The child vomited at night, what to do?

Vomiting is a rather complex process of the reaction of a child's body (and an adult too) to how the external or internal environment has changed. It can start at any moment, very unexpectedly. But as a rule, mothers are most worried if the child vomited at night. After all, babies are sleeping, so they can’t tell their parents in advance that they don’t feel well. And the standard signs of vomiting - blanching of the skin or nausea - may not be seen.

To properly treat nighttime vomiting in babies, you must first find out what causes it. If, in parallel with vomiting, the temperature rises and diarrhea begins, most likely there is a connection with an infection of the baby's gastrointestinal tract, and it would be more correct to contact the doctors.

If the child vomited at night, there is no temperature, there is no diarrhea, then the subsequent actions of the parents can be found in this article.

What could be the reasons?

If a child has started vomiting, there can be many reasons. First of all, you need to pay attention to what the baby ate the day before. Vomiting could begin after eating and serve as a loud signal that the body, through an allergic reaction, rejects some product that should be immediately excluded from the baby's diet.

If the baby does not have a temperature, then the reasons include the following:

The child has not yet reached the age of seven, a possible reason is that there is a foreign body in the stomach. A kid during the game can swallow a part from a designer, a pyramid or a small part of some toy. This can later lead to nausea and vomiting.

Vomiting can occur due to a cold: a strong cough, pain in the throat make it difficult for the baby to breathe; excess sputum and will cause vomiting during sleep.

The peanut is overtired or has suffered stress; Mom needs to remember how the day went for the child, whether he slept.

An attack of appendicitis, which will be accompanied by a deterioration in appetite, some lethargy of the baby; temperature may rise. All these signs are clear indications for calling an ambulance.

The child ate fatty or low-quality food (special attention is when the baby eats chips and drinks with soda, so all this should be excluded from the children's diet); in this case, it is necessary to pass tests to determine the level of acetone. At home, it can be measured using test strips. If the baby already had precedents, they should be warned at the first sign, for example, by offering the baby a cup of sweet tea or giving glucose solution in ampoules.

First steps for parents

The most important thing that parents should do in the first minutes when the child vomited at night is to protect their little one from dehydration. In this case, you can take the advice of Dr. Komarovsky, who suggests limiting food intake and giving the baby as much water as possible.

After each vomiting, the child should be given a teaspoon of boiled water to drink and the consequences should be monitored. If there is no additional urge to vomit, the mother can gradually increase the amount of fluid she gives her baby. You can offer your baby to drink sweet water, which can increase glucose levels and reduce vomiting.

No self-treatment!

It is not necessary to try to wash the child's stomach at home using potassium permanganate. So you can burn the baby's esophagus. It is also better not to offer medicines of one's own choice.

If the child vomited once at night (undigested food), he does not have diarrhea, he is quite active, then you should not especially worry. But if the urge to vomit occurs quite often and diarrhea begins in tandem with a temperature, then this is an occasion to seek help from a doctor as soon as possible.

Providing first aid for vomiting

When a child vomits at night and feels sick, then first you should measure the temperature, try to calm the baby at least a little, give him some water to drink.

If such actions do not have any positive effect, then the next step that a mother can take is not to leave the baby alone for a minute, because the absence of parents can only worsen the problem, and the child will be afraid.

If the baby vomits in bed, it must be turned on its side so that the vomit does not enter the respiratory tract. If the peanut is still quite small, then you need to keep it strictly upright.

It has already been mentioned above: if a child vomited undigested food at night, but only once, this is not a cause for concern. The baby's body in such a simple way gets rid of excess food. But on the other hand, it may indicate that there is some kind of intestinal infection. In this case, it is necessary to calm the baby, give some water to drink and try to observe bed rest for some time.

It's been and gone...

And yet, if the child vomited at night - what to do? In some cases, it happens like this: the baby vomited only once at night, his mother put him to bed, and in the morning he does not remember anything about what is happening. Even if after waking up the baby already feels normal, it is better not to expose him to additional stress, calm him down, give him a little liquid to drink to restore strength. Mom needs to watch the sleep of the little one until the morning, so that if the vomiting process repeats, seek help from an ambulance in time.

Dealing with nighttime vomiting

So, let us remind you again: if the child vomited at night, but only once, it is not so scary. You can restore the body of a karapuzik by giving him more to drink. It can be tea, compote, water or jelly. Only it is necessary to give liquid in small portions - 50 or 100 ml each.

If vomiting at night was without fever, and a little later it was repeated, you need to turn the baby's head a little to one side or raise it a little. This is done so that the vomit does not get into the baby's airways (this was also mentioned above).

Don't forget to feed your baby! By the way, you can give him not only water or tea. You can alternate with special preparations that will maintain the water-alkaline balance in the body of the crumbs (for example, the Regidron solution).

After vomiting at night (no matter how many times it may be), do not feed the child heavy food the next day. The correct action of the mother is to follow a light diet, because it is necessary to give the baby's stomach a rest. The best breakfast in this case would be oatmeal boiled in water, and lunch - mashed potatoes or a light vegetable soup. And no dairy products or fried foods for several days!

Children of the first year of life

Parents of toddlers can find many reasons for worry, one of which is nighttime vomiting. The baby can become ill suddenly, in a couple of seconds, and while he is small and cannot speak, he will not be able to complain about his well-being.

So, the child is a year old. He vomited suddenly at night. It seems to be. There were no prerequisites and there should not have been. If, in addition to vomiting, the baby has a fever and loose stools, then you should immediately consult a doctor in order to avoid serious consequences for the health of the caparus. If there is no temperature or diarrhea, then parents need to look for other causes of temperature.

Vomiting and sore tummy

The most common cause of vomiting is food poisoning. If a mother thinks that her baby has vomited (there is no fever) because she ate poor-quality food or unwashed seasonal fruits, you can do it on your own without involving a doctor.

So, the child vomited at night, his stomach hurts. What should parents do? In the next two hours, do not feed him (you can withstand a period of more than two hours). Ordinary boiled water will do - a teaspoon every ten minutes.

In parallel with vomiting, the baby’s tummy hurts - in this state, the little one loses a lot of fluid and the trace elements it needs. To prevent this process, you should make a cleansing enema until clean water comes out and start to solder the crumbs well. At first, it may be familiar to many "Smekta" and glucose-salt solution, and a little later - a decoction of raisins.