Hi - sorry your baby is sick. If it is hairballs - you can get a tube of Laxatone for about $8 (usually from a vets office) . You squirt some on the top of his paw and let him lick it off. You do this about twice a week. One tube goes a long way.

I've also heard that you can let him lick vaseline off your fingers too but I never tried that.

I found this post on the cat fancy website.

My kitten (five months old) was hacking up hairballs and I asked the vet what to do. She told me to put vaseline on his foot, so he'd lick it off, or just feed it to him. After awhile, he began to just take it off my hands, without me having to put it on his paw to get him to lick it off. The vet says she gives it to her cats, so I don't think it's unsafe to give them regular old Vaseline. My husband's seven year old cat goes NUTS for it and he doesn't even have a hairball problem. My baby is no longer experiencing difficulties with the hairballs either now that I started using the Vaseline.

I have no kids and three cats myself - I know how you feel !!!

Good Luck !!!

Scott