My son is 15 months old. He has had six instances of vomiting in the middle of the night. The pattern is always the same. Vomits a couple of times followed by a period of dry heaves followed by several instances of vomiting bile. The situation usually starts at about 1am and lasts until 6 or 7 am. After this, my son is his normal, cheerful self. I've been told that it's "just a bug". If this is true, why does it ALWAYS strike in the middle of the night?? Not once has it struck during the day. Is there a condition that might cause this situation?

NeedKarma

You don't mess around with gastro-intestinal problems with infants as dehydration in a great danger to them. In your case if he eats and drinks ok during the day then there is less danger. My own 15 month had a 'gastro' that lasted 4 days (throwing up + diarrhea) but it wasn't as you described. I would definitely get a doctor's appointment for him right away, at least to get some answers from a real doctor.

aqua@home

Does your son complain about his mouth hurting or anything? Does he give any sign that he has discomfort in his mouth or throat? One of my sons had a lot of trouble eating chicken when he was younger. He would vomit every night when he had been asleep, after eating chicken. He did grow out of it when he was about 4. I had to try every once in a while but I had to be careful. I have oral allergies that are very serious and I didn't want him to have the same reaction. As I said he did grow out of it. A person once said, he might not be allergic to chicken but the antibiotics that were given to the chicken. Anyway, sorry for rambling. My point is, try to watch or track what he had been eating earlier that day. My son's reaction was 1 to 7 hours after he had eaten it. I would be interesting in knowing if this helps at all. Take care.

howards girl

Reflux, Reflux Reflux!!!!!!


Raise the Head of his crib/bed and call your doctor in the morning. laying down flat at bed time is the worst thing you can do. Please call your doc in the morning and get checked. Maybe meds are an additional option.

kp2171

not sure it fits the pattern of rotavirus...

their little tummies get lactose intolerant w rotavirus. is your son drinking milk at night? get up curdled milk w vomiting?

common to last a few days. my son will always get sick at night laying down w rotavirus, but it also happens during the day... so im thinking this might be the bug mentioned, but the only at night thing isnt the pattern ive seen w my son, though its more common at night w him... usually 2am on.

first you should see your ped. also avoid dehydration as mentioned. water is absorbed directly through the stomach, so small amounts of water is good. we would use a 5mL medicine dropper w water every 15 min to get liquids in.

and watch for dehydration signs... no tears when crying, skin doesnt rebound when pressed, sullen eyes, dry tongue.

sister in laws son went through a spell of vomiting... seemed to be a gluten thing by the time they were done w it all.

so yeah, id see a doc. i just wouldnt mess around w a little ones esophagus getting damaged from acid if this lasts more than 2-3 days.

DivaBeast

I just watched an episode of "mystery diagnosis", on the discovery health channel, and the case was exactly the same. the vomiting was actually caused by epilepsy. contact a neurologist, to have an EEG done at night.

N0help4u

farralways

My daughter has epilepsy and has night vomiting. I would strongly suggest seeing a neurologist to rule this out. It's just a matter of having an EEG.

python3k

This can be a case of Epilepsy. Epilepsy ALWAYS has a trigger. Sometimes it's difficult to find this trigger. It probably has something to do with nighttime and/or the bedroom. Also, if the vomiting continues, try to let your child have early evening meals so that everything is digested before your child goes to bed. If things become really worse, try to avoid evening meals.

Also change the bedroom location, or even the bed. Your child might be allergic to the type of material that the bed is constructed with.

Fridaynight

To mbillingsley


Do you have any answers from a doctor yet? I have a child who is experiencing somewhat of the same symptoms and am very interested to know what you've found out.