This is what happens when you follow Nourishing Traditions recommendations of feeding egg yolks to your infant. It’s supposed to be very good for them. It works for some and doesn’t work for others. Hmm…I wish I had never tried. Let’s just say…I think she is a bit allergic! She threw up three times over 2 hours the other evening…all over me and all over herself, and all over my nursing chair! I think I will be waiting longer next time…
UPDATE: I discovered later to my shame, that I fed Karis an uncooked egg yolk (what else comes to mind when you think of raw egg yolk, which is exactly how they described it). Karis was probably reacting to the cod liver oil also that I also added, two problems that I solved later by cooking the egg yolk, and eliminating a powerful cod liver oil. 
Silly me! Don’t try that at home!
I thought you would just love to see these pictures…It was funny the first time…but quickly grew very old.
This is her dinner of peas, carrots and egg yolks all over me…
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Ouch, I feel for you, but yes that is another joy of motherhood. God bless!!!
That made me laugh really hard. Gross! Poor thing. Liam gags with egg yolks, too, I think the texture’s a little hard on them. I started giving it to him with banana and he can handle that.
Ugggg….that does not look pleasant! I am impressed you would post a pic!
Did you feed her raw egg yolks? Sounds odd, but ok. I never heard of that before. I heard of athletes adding raw eggs to sports shakes or something.
I wouldn’t consider her allergic, but maybe the combination w/the other foods, just made her sick?
Allergic reactions are usually hives, swelling, difficulty breathing, rashes. Not generally throwing up. (generally)
Oh no, yikes! I’ve definitely been there and boy is it hard!
It’s really hard to get the whites completely off the yolks, so I’ve heard it’s really best to wait as long as possible. Oh well! Yuck! Sorry you went through all that! It may not have been an allergy so much as a “my tummy is not ready for this” reaction. The real tell-tale will be her diapers
My stomach wouldn’t be ready for that! lol
this is just one of the cutest pics i’ve seen. i LOVE this. you and princess baby are adorable.
Oh, that is not fun at all… so sorry. But, at least you know now that it doesn’t sit well with her. However, I agree with the poster above who wondered about a true allergy, which usually shows itself in different ways.
You may want to wait several weeks, make sure it is really carefully prepared (ie. really clean of whites, like Mrs. Taft mentioned), and try again, just a little bit, without any other combinations of food, and then watch really closely for allergic reactions. I know trying again doesn’t sound appealing in the least, but I think it’s probably worth a shot.
Vomiting in a baby DEFINITELY CAN BE a sign of allergy. Take it from a Mom that’s been there. It would be much easier if allergy only presented itself as hives, swelling, etc., but the truth is that it is greatly varied. My son projectile vomited, had severe eczema, and continuous ear infections. My nephews had severe colic (constantly stiff with pain). Egg is one of my son’s severe allergies. Some children have behavioral issues. I will never give egg to a child of mine under a year with the allergies in my family. We carry 4 epi-pens for my son and are on an asthma watch with my daughter. Allergies can show up when no other family members have shown them previously (parents, siblings, etc.).
Also, please be careful. My son son would sometimes not reacting until the 2nd or later exposure.
Sorry, I know this is an old post, but you never know when allergies will hit and what they’re finding out more and more is that they do not follow a set pattern. My son was almost two-years-old before we really started to get a handle of things. It was REALLY HARD and I don’t want anyone else to struggle as long as we did. Suspect allergies–they are guilty of much.
Yes, I also learned a hard lesson about introducing egg yolks to infants. My daughter tolerated the yolks fine for a few weeks and then one day, she was done – she threw up every ten minutes for a few hours and then slept and slept and slept (who wouldn’t be tired after that?).
We’ve tried to reintroduce eggs a few times since then, but she vomits every time, and a visit to an allergist confirmed Cindy’s post: allergies can manifest in a variety of ways, and egg allergies especially can result in stomach upset and vomiting.
Now we’re off eggs entirely until her second birthday (she’s 19 months now), and then, with much prayer and anticipation, we’ll try reintroducing the yolk only, an 1/8th of a teaspoon at a time. In the meantime, I have found a stellar replacement that works great in baking: 1 heaping tablespoon ground flax whisked into 3 tablespoons of hot water. That has been a lifesaver.