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Ultimate Guide to Kid Vomit: Causes and Treatment

By Today's Parent
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04Can kids eat after they throw up?

As gross as this sounds to adults, it’s pretty common for a kid to vomit the contents of their stomach and ask for a snack five minutes later. Should you let them?

Advice on this one goes both ways. Some doctors recommend waiting as many as eight hours (!!!) before offering food if your child is vomiting from gastroenteritis. Other doctors say you can go ahead and offer small amounts of food if your kid says they're hungry right after vomiting.

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Little girl having breakfast with her dad at home, eating marmalade miodrag ignjatovic/ Getty Images

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