Felix had gastro just a few weeks ago...it's awful!
Keep offering fluids...even if she vomits them up, she may not be vomitting up everything (although it can feel like that!)
You can also get those electrolyte icepoles from the chemist...which help! You can either offer them to Avaleigh as frozen icepoles or put them into her water bottle (unfrozen).
It's pretty awful...we ended up at A+E as we weren't sure what to do...if Avaleigh become ++lethargic or really floppy, take her to A+E but otherwise just keep the fluids up..
Aww hun, I would definately get some gastrolyte, I forgot this time around but will definately use them next time, just so I know that she is having something. Iz didn't really eat over the 2 days - a tiny bit of soft stuff and that's it and watered down milk. (2 a day) When Izzy had it last time she was very lethargic after throwing up and had a bit of a fever but it was just a 24 hour thing. We called Nurse On Call as well, they were great - asked heaps of questions and let us know whether to monitor her at home or to take her in to see a Dr. Is she on AB's for her ear infection hun? Could be a reaction or associated with that too, so I would be inclined to take her to your GP if it's open today or go to a clinic to get her checked out.
Argh, I feel like absolute cr@p today. I havent really slept since midnight cause I just felt sick, didnt throw up tho but just felt sick in the stomach. Now I am weak as trying to look after a 1 yr old cause DH had to go to work.
I was wondering if I should be still giving her the ABs for the ear infection? We started them on Thursday and it wasnt until yesterday the throwing up started..
What should I do with food? I was reading last night to not offer any food until 24 hours after the throwing up started. I've been giving her small breastfeeds and water but am afraid she is going hungry
hi - Noah has had gastro twice - the poor thing.. advice i got from gp was..
fluids - as the others have said - bfeeds small and regular and also gastrolyte - small amt often
the thing to watch for dehydration - damp nappy at least every 6 hrs etc etc as the others have said
in terms of food - some things he did recommend - potatoe - small amt often (i did mash) - make with no dairy or oil - literall just mashed potato. also apple is good as the pectin is a binder so helps with runny poo. i made some apple puree and mashed it into fresh steamed rice - this was good. stay away from high sugar items as they can make the poos worse... ( i was giving jelly for a while there... ooops!). stay away from dairy for 7 days or so after the last vomit. exception to this 'live' yoghurt - give this when she can handle it, it helps.
while he had the vomiting and diahorea i gave prob 8 'meals' of a couple of tsp and a small bfeed during the day and bfed one side only as often as poss in the nights (awful when they spew it all up again) and then as he got better i gradually increased the amts of BM each feed and then the food. i stayed away from dairy for about a week after the last vomit.
I also gave a probiotic and live yoghurt as soon as he could handle it after the 2nd bout and i think this helped ensure no recurrence. good luck!!! hope this info helps.
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