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The significance of repeated vomiting depends on the context and circumstances that accompany them. During the first days of life may be the sign of a congenital obstruction of the digestive tract, will also manifest by the absence of meconium and feces, but vomiting is also one of the main symptoms of many rare metabolic diseases, and relationship causes of vomiting in the infant is almost endless, ranging from ear infections, urinary infections, meningitis and almost any infection, and intestinal invaginations appendicitis, from the classic course gastroenteritis and many more or less rare diseases that are accompanied by their own symptoms. However, if we except those presented in the initial stages of gastroenteritis, has not yet appeared when diarrhea, repeated vomiting as the only symptom are rare in his presence, the pediatrician always thinks of a “hypertrophic pyloric stenosis “a relatively common disorder in which the pylorus of the child, ie, the output channel of your stomach becomes narrower as a result of hypertrophy of the muscles, which occurs for unknown reasons.

Child Safety: Keeping Your Home Safe for Your Baby

How can I make the crib safe?

• Choose a crib with bars no farther apart than 2 and 3 / 8 inch (6 cm.) If the space between the bars is too wide, your baby could slip through them and strangle.
• Use a ruler to check the width of space between the bars. Wrap a cloth between the bars if they are too far apart.
• The crib should not have corner posts that stick up from the crib. Unscrew the corner or serrúchelas.