temp, eating, drinking and toileting as normal. She didn't do this with her first litter but she is very much more maternal with this one. My concerns are that most are going next weekend but I'm keeping one and two are staying for another few weeks. When is this likely to stop or will I have to completely seperate them for a while in a couple of weeks.

Aww bless her! Ellie did the same, but I found that keeping her away for a couple of hours was enough and she couldn't do it. Your girl is very determined!! Mind you I haven't yet managed to stop Ellie cleaning the puppy's bottom and she's nearly 8 months old.....

Granny Woo (Pepsi 9years old) still cleans Merlot's bum...eyes...ears etc... and Merlot is 6 now. LOL and Merlot cleans her new pup (6months) often at the same time so they look like a washing train!!!
She will stop throwing up eventually, but maybe not till the rest have gone. Can you try keeping her away from them for 24 hours? it seems cruel but may just give her time to realize they are fine now.
Aileen

I was thinking of doing that but was worried about too little interaction with mum from the socialisation/learning point of view.
I feel so sorry for her as puppies are having a wail of a time running around the garden at the moment and she has curled up in the puppy pen and looks like she is missing them.

Are you letting her go into the pups to clear up what food they leave after meals. 

This may convince her they don't need 'extra' feeding. 

As your keeping her away maybe in her mind she thinks they are starving all that time?

I make sure that there is loads of food left over and after the pups have eaten Which she can see them doing through the glass doors I let her in to finish off while the pups go outside. I didn't think of it that way Brainless. I think I may try keeping them together today including mealtimes and see if that make a difference.

You have my sympathies, my girl was the same and nothing would convince her I was giving them enough !

Her pup we kept was unwell recently at 5 months old and she threw up for her when she had missed her breakkie ..sigh .