Anyone's baby every cry so hard he puked?

[Tigger&Belle]

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 ).

I know you know this, but I will say it anyway... As a mom of 4 kids--6, 12, 15, and 18--your son will not sleep with you as a teenager. As a matter of fact you'll be lucky if he wants to even be seen with you then. You're doing what seems right to you and what works--you can't ask for more!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

My dd would do this cry, cough and puke. We found out later she had asthma.

 

[always quiet]

My oldest DD (now 14) would do this! I was NEVER the kind of mom who, despite it becoming the "in" thing to do when my kids were babies, let the kids "cry it out". It would make me want to cry too! It always seemed mean or something. (and yes, I was also one of those horrible moms who gave the kids a bottle at bedtime...you know what? Not only did I not do any permanent damage to them, out of 3 kids, we have had only 1 cavity!! ). It would happen almost anytime she cried...she was ALWAYS the "drama queen". I think the last time she did it was when she was about 2 1/2....her brother accidentially got his battery operated trained stuck in her hair (it was running and the wheels just were totally tangled in her hair... completely down to the scalp! ). As she was crying in the kitchen, I was trying to cut the train free (since the train was still on, anytime I got the hair free, it would just wrap around again...the switch was too close to her head to reach it to shut it off). She was crying so hard, that she exploded all over the kitchen...and me....and herself...Did I mention that at this time, I was pregnant with my youngest and had extreme morning sickness??!! I thought I was going to lose it there myself!!

 

[Princess Dot]

To answer your question, yes I went throught the same thing at night-time. She just did not want to go to sleep alone and I know that she figured out that when she threw up I had to take her out of her crib and lay her down in my bed while I cleaned the sheets, etc. She would then fall immediately asleep as long as she was in my bed.

This went on for us for quite some time (again not that she was throwing up every night, but it did happen a lot.) It even got to the point that when I would just put her in her crib she would stand right up, maybe cry for a minute and immediately throw up!

I actually started to say to her when I would lay her down "Don't throw up! Mommy doesn't like that!" and it actually worked! I did talk this over with my pediatrician and she said that it seemed like I was being manipulated! I know it sounds so weird but, she thought it sounded like my dd had figured out that if she threw up she did not have to stay in her bed.

Needless to say, she is almost 4 and we are still getting visits from her in the night in our bed. She does go to sleep in her own bed without much difficulty although some times she asks me to sit on her bed while she falls asleep.

I too have reminded myself that she will not still be in my bed when she is a teenager, so I should just enjoy these years while they last!

Try talking to your baby about the throwing up. You never know, it might work!

 

[luvmydogs]

Mine did it, too, although when he was older. Then when he 'caught on' to the attention it would bring him, he started forcing himself to throw up when he was not getting what he wanted. I began making him clean up whatever he threw up, and after a few times that pretty much solved the problem.

 

[madalynns mom]

My daughter did this as well. ( actually around the same age ) She would scream for no more than 5 minutes and then throw up. If you think about it if you screamed for that long you'd probably throw up too. Don't worry, my daughter is almost 3 now and no longer does it. Unless she is over tired. I have noticed that she tends to do it then. If it's from being over tired try changing his nap schedule. Also having a good night time routine will help. Change things up a little and he'll probably grow out of it!

 

[castleview]

Thanks guys. Last night, he ended falling asleep while my husband watched TV @ 9:00. He woke up at 4:00 and I gave him a bottle and let him sleep in our bed because I was so exhausted.

And with everything, you guys told me...I realize that this is just fine! Sometimes I have to tune out that little voice inside me telling me I'm wrong (you know that voice similar to my mother's).

Thanks again everyone.

 

[dcgrumpy]

DS threw up every time he cried until he was about 2 1/2. It was because of this that I had a really hard time weaning him off the bottle. Every time I told him he couldn't have it, he'd cry, throw up on his "blankie" which then had to be washed, which would make him cry more. Fun, fun, fun

he also used to throw up if he tried to eat totrilla chips, corn flakes...

 

[Ava83]

And with everything, you guys told me...I realize that this is just fine! Sometimes I have to tune out that little voice inside me telling me I'm wrong (you know that voice similar to my mother's).

Hey I have that voice also! I'm glad its you mom's!

Okay it my mom's!

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

DD did this as an infant - starting at about 3 months. We went through this many nights (really early am ) for quite some time. We held her and rocked her until she settled - but it was likely colick and we did not just put her down. I think at this stage it is better to provide comfort rather than try to "teach them to sleep." It seems to go on forever at this point - but be assured it will pass.

As she got older, she would occasionally do so when she was upset/angry - more of a tantrum thing - THAT we ignored and it soon stopped.

 

[MICKEY88]

my daughter did that, our pediatrician, recommended listening to her and you can tell when they are getting close to the point of throwing up, at that point pick them up and comfort them, reassure them that all is ok, put them back down, if they cry again, do the same thing, each time stretching the time it takes for you to pick them up, this teaches them that yes, crying gets your attention, but they also learn that they will get put down in the same bed, and they can't manipulate you...after a few days the crying will stop....it worked exactly as our Dr. told us it would...

 

[Bashful2]

DD16 always had this problem when she was little. We could never let her cry for too long or she would vomit. She also used to get choked when eating or coughing and would vomit a lot of phlegm. With her, it turned out she had a lot of allergies and the coughing would be the start of an asthma attack. Thankfully, she grew out of it by the time she was about 7.

 

[staci]

I know you know this, but I will say it anyway... As a mom of 4 kids--6, 12, 15, and 18--your son will not sleep with you as a teenager. As a matter of fact you'll be lucky if he wants to even be seen with you then. You're doing what seems right to you and what works--you can't ask for more!

Thanks. My mom has a cow about it - she said she bought her first grandbaby a crib so that he can actually use it We always knew that the crying thing wasnt for us, but felt a lot of pressure from others to 'take control of the situation'. My grandmother even said ds will be emotionally scarred and dependant on us forever. So we were caving to pressure.

But now that he is older, we are really starting to see him grow up from being a little baby and turn into a little boy. While he still turns to us for comfort, his independence has skyrocketed. When he does get left somewhere without us it is usually even hard to coax a goodbye kiss out of him. He will play for over an hour in his room without either dh or myself - just running out every once and awhile to check on us

While I know that we were the ones that taught him initially to sleep in the comforts of our arms and so are to 'blame' for this, in retrospect I dont regret it at all and I know I will miss his little hand on my back when he decides that three people in a full size bed doesnt work for him anymore We plan on being a little more consistent with bedtime for this next one (out of necessity - having two kids instead of one at bedtime will be a whole different story) but if this next one has difficulty with the put them in bed awake thing, I will happily repeat what we have done with ds.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

We plan on being a little more consistent with bedtime for this next one (out of necessity - having two kids instead of one at bedtime will be a whole different story) but if this next one has difficulty with the put them in bed awake thing, I will happily repeat what we have done with ds.

When we'd pick our newborn DD up because she was fussing my mom used to have a fit about us spoiling her. Yeah, she's a little spoiled now, but it wasn't picking her up that did it. Instead it was buying her shoes and taking her on trips!

With our second baby we didn't bring him into bed like we did our first. And then we had our third and forgot everything and brought him back in. Then we were better with our 4th (and then we got wise and stopped ).

 

[castleview]

When we'd pick our newborn DD up because she was fussing my mom used to have a fit about us spoiling her.

My mother is SO like that. My son was two months old and not napping regularly (hello, 2 sisters who do every activity under the sun). So my mom says "You brought this on yourself". Now we call her Grandma Rigid!

 

[Brier Rose]

I know you know this, but I will say it anyway... As a mom of 4 kids--6, 12, 15, and 18--your son will not sleep with you as a teenager. As a matter of fact you'll be lucky if he wants to even be seen with you then. You're doing what seems right to you and what works--you can't ask for more!

SO SO TRUE!!!
I had to laugh when I read this, because my DS who just turned 7 has been sleeping in our bed all these years. For some reason right at the first of this year HE decided he wanted to sleep in his own room. He's just ready, and DH and I were more than willing to wait until that point. We never were the cry it out type either, and we did it as much for us as we did him. We just always slept better knowing that he was safe, and close to us.

Once he made up his mind, that was it! NO getting up during the night to get in our bed.

As a matter of fact, I even tried to bribe him into sleeping with me while DH was away one night...no go! He said he's NEVER sleeping in our bed again!

The point being when they're ready they're ready.

I will say though, we have been enjoying having our bed back again.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

Mickey88--so true. DS knows that while Daddy may put up with a certain amount of crap from him, I will not. If he starts fussing too much, I tell him to knock it off because Mommy doesn't like to see crying babies. After a few minutes, it stops. He's learned that if he wants snuggles/kisses/songs/whatever, crying isn't the way to get it with me. I won't put up with it.

TOV

 

[Blondy876]

Not till she pukes but until she turns blue and passes out. We have gotten very good at dealing with it. A little puff of air in her face stops it but I hate it.

 

[janette]

Not till she pukes but until she turns blue and passes out. We have gotten very good at dealing with it. A little puff of air in her face stops it but I hate it.

My oldest did this, even had a couple of seizures related to the passing out but it stopped before she was 2yrs old. Dr said that in most situations she'd say to just ignore it but she understood that it's hard when they pass out. We also blew in her face to get her to take a breath when we noticed it was happening.

 

[HeatherPage]

My son did this, but he was diagnosed with acid reflux, I'm surprised no one's mentioned this. He finally grew out of it around 2 1/2 (and finally was sleeping in his own bed through the night by 3).