I would call 13 HEALTH, to give you confidence that she needs to see a doctor. Personally i would be going to the hospital, you've persisted for four days, with no improvement. In the mean time try some hydralite iceblocks. Good luck, let us know how she goes.
DH isn't too concerned yet, thinks its just teething and once her big tooth has broken through she will be back to normal. She's not dehydrated yet - still drooling, so still has excess fluid in her somehow. Last time we went to the hospital because her fontanelle was sunken, and the doc there told him not to worry about dehydration unless the inside of her mouth is dry - which its definitely not.
Some signs of dehydration in young children/baby's:
• More than six hours without a wet nappy
• Urine that looks darker in his nappyand smells stronger than usual
• Lethargy
• A dry, parched mouth and lips
• No tears while crying
• Sunken eyes
• Hands and feet that feel cold and look splotchy
• Excessive sleepiness or fussiness
• Sunken fontanels (the soft spots on your baby's head) baby should be seen by a medical professional in this case.
• Their capillary refill (briefly press on your child's nail bed so that it blanches or turns white, and see how long it takes to return to normal) Minimal dehydration is when capillary refill is less than 2 seconds. Moderate (and should be seen by a medical professional) is when capillary refill greater than 2 seconds.
• Skin fold recall or skin turgor test (gently pinch your child's skin on their abdomen, hold it for a few seconds and then let it go to see how long it takes to return to the normal position) Minimal dehydration is when there is instant recoil on skin turgor test. Moderate dehydration (and should be seen by medical professional) is whenrecoil on skin turgor test in less than 2 seconds.
HTH
ETA
Mel, have you tried giving her a pain reliever (ie, paracetomol/ibuprofen) then giving her a drink a little while later? Maybe if she has a sore throst she isn't drinking because it hurts, so if she has the pain relief she will drink?? Is she eating at all? I think if she's relatively active and fairly normal in her behaviour then she would be ok...
Last edited by MrsFabuloso; October 24th, 2010 at 11:53 AM.
: eta
We've been dosing her up on nurofen and she will drink water afterwards (not much, but a few sips is better than nothing!) Still nothing for the bottles though. We were thinking a sore throat too cos she cries after she has a cough.
She still has lots of tears though - thats the only thing changed about her behaviour - she's whingy like the other two now.. LOL
ETA - forgot to add - she is still eating, bout half of what she normally consumes.
I don't think it's time to take her to the doc's/hospy yet then. Maybe if you can get an appointment tomorrow?? If she's eating and still active (though whinging!) she sounds like shes doing ok to me...just off colour. Try to up her fluids with juicy kinds of food? Fruit/veggies/soups...
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