 [ Symptoms ] why is my toddler throwing up after eating solid foods he was diagnosed with croup a few days ago and i thought he had the flu yesterday but he has been able to eat baby food or yogurt and be ok when i feed him solid foods like pizza for example he has been throwing up within 5 minutes of eating it he has always been able to eat solid foods just fine until a few days ago he is 22 months old [ Disease ] there could be a few things going on first yogurt and baby food is more easily digestible than pizza or other solid food high in fat it could be he got sick and it is just taking time to get back to his regular diet if he still can not keep food down it has been three days since your post see his doctor asap for more on potential causes and remedies see this article