Handhold/advice/sanity check please as to how to deal with what seems to be gastro flu in my 25 month old toddler.
I’m not sure it’s getting better.
He vomited last Thursday night in bed....the following day (Friday) I gave him water and juice and he barely touched the dry toast I offered him.
On Saturday, he had water/juice, ate some shreddies and dry toast but vomited again that night in bed. He also had a runny tummy.
Yesterday (Sunday), he ate dry toast and shreddies again and drank more water. No vomiting last night which was encouraging, though tummy still slightly loose.
I thought we had turned a corner this morning as he seemed brighter in himself and asked for some milk - and didn’t vomit - and then asked for a fish finger for lunch at midday. No vomiting after that either.
However; this evening, we sat down post bath for a bedtime story and I gave him some warm milk, as I usually do. A couple of minutes later he vomited all over himself and our bed.
On reflection, I’m thinking it was probably not a good idea to reintroduce milk this evening - but I’m at my wit’s end as he is barely eating and more worryingly not wanting to drink much water or juice.
This is our first experience with d&v. I’m just concerned it’s not getting markedly better.
What to do? This started Thursday night and it’s now Monday night.
I have a barely six week old baby too, an ill husband and am just exhausted trying to bfeed the baby, clear up vomit and diarrhoea, dettol everything.
I have no family support or anyone to help.
Not complaining about that, am just trying to keep head down and muddle through, but I am worried that it’s not getting better.