okay, this can't be normal. And it's been happening for so long, months now, but has been a lot worse the past few weeks. My LO will be playing, eating cereal, sitting on your lap, drinking bottle...then he gags, won't breathe for 8-15 seconds, then projectile vomits. Scares the LIFE out of me. His mouth is wide open(like he's choking), then his eyes are massive/scared/watery/....then projectile vomits everywhere. After, he is fine. No temp. I feel like he has the strongest gag reflex in the world. It started with him hating peas a few months ago. On the first bit he gaged a little. I have another bite and he did this. Now it's all the time. I'm worried. His doctor will blow me off because he isn't 'sick'.
The thing is, I have been a nanny for random families while in school for a decade, 3 weeks old to 16 years old, and never have I ever run into this issue. It isn't normal. It's giving me horrible anxiety. I can't be away from him for a second because it happens nonstop. I don't feel comfortable even leaving him with my own mom. She panics more than I do with choking/gagging. I hesitate to call it gagging because he's not breathing. I fear every feeding. I'm always worried if the next time will be the time I have to call 911. Has anyone else ever felt with this?? It's slowly killing me stress and anxiety wise.
Re: Nonstop gagging & projectile vomit HELP
1999- Dx Prolactinoma
8-25-2012 - Lucas born via C-section at 38 Weeks 2 days
My lo is very gaggy with her food also. We do thin purées and give her small spoonfuls. We also place the spoon just inside her lips because I've read that the gag reflex can be triggered if food is put too far back. Have you tried a mesh feeder or offering small very soft chunks of food instead? I've read that sometimes babies do better if they feed themselves. Ours just plays in hers, but she does really well with baby mum mum teething biscuits. It's so discouraging though when they gag and puke everything back up. Our chiropractor was saying that sometimes the gag reflex doesn't go away until they are a year old.
I also wouldn't panic if there is a little bile in his throw up, especially at the end of it. It just means that his stomach is running out of stuff to get rid of.