Wtf do you do with a child who is starvin but cant keep any food down?

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4 y.o. Been vomiting for 48hrs now. She has a big boak, sleeps for a few hours, wakes up starvin. I feed her (so far have tried toast, watermelon, yougurt, custard and vanilla ice cream, not all at once of course but nothing stays down) . She then boaks again, perks up chats, then sleeps. Wakes up, then we start all over. She is so hungry, but nothing stays down. What else can i feed her that might stay in her stomach?

Brat diet.

Banana
Rice
Apple sauce (and Ella's kitchen pouch is a good bet)
Toast.

Is she keeping water down and peeing? Those are the key things.

Have you got any rehydration stuff think it's called dyoralite or something similar. Thirst can easily be confused with hunger. I'd be concentrating on getting fluids in her first of all.

After than I would try plain crackers or rich tea biscuits. I would avoid all dairy for now.

Try a couple of salted crackers and icepops.

Is she urinating?

Avoid Dairy
Its the worse things you can give her

BRAT diet.. 100%

Is she able to keep fluids down?

Don’t give her dairy.
the most important thing is fluid. Sips of water constantly. After vomiting dry toast, or crackers, mashed banana or plain boiled rice.
mid she’s struggling to take fluids- ice lollies or ice pops
i hope she feels better soon

I assume boak means to vomit? Sorry, I've never heard this word before in my 40 + yrs.

She is far more likely to be thirsty than actually hungry. It can be hard for people and kids to tell the difference, esp when ill. Does she have diarrhoea also, or just the vomiting? What colour urine is she passing? If yellow or darker- she is dehydrated. Is her tongue moist or dry?

When she is 'hungry' only feed very tiny things. Sips of dioralyte, suck on a frozen banana or frozen dioralyte. I agree with the brat diet. Nothing oily, diary, spicy etc. Custard and ice cream can be high in fat and is dairy, so not recommended if still vomiting.

Obviously if no improvement speak to 111 or your GP.

I assume boak means to vomit? Sorry, I've never heard this word before in my 40 + yrs

It mean retch.

Means*

Call your GP

Dry toast or plain rice.

I've never understood the banana thing, as they're something that a lot of people feel sick eating when they're unwell.

Call the GP, but in the meantime, she might find a sweet drink (it's what lucosade was invented for, after all) and some light, salty things - Mini cheddars, darker toast with salted butter/peanut butter - could help.

Could she be severely constipated? If she hasn't gone to the bathroom since becoming ill, she's going to continue to throw up - also a very good reason to see the GP - and concentrating on liquids will be more helpful as they don't take up as much room whilst providing much needed sugar.

My DD had a sickness bug last weekend & barely kept down water. I've lollies were perfect! Thankfully it was short lived but if not my next step was hydration packs 🙂

Definitely no dairy.

As above BRAT diet if they can stomach it.

In similar situation GP recommended lucozade or full fat coke. If they don’t like fizzy shake it up first.

Avoid dairy. Plain biscuits like Rich Tea or toast.

Keep up lots of fluids and use rehydration sachets. Even when she pukes she will be still absorbing some.

Seems like there's loads of sickness bugs around at the moment.

Just make sure she's getting plenty of fluids. Sugary drinks or diarolyte is what I'd go for, and then things like dry toast or BRAT diet.

Definitely stick to dry, plain "beige" food. My go to sickness foods are breadsticks, toast and digestive biscuits (we've weathered a fair few bugs between 3 children)

Hydration is key. Get some sachets in but anything (other than milk!) will help. Water is obviously best but often they don't fancy plain water.

I agree that the last thing I would want after I'm sick is a bloody banana!! Yuck.

In my part of Scotland, boak = vomit
dry boak = retch.
It puzzled me when I first came to Scotland as a young medical student!
And echoing PPs, fluids are more important than solids until the vomiting stops. Diorylate is very good as it replaces the sodium and potassium losses as well as rehydrating. There are various flavours, bound to be one your child will accept.

Ice lollies were a saviour when my DS was sick. He thought it was a treat, kept him hydrated and the sugars were enough to keep him ticking over until he could stomach some toast.

Ice pops and cream crackers will keep them going for a few days.

The thought of banana and custard on a dodgy stomach is giving me the boak!!
Focus on fluids first and then tiny bits of food and make sure she chews it slowly - one of those baby rice cakes or something at first. Even toast with butter on can be too much.

I wouldn't give her anything to eat. She has a stomach virus and is probably confusing the cramping pains for hunger. Plenty of fluids in little sips (teaspoonfuls at a time if necessary) and no food for 12 hours. Then try a plain biscuit etc.

A gp once told me to get ds to slowly sip flat lemonade. Make it flatby stirring a spoon of sugar into it. It works, the stomach wants the sugar so sucks in the liquid too. Once you can keep the sugary drinks down they will keep food down. Quavers are a goos start. P.S. also works with original lucozade which is the ultimate sick bug cure in my mind.

What worked for mine was always totally flat, full sugar, lemonade or coke.
Sip through a straw and weirdly, distraction...sit with her and hold cup and put favourite TV programme on.

No ice cream or custard - far too fatty and will upset her stomach further.

really plain food and rehydrate

Thanks all. She is still being sick today. Have backed away from the dairy, just rice and toast and water. My sister said in Ireland with vomiting bugs in kids they recommend giving small amounts of paracetamol and ibuprofen to help settle down the vomiting. Anyone heard tell of that? Made me worry about how to keep on top of dosage.