Is It GERD (Acid Reflux), Allergies, Stomach Virus or Something Else?

I'd ask for a referral to a Pediatric GI - and do a little bit of reading on "pyloric stenosis". If that is the problem, the surgery is an easy and permanent fix (no more meds, no more puking).

General description - food goes down the esophagus, in the stomach, through the pyloric sphincter (a valve), and into the small intestine... where it goes on through the intestines and into the diaper.

Stenosis is a narrowing - in this case of that pyloric valve. It's kind of like bypass surgery, making that valve tight makes it hard for the food (or formula) to go into the small intestine. It may be wide enough for formula to trickle out slowly, which would cause spit up (especially on more than a couple of ounces), constipation (because of the slow addition of food and fluids to the intestine, the peristalsis that pushes it along can slow down - causing a backup), but too narrow for the solids - which can 'plug the hole' so to speak in the stomach, causing massive vomiting.

So -that's what I think... but check it out with your doctor.

Good luck.
S.

Look into pre and probiotics. It can help with acid reflux and help build immunities to protect your son from allergies. I could do research for you on dosage for such a little guy if you have interest. I had acid reflux and was on meds for many months. I didn't want to continue and went this route. I'm 95% cured.

I a agree strongly with both of the earlier sugestions. We were told my son would outgrow his reflux not hardly! He ended up with burns in esophagus and would not eat. We finally had surgery and while it was a bit of a stress it was great releif after the recovery. A pediatric gastrointerolgist is the way to go and pro & pre biotics do help! This is rough because people often don't get it all babies spit up etc and the screaming that comes with feeding babies with this problem is excruating. As an aside, if your not already elveate the head of his bed gravity will help keep the food in the stomach as much as possible and don't lay him down for at least an hour after feeding try and hold him upright as much as possible!

I agree with Steph. Sounds to me like it could be a partial pyloric stenosis. Two of my nephews had full PS and had minor surgery at about 3-4 weeks to correct it. Your son's sounds like a partial blockage, allowing liguids through, but no solids (which would explain why he's been okay up until this point). If it's not that (which is easy to diagnose) then it could be a damaged esophagus. Either way, you need to see another doctor if your current one doesn't consider this as serious as it is.

I agree with the other posts. go see a specialist immediately. My daughter had acid reflux (that I diagnosed by the way) and my doctor at the time just thought it was a formula issue. The solid foods are supposed to help keep everything DOWN, not coming back up, so I think the issue is likely what the other posters are suggesting. A gastric specialist will be able to tell you pretty quickly through some tests what is going on.