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Help!! 1 year old vomiting and screaming at bedtime...

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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 14 February 2011 - 20:21

Hi Ladies

Can anyone shed any light on this situation. So until now we have been blessed with a fantastic wee sleeper. DS has recently turned 1, and for the last week we go to pop him into bed, with his final bottle, he finishes this, we leave him to go to sleep, and he is then SCREAMING the house down, like he is hurt or petrified of something, then he typically finishes off with a power vomit (a lot) everywhere. DH has held him tightly and cuddled him to sleep a couple of nights as well, while he is in this frenzy of being so upset., and he just cries himself to sleep.

Now traditionally he has quite a lot of milk before bed - about 360mls, do you think that this is just too much now and his tummy can't cope with that volume anymore? It is what we have been doing for months, but I think he is eating more during the afternoon and at dinner, so perhaps that is it? He isn't stopping drinking his milk however, and he isn't normally a glutton, and we typically demand feed. Ot maybe I need to give him longer between his dinner and bottle/bedtime (currently he just has a bath inbetween)?

Does anyone have any thoughts or is there anything that happens when they hit the magic 1 number that I need to know about. The problem is that we are flying to NZ on Thursday - 24hours of travelling, and the appeal of dealing with a baby who is screaming like we are trying to murder him, and then vomiting over us is not high on the list of 'things to do'...

Poor little monkey, he seems so distressed, and I am finding it really upsetting too.. any suggestions are welcome!

edited to add: I don't think he is sick (he is still recovering from a cough/cold) but no other symptoms at all... so just bedtime drama
edited by TanyaR on 14/02/2011
<em>edited by TanyaR on 14/02/2011</em>

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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 22:51
Thanks ladies... Hmm I hadn't thought of the separation anxiety thing, yes, he has just started crying when we shut the doors (to go the bathroom or leave the house) so that could be a factor. And he is definitely having far too much milk, I have been trying to cut down on it since he started this, he was much better tonight, he had very little milk throughout the day, more solids, and at bed he still had quite a bit of milk, but about 80mls less than usual, so it is a start.. Thanks again.. think this is going to be a work in progress...
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 09:46
From what I can make out, he is going thrigh separation anxiety. Somewhere around 10-11 months babies awareness of surroundings and caregivers becomes acute and they start having fears and anxieties they did'nt have before. DS1 used to have nightmares and wake up every 2-3 hours around that age. Both my boys have been big throwuppers....A little intense cry and WHAM.... Its seems like your little guy is strongly protesting and that's leading him to vomit...... My guys can vomit with almost no food in the tummy....so the quantity of milk doesnt matter. They do grow out of it....but cuddles and reassurance is the only remedy for separation anxiety. It may also be a good idea to keep the days routine and structured so his sense of security is high...
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EW GURU
Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 06:46
is he in bed laying down having that last bottle?? Because that would also do it. They shouldn't be going to bed with a bottle at least that's what I was always told.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 14 February 2011 - 21:21
ummm I think 360 ml of milk is too much for a 1 year old before bedtime..your DS is also on solids, so how many ml of milk you give him per day? what kind of milk is it, cow's milk or formula? if it is cow's milk, then he should only get from 300-400 ml per day ( that also included dairy products like yogurt and cheese etc etc)..if it is formula, then he should get about two bottles ( 150-180ml each only) till you get him used to normal milk..I think ur DS might be going through normal baby phases of not wanting to be left alone, but also because he gets too much milk, he ends up vomitting it because when he cries, he swallows air, then his tummy cannot handle it so he vomits..
 
 

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