My BD (11 months) had caught the gastro bug. I was worried she was dehydrating as she wasn't keeping milk, water or any food down. It was horrible. I called my doctor and the emergency room several times and was told to wait it out. By the end of the third day we took her straight into ER. We waited for 4 hrs and my daughter threw up several times - nothing in her stomach, more like dry-reaching. We finally got to see a doctor and I told him the situation and that we were concerned about dehydration.

His comment: She could do to lose a couple of kilo's. I wouldn't be worried about weightloss. I'd be more focused on obesity.

Then he laughed. We were so worried about BD that we didn't really think about what he said. Our daughter is just under 10kg at 11 months and is quite tall. Definitely has gorgeous chubby cheeks. I just thought it was inappropriate - especially under the circumstances.