It is very easy for parents to become worried when their children start vomiting because as adults vomiting is commonly observed during the state of one illness or the other. This is even more so if the parents are not experienced and are just starting out with parenthood. It is not a strange occurrence for babies to vomit in their early weeks as at this period of life they usually try to make their bodies adjust to feeding. There is a difference between your baby bringing up bits of milk that have been swallowed and vomiting in which case sumptuous amounts of food is expelled. Vomiting can even be frightful for your baby and may cry so you would not want to heighten this by becoming worried too.

By the time the digestive system of your baby gets used to feeding, there are several factors such as car sickness, indigestion, coughing or even prolonged bouts of crying among many others that may lead to vomiting. With these, you may witness many sessions of vomiting as your baby grows in the first few years. It is usual for an attack of vomiting to last 6 to 24 hours after it commences without giving a particular treatment for this except a change in dietary intake. There really may be no need for you to get worried if you notice that your baby is healthy and adding to weight.

Despite the fact that there may be no cause for alarm when babies vomit, certain situations often warrant that some steps should be taken. If your baby vomits during the first few months, this may be due to mild feeding problems which could be attended to and take care of. With a bulging tummy that is filled up, this is likely to happen. Gastroenteritis may however occur after the first few months a condition which is caused by a stomach virus. When this happens in babies, the condition may be accompanied by diarrhea. Vomiting may occur in babies due to a variety of reasons such as cold, infection of the ear or urine infection. This does not mean there has to be serious reasons before babies vomit in fact a whole lot of times; they vomit when there is no real problem. By the time your baby matures into a toddler, vomiting will occur rarely. At this stage of growth, babies may vomit as signs of some more serious illness and at such a time checking with the doctor would be the best option.

Some Signs Your Baby May Show That May Need the Attention of a Doctor
Dehydration
If your baby begins to show signs of dehydration while vomiting, you should not treat this casually. Some of the signs you may see include lack of tears, dry mouth, fewer wet nappies than is usually the case which should not be less than six nappies each day, sunken fontanelle and so on. When your baby is observed to show any of these signs with vomiting, quick attention must be given for the identification of the real problem and solution proffered immediately for rehydration.

High Temperature
One of the signs of ill-health is high temperature but often times some other conditions may lead to increased body temperature which may not have to do with ill-health. However a temperature of 100 degrees F or even higher may with vomiting surely raises the red flag especially if your baby is younger than three months. You should also consider consulting a medical expert if your baby is older than three months and suffers vomiting at a body temperature of 102 degrees F or higher.

Lengthy Duration Of Vomiting
When vomiting is observed to occur for a lengthy period especially when it extends over 8 hours, then quick medical attention has to be given. This can also be said to be true for cases where your baby vomits using great force or when he is observed to be gripped with great spasms while vomiting.

Other Factors
Some of the other factors you should show great concern for when they occur include the appearance of rash that does not fade easily even when the skin is pressed, sleepiness or severe irritability, swollen abdomen, shortness of breath, blood or bile in your baby’s vomit or if you observe that there is persistent and forceful vomiting in your baby after half an hour of eating.

Treatments for Vomiting In Your Baby
Although it is a usual occurrence for babies to vomit, if you however think that it is persistent despite your baby living healthy, you can take some few steps to control the situation. Steps you should take include keeping your baby hydrated through the use of oral rehydration solution (ORS), a change in his diet to some other ones that would be easier to digest and helping him to sleep regularly.