The last thing a parent wants is her toddler throwing up. Some of them start to cough, then proceed to throw up, others stick their fingers too far down their own throats and throw up and others just puke!
If this happens more than once it can become very stressful and time consuming (cleaning up) for the parents and caregivers. Toddlers appear to do this when they are not getting enough attention, IE in the car, or when they are asked to do something they don't want to do, like going to bed.
Infant Cribs
It may be best to take your child to the Dr to check that he doesn't have reflux or anything else that could make him vomit.
If the toddler is fine according to the Dr, then the best way to handle this is calmly. If its the fingers down the throat, as soon as you see fingers going into the mouth, calmly pull them out and say "don't put your fingers down your throat please".
If you can be vigilant and take action soon enough you will be able, in most cases, to avoid the vomit.
Is your toddler throwing up in bed? Then the first thing to do is to add a waterproof sheet over the bottom sheet and add a small draw sheet over the top. That way its easy to take off the drawsheet and waterproof and still have a clean sheet on the bed.
The next thing to do would be after he has thrown up, change the bed with out talking to him, lay him down and leave.This way he will realise that this doesn't get him extra attention and it also doesn't get him out of going to bed. Hopefully he will realise the tactic isn't working so he will stop doing it.
According to a Dr I was talking to, toddlers of this age find it very easy to throw up so don't be too concerned.