Could vomitting alone be a sign of an allergy?

[Doj]

My dd (1 yr) started daycare this week Tuesday and on Thusday night in the middle of the night she threw up. She did again Friday morning at 11am, 130 pm and 1030 pm. She has not thrown up since last night.
She did not have a fever or diarrhea, just vomiting.

I know this is stomach flu season and I am sure that the daycare has many cases, but I was wondering since no one else in the house has gotten this if she could have eaten something that she could of had a reaction to.

I have seen the menu at the daycare and she has had all of the foods, but maybe she was exposed to something new? I had also made chicken pot pie on Thursday night with a store bought crust, maybe something in the crust.

[scarlettsmom]

Hi there and ((hugs)).  How is she doing now? 

She could have had a reaction, but honestly it sounds much more like a nasty 24 hr bug she caught at daycare.  Is this her first time in daycare?  It's VERY common for LOs to catch lots of things the first couple of months as they haven't been exposed before.

I would suggest checking out the ingredients in the crust, and keeping an eye out - but if no other symptoms pop up (exema, hives, wheezing, painful cramps, etc) then chalk it up to a stomach bug.

[Doj]

Yes this was her first week. I thought that she was getting over it, b ut again last night she threw up.

Thanks

[scarlettsmom]

Ugh, sorry to hear that, poor little bub.  If it continues I would call the dr, and try to keep her hydrated (i'm sure you know all this as you have an older LO).  It's no fun seeing your lo not feeling well

[Doj]

I am fairly sure that dd had the flu. After the vomitting came diarrhea and then it finally ended about 6 days later.

A new question:
Yesterday at daycare for a morning snack she had an oatmeal cookies (def not my choice). She has had oatmeal, but never raisins.
Within 20 minutes she had diarrhea and then again 1 hr later and then again 2 hours later and then again 1 hour later. So a total of 4 times in about 5 hours or so.

It all ended by 3pm yesterday.
Last night she ate her dinner fine, no rash or vomitting. Everything was back to normal.
She is on antibiotics for her ear infection which she has been on for a few days. She was having diarrhea with it, but that stopped on Sunday.


I have been thinking about this and could it be something in the cookie that caused this, maybe the sulphates in the raisins, i don't know. I am totally guessing here as I am not familiar with allergies at all
Do I assume she had a reaction to something? Do I offer it to her again? Not sure what to do

[lilysmommie]

It sounds like it's likely from the antibiotics to me. Also, raisins have a pretty good "laxative" effect so combined with the antibiotics it might have given her diarrhea.  I think with antibiotics the runs can come and go throughout and after the course.

From the people I know that have a sensitivity to sulphites, it usually results in a headaches and/or hives. But  these are adults not kids so I'm not sure how it manifests. Have you ever given her anything with other dried fruits in them? Like apricots, cherries, cranberries? They almost always have sulphites....so if she didn't have a reaction to that then she likely doesn't have a sensitivity.

Has she had eggs yet? (Here in canada, it's reco'd that LO's don't have egg whites until 1 year, not sure where you are?). If she has never had egg whites, most cookies have eggs in them. It could be that.

Not sure if this is your first LO in daycare or not but I found with my first daughter that the first year in daycare was brutal. It seemed like every week she had a new cold, the runs, a rash or a fever. It was horrible!! But they get over it and end up with a healthy immune system!!

Good luck,
lilysmommie

[Doj]

Hi

DD has never had anything processed or dried fruit. I have always made it myself so that is why I was thinking sulphites only because I can't think of what else could possibly be in those cookies.
It was just a guess. Intersting to know that most that are allergic to them get headaches and what not.. intersting.
She has had egg whites many times.
This is my second dd in daycare and with the first she was def sick all the time but more with colds not this kind of stuff that dd#2 is getting.
Maybe in a couple of weeks once antibiotics are totally out of system I will try again with the cookies and see if the same thing happens.

tHanks

[lilysmommie]

You could ask the daycare for an ingredient list of the cookies? I'm sure they can provide that to you. That might help.

Good luck,

lilysmommie