my little guy was up from midnight till 5am vomitting he had a bottle at 6am which he managed to keep down. i took him to the doctor and he said he thinks it is digestion related, maybe found some food aon the floor or something and ate it. i think its a virus as my nephew had the sme symptoms 2 days ago.
anyway he hasnt eaten anything since hes had some water and juice in his sippy cup but now hes even refusing that, he wont drinka bottle and wont eat anything.
Fluids is your main concern. I wouldn't worry about food for a day or so to be honest, as long as my kids were drinking. Is there a food, or even better, drink that he can't resist? Banana smoothie? Fizzy? Something to get him drinking again, and then he might feel like some water later on.
If you can't get him to drink though, I'd be taking him to a dr or hospital before he gets dehydrated. Kids are in hospital for dehydration all the time, so don't stress, but I've heard it's pretty important that kids don't go for too long without fluids.
I dont want to alarm you but i would get him checked - being lethargic and disinterested in play etc are signs of possible dehydtration... when N had gastro Dr told me to look for at least a damp nappy every 6 hrs and to go to hosp if this did not occur...
i would get him checked if it were me, rather be safe and they can dehydrate quickly...
Also you can try pedialyte or similar to replace fluids...
hope he is ok, let us know!
I found the number of a SA health line for a Parent Helpline on the internet - 1300 364 100. Or you might have a similar number that you know of. Why not try calling them and see what they say?
If in doubt, a trip to emergency - as I've pointed out to dh when taking our kids to emergency, kids can go from 'meh' to 'uh oh' in a pretty short time, so if you're not feeling good about this, then just nick down with him.
I already rang them and they said just try get him to have a few sips of water as much as he will take, He still hasnt had a full bottle buthe has drank about 80mls of water and probably 30 mls of milk and he ate 2 small pieces of fruit toast. he perked up almost straight away, he has had a wet nappy and hes dribbling, so im feeling better about that. hes still cuddly but he did do a few of his normal naughty things (turn TV on and off on and off, tip his cup upside down and paint things with the drips) the parent helpline said if he hadnt eaten or drank anything by the morninng take him to hospital...
see how he goes through the night and ill see how he is in morning if he wants to drink his milk or not. let you all know how we go
we have spent the last 24 hours in hospital - he did 3 adult sized vomits yesterday so i took him ememrgency department, all thtle tests were good, ears pink inside, no temp, pulse etc all good they were at a loss, then we thought, he'd hit his head on Friday and i wondered if it was related - they admitted him for observation for initally 4 - 6 hours he ended up having a bottle which he brought up 2 1/2 hours later - they put it donw to possibly a stomach bug - WELL the ER doctor said she felt happy that we could take him home it was 9.30 pm by then and we said " well what if he keeps doing this" she then said we could stay and wait for the Peaditricain consultant that comes around in the mornings and see what they say.. we decided to stay we wanted answers real answers - so i went home about 12 midnight DP stayed bless his soul - im just to preggo right now to sleep on those cot beds with no pillows, - i returned at 5.45am this morning and he had drank some gastrolyte stuff and some apple juice - they put a wee bag on him to collect some wee, didnt get much last night but this morning he had 2 small bottles and gve them a good sample about 1pm this afternoon, They now suspect he has a UTI... which from my googling sounds like it - So if i had taken him home last night this would never have been discovered - we get offical results Friday so can start antibiotics then My poor little chicken still refusing to eat and not happy about drinking to much either again - i went chemist and got so of the gastrolyte so ill try give him small sips through the night.. god im so tired and run down and just want my little guy well....
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