Vomiting Mucus

small babies and children do not how to handle congestion as we know how to blow our nose and cough things up they do not yet,so they just keep swallowing it and swallowing it until they have to let it come back up. does he have a cold or something that you know of? my son has allergies and if I do not keep him on his meds. he does this same thing. I have had loads of experience in him doing this,both with allergies and sickness. I do not remember every 15 to 30 minutes for 2 hours. but if he swallowed enough and is very congested that is possible. get him to the doctor if it goes and gets worse though.

My daughter was vomiting mucus and it turned out to be RSV. She ended up in the hospital with bronchiolitis and pneumonia. I would get your baby checked to be sure it is nothing serious.

Vomiting mucus (or having it come out the other end) CAN be a normal event...like someone mentioned earlier, babies can't blow their nose or "hack it up" in their throat properly, so it gets swallowed.

However, something may be causing excess mucus that needs to be evaluated. If he isn't feeling better and done throwing up by the morning, I would take him in. Hope he feels better soon!

Well thank goodness he isn't vomiting blood. That would be serious. The vomiting and expelling mucus that might be blocking his airways is good. Whether or not it is abnormal for so much to come out is what you should check with a doctor.

Can you tell if he wheezes? If he does, he may have something called reactive airway disease. My older son had it when he was an infant. He used to throw up his bottles, and it was full of mucous.

I could never hear wheezing unless it was bad. The doctor even put the stethoscope in my ears, and I still couldn't - LOL! Well, the doc could, and that's what was important.

We had to put him on albuterol to help, and when it got reallly bad, steroids for a few days. I HATED the steroids - he'd turn into a little monster.

Reactive airways disease CAN be a precursor to asthma. My son turned out fine and never had asthma, so don't get too worried. But DO have this checked out and ask the ped about this.

Good luck,
D.

I agree. Get him to at least an after hours care center if only to ensure that he isnt dehydrating. Too small to be messing around with this. In the meantime, try to get fluids down him by waiting about 30 min afer he vomits, and then starting with acouple of tbs of liquid, then gradually increasing to ensure tht he can hold it down.

My DS did the exact same thing around 7 months old. How bizzare.
He had eaten a banana that day.
We called the ped. and she was like-that's nice, why are you bothering me on a Saturday night. :(

I would call and at least let them know.

It went away by bedtime and I didn't give him banana again for a long time.
It was a little scary though.

Take him to the ER.
RIGHT away.
Right now.
He is only 8 months old.
And, what if he gets dehydrated? That is dangerous.
He needs to go to the ER.
Take a sample of his mucus or something, if you can.

This can be anything.
You need a proper DOCTOR diagnosis.