You should take your child to the doctor for vomiting and diarrhea, if: - Dehydration is suspected, including no urine in more than 8 hours, dark or cloudy urine, very dry mouth and dry eyes or no tears - Blood in the stool - Stomach pain when not vomiting - Age less than 12 weeks old with vomiting 2 or more times, with the exception of normal spitting up - Age less than 12 months old with vomiting 3 or more times - Severe vomiting (vomits everything, cannot hold down any food or water) for more than 8 hours while getting clear fluids - Weak immune system, such as sickle cell disease, cancer, HIV, organ transplant, or if taking oral steroids - Vomiting a prescription medicine - Fever over 104° F - Fever in babies less than 12 weeks old. Caution: do NOT give your baby any fever medicine before being seen by a pediatric specialist. - Your child looks or acts very sick - You think the problem is urgent, and your child needs to be seen Contact doctor within 24 hours if your child is experiencing the following: - Age less than 1 year with vomiting - Has vomited for more than 24 hours - Fever lasts more than 3 days - You think your child needs to be seen by a pediatrician, but the problem is not urgent