https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:30:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-gagging-himself#post-1889478 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:53:42 +0000 JennyG 1889478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks so much for the responses! We tried giving him a toy this evening and that seemed to help. I will definitely have to try the ignoring it plan and see if that discourages him from continuing to do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-gagging-himself#post-1889452 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:34:54 +0000 PrincessBaby 1889452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! My LO did it around the same time...We decided it was for attention. She was trying to get a reaction out of us. We decided to totally ignore it (she did vomit a little once or twice and we just cleaned it up and didn't make a big deal out of it) so she wouldn't think it was funny or enjoy freaking us out. She quit, it was a pretty short phase. So ignoring it worked. That was our lesson in parenting for when she tries to be dramatic for attention (tantrums/head-banging) and we just totally ignore anything like that and redirect her and she eventually gives up on it because she's not causing panic:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-gagging-himself#post-1889451 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:34:31 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1889451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, J went through a phase like this when he was slightly older than your LO. The more I told him to stop, the more he did it. He constantly made himself throw up - and he'd do it anywhere, home, in the car, at my parents, at the store - it was awful. But he eventually stopped. I also had to try not to pay it the attention he was looking for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-gagging-himself#post-1889449 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:33:19 +0000 Tidybee 1889449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD also definitely did it moreso when I made a big deal out of it. I think it was related to her getting her molars in too. She did it constantly for just a few days and then never again since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-gagging-himself#post-1889447 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:31:39 +0000 hilsy85 1889447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO does this sometimes, and I try not to make a big deal out of it, because then I think that he continues to do it for attention. I try to distract him, or move his fingers out of his mouth and give him something else to hold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-gagging-himself#post-1889444 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:30:26 +0000 JennyG 1889444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So my 14 month old has recently starting gagging himself with his fingers. He started doing it last night after his bath while I got him dressed. I tried to get him to stop, but he thought it was a game. He did it so much that he threw up. I hoped it was an isolated incident. No such luck. He was sticking his fingers down his throat again towards the end of lunch and again thought it was a game when I tried to get him to stop. He tried doing it again shortly before bed. The last time DH and I were able to distract him with books to get him to stop. </p> <p>Has anyone else had their LO do this? Any suggestions on getting him to stop? </p>