Baby Spit-Up or Vomiting? Projectile and Green Vomit Warning Signs
Use color, force, age, behavior, growth and urine output to distinguish common regurgitation from possible GERD, pyloric stenosis or intestinal obstruction.
Read the complete guide →When a baby develops a symptom, the first task is rarely to guess the diagnosis. It is to decide whether the child is safe now, what observations matter and when to seek care. These guides are medically reviewed by Dr. Marco Ha.
How to use this section
Each guide begins with a real parent question and moves through normal variation, reasons for assessment, common misconceptions and emergency warning signs. Online information cannot replace an examination. Call local emergency services or attend emergency care for breathing difficulty, altered responsiveness, blue color, severe dehydration or rapid deterioration.
Alertness, breathing, feeding, urine output, growth and speed of change often determine urgency better than one photograph or search term.
Record timing, frequency, color, force, associated symptoms and age. A photograph or brief video can help when it is safe to obtain one.
The same symptom can mean something different in a newborn, older infant or toddler. These pages support visit preparation; they do not diagnose an individual child online.
Start with common effortless spit-up, then learn why projectile or green vomit needs a different response.
Use color, force, age, behavior, growth and urine output to distinguish common regurgitation from possible GERD, pyloric stenosis or intestinal obstruction.
Read the complete guide →