Anyone's baby every cry so hard he puked?

[castleview]

Sorry for the graphic thread title. But I'm curious if anyone has experienced a situation similar to mine.

My son is 11 months old. He is a very good, happy baby. He has two older sisters whose activities his life revolves around...and he never complains. At night, he usually sleeps between 9-10 hours.

Problem is he usually falls asleep having his night time bottle or in our arms when he is totally petered out. Since he was @ three months old, we have tried to let him cry it out. It worked quite successfully with my daughters -three days and done. This one, however, will scream for a very long time and eventually throw up. There has been many a night I've ended up changing sheets just to teach him to go to sleep.

Has anyone else ever dealt with this? He's coming on a year now and I'd like him to be able to go to sleep on his own. One other person told me her kids did that and they seem well adjusted and well rested. But if anyone else knows what can be done...or if it will just come, please let me know. I'm at a loss...not stressed out, just wondering if I'm furthering a problem or if I was just spoiled by my daughters' consistent 12 night sleeps and 3 hour naps. Anyone?

 

[ilovepcot]

I did this as a baby. Don't know when it stopped or how my mom handled it. My dog barks till he vomits. We're just a "pukey" family!

 

[Sonya]

Oh yeah, all the time. I finally decided that he wasn't ready to cry it out, that he was more sensitive and I needed to give it time. So I took a break and a few months later tried again to get him to sleep on his own, new bedtime routine (books, milk, etc) and it finally worked. Good luck!

 

[mommaU4]

My son used to get really upset and cry so hard he would throw-up, BUT it wasn't at night. He would do it during the day if he was having a tantrum or whatever. Thankfully it didn't last long. It's not exactly what you're going through so I don't have alot of advice just a good old-fashioned "Hang in there!"

Oh, you said he's 11 months now? And you've been trying the cry it out thing since he was 3 months old? Has he been throwing up all that time or is this a new thing?

 

[FayeW]

Since he was @ three months old, we have tried to let him cry it out. It worked quite successfully with my daughters -three days and done. This one, however, will scream for a very long time and eventually throw up. There has been many a night I've ended up changing sheets just to teach him to go to sleep.

Let me get this straight...for 8 months you've been letting your infant cry until he pukes to "teach him to go to sleep"????? I sincerely hope that you are not serious, and that you are just yanking our chain. If this is not some kind of sick joke, for God's sake, pick up that baby and rock him to sleep! Anybody who tells you that you will spoil him by rocking him is full of crap. Cherish the opportunity while you have it.

 

[luv2nascar]

that's a little more than crying it out if he throws up. There is no way he can fall asleep if he's making himself so upset he throws up. I think that is kind of cruel. I don't mean to sound judgemental but he's scared and a baby. I have two of my own so I feel your pain but I wouldn't be able to let him cry till he was sick. I would have scooped him up long ago.

 

[Ava83]

DD3 has thrown up from crying, she would get so upset that she would just throw up.

She has pretty much grown out of it now (may still gag a bit during a tantrum (rare though), which at the moment are not rearing there ugly head...hmm)

We knew she did this and watched for the signs (oh and she had signs)

Because of her linda blair tendencies we did not do CYO. But that is our choice.

 

[Aidensmom]

My son went through a colicky stage as a baby, where he would cry for hours on end, even when held in my arms, and many times would throw up after a while. And guess what, he still does it at age 4. Seriously, if he gets put in time out or something, he cries very dramatically, and (I know this is not a pleasant thought) all the phlegm that gets created and swallowed because of that causes him to throw up. At least now he is old enough to get himself into the bathroom when he it's coming on.

 

[castleview]

Let me get this straight...for 8 months you've been letting your infant cry until he pukes to "teach him to go to sleep"????? I sincerely hope that you are not serious, and that you are just yanking our chain. If this is not some kind of sick joke, for God's sake, pick up that baby and rock him to sleep! Anybody who tells you that you will spoil him by rocking him is full of crap. Cherish the opportunity while you have it.

No, no, no. It's been on and off. Most of the time he falls asleep with us, either having his night bottle or while one of us is getting the girls to bed. But once in a while (once or maybe twice a month), when he's up way past his "bedtime" with no sign of being tired, we try to get him to fall asleep on his own. It's actually convenient for me when he falls asleep at the bottle, but I worry am I going to pay for that in the long run.

To answer your question: No, he has not done this every night for the past eight months. It's just he's #3 and we've been very lax with him compared to the girls...and I worry "are we too lax". I'm just picturing him at age three not going to bed until 11:00!

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

I THINK what the OP is getting at (and correct me if I'm wrong) is that she's attempting to let her DS cry it out, he pukes and then she changes the sheets. Afterward, she continues to let him cry it out to attempt to teach him to go to sleep. Am I right?

TOV

 

[Ava83]

At least now he is old enough to get himself into the bathroom when he it's coming on.

We taught Ava to run for the bathroom also! She calls it a hiccup and just takes off.

I think Ava threw up so much when upset was cause she was on the "spirited" side of the temperment scale. She just feels things very intensely.

 

[castleview]

I THINK what the OP is getting at (and correct me if I'm wrong) is that she's attempting to let her DS cry it out, he pukes and then she changes the sheets. Afterward, she continues to let him cry it out to attempt to teach him to go to sleep. Am I right?

TOV

No after the sheet change, he stays with me or DH until he falls asleep. I'm not changing the sheets again that night! Re my other posts: this does not happen nightly. A lot of times he's out before I would try to put him down anyway. Tonight was the first time I tried in about three weeks. I just figured he would outgrow this as he ate more solid foods.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

Maybe he's coming into his 'terrible twos' early?

I understand the crap you're going through right now with him though. DS will be 2 in April and right now he's going through this period where if he even becomes the SLIGHTEST bit upset about something, he gets SO mad he'll yank on his hair, bang his head and scream until the veins on his neck pop out. Then it's nearly impossible to calm him down. He did this last night and I rocked/sang to him for a half an hour before putting him down in his crib. As SOON as I put him down, he began his act all over again. DH was already asleep and I had to be up very early this morning for work,so I just said screw it and tried to sleep. It was VERY hard to try and sleep with him screaming that way, but after 15 minutes or so, he went to sleep.

TOV

 

[bekkiz]

I was a nanny for a family who had an 18 month old who would do this as well. He was a very spirited child who had loads of sleep issues.

Once the parents figured out a system to get him to go to sleep and then stay sleeping, the throwing up kind of stopped.

I would reccomend one of the many books on sleep schedules. I'm not sure which one they used, but I think the key is a routine, and sticking to it. I felt that with this little boy, he just did NOT like the feeling of falling asleep, and esp. waking up by himself. Once he settled in the routine, it was easier--not perfect, but easier. I think it might have been the book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth

I don't sit for that family now, but I know they were using some of the same techniques for the then 9 month old to sort of bypass any issues.

Good luck!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

And guess what, he still does it at age 4. Seriously, if he gets put in time out or something, he cries very dramatically, and (I know this is not a pleasant thought) all the phlegm that gets created and swallowed because of that causes him to throw up. At least now he is old enough to get himself into the bathroom when he it's coming on.

My 6yo doesn't throw up when he gets mad or upset (1 or 2 of my other kids did), but he still throws up easily. Last night it was while he was brushing his teeth and spitting after brushing. I think he was trying to spit phlegm (sorry--I know that's yuck) and he threw up. One barf episode does not mean that he's sick--takes 2-3 to know he has a stomach virus.

All my boys were barfer boys, though, and would gag easily and throw up. You'd think I would have learned and not had 4 kids (3 of them boys).

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

All my boys were barfer boys

Oh Tag Fairy.....

TOV

 

[staci]

My ds will do this if left crying. Doesnt take him real long, maybe 10 minutes.

We have totally failed at his nighttime schedule and have come to terms with that. We tried on a few occasions to let him 'cry it out' in the crib to go to sleep for a few nights in a row, and we never made it very far. I just cant listen to the crying (or clean up puke ).

We had some friends who swore by the cry it out method, took about 2 weeks, but did work very well for them. Their son puked occasionally as well.

Do what works for you. I didnt have the heart for it. But I guess that is why ds is laying next to me asleep right now.

 

[mommaU4]

Just out of curiousity, what does your pediatrition(sp?) say about all this?

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Oh Tag Fairy.....

TOV

no no no no no!

 

[Bob Slydell]

My son went through a colicky stage as a baby, where he would cry for hours on end, even when held in my arms, and many times would throw up after a while. And guess what, he still does it at age 4. Seriously, if he gets put in time out or something, he cries very dramatically, and (I know this is not a pleasant thought) all the phlegm that gets created and swallowed because of that causes him to throw up. At least now he is old enough to get himself into the bathroom when he it's coming on.

Same thing happens with our DS, pretty much from around the "terrible threes" (when his tantrums started -- the twos were good for us ). It's not very often, but yeah, when he's in a lot of trouble for something, he can work himself up to the point of vomiting.