My two year old daughter has been throwing up her milk, she's fine one day and the next I'm cleaning up puke! She had reflux as a baby, but aside from the the occasional gagging she's pretty much outgrown it, or so I thought. In the past two weeks she's thrown up about six times, sometimes more than once a day, and then we'll go a few days without incident. This morning she was fine and then all of a sudden all her milk came up. I've noticed that it's almost always milk. Could she have developed an allergy? Is that possible at this age?
I took her in to the Dr. today, and no ear infection, yay! The Doctor thought maybe she just has a viral infection and that all the mucus she swallows during the night is making her tummy upset. I bought some soy milk anyway, to try, maybe she'll tolerate it better. Thanks to you all for your suggestions!
yes, at any age. it could be a true allergy or intolerance. Easy to try removing it from her diet and see.
Hi S.,
Despite all the "push" on how good milk is for you, it is actually more harmful than good. Raw, unprocessed milk is a different story. Once it is homogenized and pasteurized, the "good" qualities have all been extinguished, which is why they then "fortify" it with Calcium and Vitamin D -- these no longer exist in their natural form.
Milk is inflammatory and mucus forming. Most people are actually allergic to it and don't even know it. I highly recommend removing it from her diet entirely. She can get plenty of calcium from her veggies. :)
Warm Regards,
G. Van Luven
Healthy Habits Wellness Center, LLC
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My son has a bunch of food allergies. He was always allergic to milk, from his first exposure to cool whip at 6 months (to play in, not eat). He would develop hives and then throw up. He didn't show allergies to fish and eggs until he was closer to 2 after eating them for about a year. For these, throwing up was his only response. You might try eliminating milk all together for a few days and see if that takes care of the problem. When you reintroduce it, see if the vomiting comes back.
When my daughter was about 18 months old, she threw up like this for about a week and a half...off and on--2 or 3 times one day, nothing the next, no real regularity, seemed to want to eat...no other noticeable symptoms except she seemed tired which I accounted for by her using energy to throw up. She also had reflux as a baby and I didn't think much about it (and neither did the doctor at first). It turned out she had a double ear infection! I would get her checked out just to be on the safe side...
It is possible she developed a milk allergy, but milk is also more difficult to digest so it would be something that would come up easy if she was sick with something else... regardless, your pediatrician would be able to give you more information one way or the other on possible causes...
I certainly don't want to scare you but you need to keep an eye on exactly when and what she throws up. Throwing up for no apparent reason (sickness) is something a doctor needs to check out to be safe.
I would definitely take her to get tested. My nephew found out he was lactose intolerant at 2.
Out of curiosity, is she gagging herself. My son did this about this age, and he would intentionally stick his fingers down his thought and gag himself, several times to the point that he would throw up. My friends daughter recently went through this stage too.
If not, try taking her off regular milk and substituting for soy or the like for a week or so. If she is still getting sick then I would talk to her doctor to find out the cause. Kids can develop allergies at anytime, even if they didn't have an allergy prior.
Absolutely! All of my kids were sensitive to milk until the age of about 4.
