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We gave Andrew his last bottle of the night and tucked him into bed. About 30 minutes later Andrew started to cry so I picked him up. One giant burp later, he spewed every last bit of his bottle...all 6 ounces all over me! No big deal, just a gas bubble right? WRONG! The spew kept coming and coming! I was up with Andrew literally all night as he projectiled on me (and everything within an earshot) over 7 times. In other words, I had to change my and Andrew's clothes over 7 times...oh it was AWFUL! The poor guy would fall asleep and then 20 minutes later would wake up screaming and then puke. The morning finally came but the puke shower I was experiencing never ended! I couldn't get any formula or solid food to stay in there so I started to panic...especially when he didn't have a wet diaper since the night prior. I called the Kaiser advice line and they told me to bring him in asap as they were concerned with the lack of wet diapers. The first thing they did was weigh him. To my horror, I learned that he only weighed 14 pounds 6 ounces...he dropped over a pound in one day! The doctor said that was pretty common when a child vomits for so long. She recommended that we take a trip to the treatment room and try to get him re-hydrated. They started him off with 5 ounces of flavorless Pedilite mixed with sugar free crystal light lemonade powder to taste (it's important to only use sugar free because sugar messes with the electrolytes). I was instructed to give him 5ml of the solution every 5 minutes until he went to bed (that's barely 2 ounces every hour)! I was also told to stop giving him formula until he goes a while without vomiting and then slowly re-introduce it in 2 ounce increments (formula and milk products just fester in an already sour stomach and induces vomiting). We were loaded with a bunch of syringes and sent home. We gave him the Pedilite mixture for almost 3 hours (every 5 minutes remember) until he finally fell asleep around 7:30p. I plan on doing the Pedilite treatment through the morning and then slowly introducing bland foods back into his diet. Poor little guy...always seems to be something going on with him! Hopefully we can all get some better sleep tonight!!