Safe foods for vomitting 9mth old?

[ForcesSweetheart]

My DD is 9.5mths and has a flu type bug (coughing/snotty/temp/vomitting). She's been unable to keep down milk or water for the past few days so on my GPs advice all she had for 24 hours was a sugary fizzy drink with the fizz taken out (she wont drink dioralyte so he suggested coke but I didn't wanna give her the caffeine so gave her cherry vimto instead and it worked a treat - she kept it down and stayed hydrated). Yesterday I tried reintroducing milk feeds (diluted as per GPs advice) and she seemed to be OK on it til about teatime when she was VERY sick and it was obvious from the content it was the milk. So today she's only had the flat sugary drink all day and seems OK, but I'm wondering what foods I can start to reintroduce, what's gonna be mild on her tummy? I don't wanna go straight back onto Lamb Hotpot or Pasta Bolognese in case it is too much for her. She gets Lactose Free milk from the GP but we had been reintroducing lactose gradually a scoop at a time prior to this illness. Any advice appreciated.

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

How upsetting for you both but I thought the advice was to carry on giving them milk whether they were sick or not.

Could see have some breadsticks or a biscuit?

[NorthernGobshite]

My doctor who is wonderful always suggests giving nothing other than fluids for 24-48 hours if vomiting bug as otherwise it just compounds it. If vomiting cos of horrid cold/coughing I would just stick to small bland snacks - toast, rich tea biscuit, breadstick etc.
Milk is never a good idea with a tummy bug as it is likely to increase vomiting. Stick to water or watered down juice NOT sugary drink,. You can also get rehydration sachets if very worried.

[nappyaddict]

The best drink instead of dirolyte is Robinson's Be Natural Blackcurrant and Pear squash. It is very sugary (55.2g per 100ml) and it is the sugar that makes the water go into the cells quicker and therefore they hydrate quicker.

You should follow the BRAT diet (bananas, rice, apples and toast (although I presume bread would be OK as well) I also find crackers, oatcakes, rice cakes, breadsticks and arrowroot, digestive, rich tea or oaty biscuits very good too.

[Seona1973]

starchy foods and things like soup are good for an upset tummy.

[tostaky]

nappyaddict i thought it was the salt that helped hydration...
Anyway, theres an interesting article on wikipedia about it

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_rehydration_therapy

good luck

[ForcesSweetheart]

Thanks folks.

[nappyaddict]

It's the salt and sugar but obviously normal squash doesn't have salt. If they won't drink dioralyte something very sugary is the next best thing.

[nappyaddict]

You can add salt if they have diarrhea though cos salt is lost through diarrhea although the GP never mentioned this. Just said to keep up with sugary drinks to boost blood sugar and keep energy levels up.