No wet nappies in nearly 1 yr old

[SiameseCatWoman]

DD was very sick on tuesday night, vomiting every half hour or so from 8pm till 3am, and then nothing after. She would drink water then throw it back up again.
When she woke at 6am she drank at least 2/3 of a pint of water, and has continued drinking at a normal rate since then.
Her appetite is normal/ perhaps a little small.

She has had no diahorrea, but the normal amount of poo for her - 2 or 3 daily. The consistancy has been looser than normal but not 'diahorrea'.

She is absolutly fine in herself.

Thing is, she doesnt Seem to be weeing? Her nappies are dry so Im only changing if dirty. Yesterday her nappy seemed to be dry from 12 till 6pm, and today from 7.30am till now and still counting. I know disposables are so absorbant its difficult to tell, but they are really light, not different to a clean one.

Very puzzled. Took her to dr yesterday who examined her and said to come back on monday if still the same but was unconcerned..

Ive justput a muslin in her nappy to see if it catches anything, but surely this could be really dangerous if she hasnt peed very much in 4 days? She mustve passed some overnight but even those nappies arent anywhere near as heavy as they normally are.

Any ideas?

Weigh a dry nappy, then weigh a wet nappy. (That will give you a rough idea (grams=mls very approx)

She probably got very dehydrated when she had the vomiting bug, and is still catching up.
If she wasnt peeing at all, then I would worry. If she seems well in herself, then thats a very good sign.
If still worried, take her back.

I'd agree, probably catch-up drinking, so most of what she is drinking is kept in her body and little is peed out.

However - it is important that she pees some. Muslin or cotton wool ball inside nappy is a very good idea. I found weighing nappies a bit of a fiddle and very inaccurate

If she is well in herself, it is extremely unlikely that there is anything serious amiss. I would just keep encouraging her to drink plenty, offer her anything you think might tempt her: small amounts frequently.

If normal service has not presumed by tomorrow, I'd contact the doc.

HTH a bit and that she is well really quickly .

thank you for your advice Melty and pacific

DD managed to wet her muslin by bedtime so Im not as worried. But thats some dehydration that reduces wee for 4 days!

siamese glad she's ok

Hope DD is continuing to pee.
My only experience of severe vomiting baby was when DD1 was 16m old and I ended up taking her up to the hospital. She couldn't even keep water down and had dry nappies. They just gave me diorylte (sp?) you can buy it over the counter though. I had to give it to her in tiny quantities to start with so as not to upset her tummy further and then increase gradually but it worked. Your DD must have been feeling better to keep the 2/3 pint down!
Does the wee smell strong?

we had this with DS 10m a few weeks ago. Paed told us to give Dioralyte - when babies become dehydrated, water doesn't restore the balance (hence few wet nappies) - something to do with electrolytes. Dioralyte does the trick.

How is DD today, Siamese?

Dioralyte is great.... if they take it. It tastes salty and a lot of littlies will refuse it. Worth a try if she is still 'dry' - or make up your own with v dilute juice with a pinch of salt .

We're doing dioralyte at the moment as we ended up at hospital last night with DD and her refusal to drink after 48 hrs of sickness. She wasn't yet dehydrated but they gave us some anyway and suggested 15 mls every 15 mins when shes awake by syringe. We had to add it to diluted juice though (nurse suggestion) as its awful stuff. After a day of sipping water/milk/dioralyte we gave food and her bum exploded so back to square 1. Her nappies have been dry since yesterday morning but we think there must be something in them as we can smell something urine like.

We sat with nappy off for 2 x 1hr slots at 2 hospitals last night and she sisn't actually produce anyhing but was sipping water. Very strange.

I may well try the nappy weighing in the morning to see if we have had any wee. Great suggestion.

Please please do not do DIY dioralyte, sodium chloride on its own is the wrong kind of salt - its mainly potassium that is lost. Dioralyte can be added to juice though, agree it tastes foul. D&V is crap for little ones!

A pinch of salt will be fine for a child who has not drunk/peed much for a couple of days. Yes, potassium is also lost, but the OP's DD has been eating so will be ok on that count. And we are not talking about serious dehydration a la Darfur here...

Good website

Recipes and further advice mainly aimed at low resource areas of the world with serious diarrhoeal illnesses.

Glad she's pee'd now. A good plan is to offer sips of water/juice/bf every 15 mins, you can get a lot in that way without her really noticing it too much

Cheers everyone for your advice. DD seems back to normal - whatever that is!
She's always been a big fan of drinking anything and everything, Inc bathwater so it was bizarre to have dry nappies like that.

I wonder why my GP didn't suggest diorlyte? ( he is an idiot to be fair and try to see someone else normally..)