Question
The child doesn’t eat and throws up when crying. She hasn’t eaten anything today, but ate a lot of milk yesterday. It’s a one-year-old girl who just weaned. She only had goat’s milk. She has a bowel movement once a day, and everything else is normal. In recent days, after changing to milk, the bowel movements have increased to 2 to 3 times a day, a bit loose, and she has diarrhea after eating something. She needs to drink 3 to 4 times of milk daily, each time 180 to 200 milliliters, and she only eats a little bit of other food. She eats only three mouthfuls of rice. She drank milk normally yesterday, but this morning she drank some Ensure (a nutritional supplement specifically for children who don’t eat much).
Answer
From your description, it seems that the child may be experiencing discomfort in the digestive system during the transition from goat’s milk to cow’s milk. Both goat’s milk and cow’s milk have similar nutritional values; let the child drink whichever one they are accustomed to. Abbott’s Ensure nutritional powder is highly nutritious and suitable for children who are intolerant to milk. Generally, babies start to have complementary foods at around six months old because the nutrients in food are the most comprehensive. It is recommended to drink milk or goat’s milk twice a day, in the morning and evening. The child may have gastrointestinal dyspepsia; it is suggested to temporarily reduce the intake of milk or goat’s milk, which can be reduced to half of the usual amount, feed one egg daily, and give the child some small snacks appropriately. Don’t rely solely on drinking milk as the main food source. You can now give the child children’s digestive tablets that can be chewed or crushed and taken with warm water. These are suggestions for the question “What to do when a child doesn’t eat and throws up on crying?” I hope they are helpful to you, and wish your child good health!