Yak Attack

Okay. So I'm not talking about real yaks. Like aren't they just really buffalo? And where do yaks live? I mean, I don't think I've ever even seen one at the zoo. I digress.

So I hate vomiting. I cry every time I do it - or feel like I have to do it. Yes. I sob. Torturous sobbing of the most embarrassing kind. Thankfully, I'm a rare vomiter and I sort of like it that way.

My fair reader Elleana is not as fortunate. Here's her question:

Am I the only one who has a child who throws up, repeatedly, without having anything medically wrong with him?  No, not like repeated projectile vomiting.  More like, vomiting once a week, or so, when something just looks gross.  For instance, he gags at strange food.  Or even completely normal food that somehow looks, smells, or, heck, even just seems icky to him.  And when he gets too nervous or excited, out comes the vomit.  Am I the only one?

Well, Elleana. I'm no expert here - however I definitely get a nervous stomach, although mine tends to affect things going the other direction. *ahem* But I do imagine it's a nervous issue (I know, I'm a genius...) as well as some type of gag reflexy thing that I'm thinking other people have as well. Like when you see folks on Fear Factor gag when they try to down 4 Rhodesian Cockroaches - except I imagine your child is not eating those and you probably don't like cleaning it up all the time.

So, PLEASE people. Help Elleana out here. Leave a comment and let her know she is NOT alone. And share yours with me. Email me and include your "Am I the Only One?" Cuz I know I'm not the only one who has an "Am I the Only One." Heh.

Okay. Leaving now.

Comments

[Catherine]

My daughter has recently started daycare (2 mornings a week). Last week she threw up the first day but not the second. Today was her first day this week and she threw up again. She didn't vomit at all in the days inbetween so I think it is nervousness/excitement (she loves the other kids). Could this be?

[Melissa]

My toddler is a puker big time, so you are not alone. He was awful as a baby and has gotten better with time but he still will suprise us now and then.

[Kris H.]

My son has what the doctors call a "Severe Gag Reflex". Basically anything can make him gag (brushing his teeth, eating too big a bite, smelling dog poop, seeing someone else gag, etc". About half of the times that he gags, he ends up throwing up. They say it isn't a big deal (at least if you aren't the one cleaning in up!), and that he will likely out grow it or it will at least get less severe.

My son even has to see a special dentist because he can't get through an appointment without throwing up...so they have to give him gas to relax his gag reflex.

Hang in there...you aren't alone! We can hope and pray together that our boys outgrow this...SOON!

[krista]

sort of irellevant, but recently I saw some yaks. At a park in Toronto.

[Anna]

My daughter used to do that when tasting a food she didn't like. She's three now, and hasn't done if for a while, so it seems to have worn off. She does, however, now get every vomiting-type illness that goes through her daycare, at least four times more than the other kids. Vomiting seems to be her "thing". She comes by it honestly, I threw up more or less all day for the first four months of my pregnancy with her.

[Kelly]

Mine, until recently, was a puker. Almost every meal that was new to him (new texture, etc) was "enjoyed" twice. As such, we've recently been amazed that he'll eat chicken mcnuggets. Who'd have thought you could celebrate something like *that*?! (he's almost 2 now, btw). The gag reflex has definately gotten better recently, though it's still lurking around the corner (as he almost proved tonight, again).

If yours doesn't grow out of it, I'm sure there's nothing wrong and it's just a nervous tummy/gag thing (IMHO).

[Karla]

Both of my kids are what I call "pukers". They vomit if they're too hot, too cold, too mad, have a headache, have a runny nose, you get the picture. Pukers.