Dehydrated daughter

[Mumma1822]

Sorry for the long one I don’t want to drip feed :)
DD 17m has been unwell for the past 5 days with some sort of viral infection her temperature finally broke yesterday morning but she’s still poorly and refusing most fluid. She usually only drinks milk and water but has been refusing water completely and is drinking maybe 200ml of milk throughout the day. We have tried milkshake, squash, fruit juice (diluted and undiluted) ice lollies and yoghurt but DD is probably having 400ml max total fluid a day. We are at our wits end today I’ve got some jelly setting in the fridge and I’m hoping she will eat some. She’s had about 150ml of milk so far and a couple sips of juice :/ she has had a couple of sips of my lucozade sport orange by accident and wanted more when I took it away but very hesitant to let her have anymore. Any advice would be much appreciated and AIBU to think she shouldn’t have any more lucozade DH thinks I should let her

Team lucozade here too

This!

dehydration kills. Seriously.

if your kid is looking dehydrated give them fluids. Whether it’s water or coke or lucozade it really doesn’t matter.

lucozade is way healthier than death by dehydration.

fucks sake the logic of some people.

Would putting some diluted orange juice into the lucozade bottle work? Might be worth a try

The advice I was given by the GP when DS2 was small was to get fluid into him in whatever form he would take it. It’s that or a drip.

hope she feels better soon

My mum always brought out the traditional lucozade when we were ill. To the point I can't even look at the stuff now. OK so it will have colours and sweeteners but if it's the only thing she will drink.

My grandchild had scarlet fever earlier this year. He was severely dehydrated and the hospital said do whatever you need to do to get fluid into them. Doesn't matter how sugary or whatever. Keeping them alive is the main thing.

I put mine in the bath with the cups set and poured water from cups when they needed to drink as they always drank the water even when I told them not to.

Things that can help get fluids into a sick child:
Watermelon
Jelly
Ice pops / ice poles
Cucumber

All have very high water content

The original point of Lucozade was that it was a glucose energy drink to help ill people recover.
It's not what it was after they took some of the sugar out and stealth-dieted it, however any source of liquids and energy into a poorly child at risk of dehyration is a good thing.

Water isn't always the best thing for re-hydration as it doesn't replace electrolytes, so milk, juices etc all have an additional benefit when appetite is compromised.

@Allofaflutter haha I tried that this morning I think it’s the only time she hasn’t tried to drink the bath water I definitely ingested more than she did x

well it was worth a try, best of luck x

With the sport version of drinks it's the salts / mineral content that's a concern not the sugar ?

Fevertree do full sugar lemonade and the like that may avoid any concerns -

Are the nappies dry? If so I would ring 111 just in case.

Better lucozade than being hospitalised and put on a drip 🤷‍♀️

For our dog that was unwell the vet told us to syringe water into their mouth. Could you do that gently?

I know it’s not the same but maybe it might work?

@Allofaflutter drier than usual but not bone dry we were in A&E the other night with her and were told she had to wet a nappy every 12 hours if she didn’t bring her back in. She’s definitely not going 12 hours without a wee. Xx

The question is whether lucozade SPORT may lead the child to a and e - solve one problem and create another

Just check whether or not it has caffeine in it, some of the lucozades do. If it does, don't give it.

A PPs idea of putting squash in the bottle is a good one, make sure its full sugar if she's ill though

Why would lucozade sport land a child in a &e?

of course it won’t. It’s a foodstuff. If it was harmful to children - to an extent it would land them in a&e, there’d be restrictions on it’s sale.

Honestly this place sometimes.

@midgetastic Thank you! Not many people were understanding that I’ve got no issue with the sugar content or whatever in it. I just wasn’t sure if an adults sports drink would harm such a little person. Xx

I would avoid it atall possible. As someone suggested perhaps put some orange juice or squash into the bottle. But if all else fails a bit of the sports version (not the energy one) would be ok. Would she have a milky ice lolly like a mini milk? Some cucumber or watermelon? Hope she is feeling much better soon.

@Mumma1822 ORS oral rehydration salts mixed up are ok for children over 3 yrs according to my packet -
Lucozade is massively sugary and not as good as something like Dioralyte.
Thirst is a basic drive- unlikely your daughter will refuse to drink if really thirsty ( no vomiting &c)

@Runningbird43 i was just worried it would give her diarrhoea with all the sweetener if I give my some sugar free drinks it can make him quite loose I didn’t want the same for her when she’s already poorly x

Mainly because the electrolyte levels are calculated based on the needs of and adult participating in sport and not the levels expected in a child.

Also, a lot of retailers have restricted its sale to over 16s.

Honestly, some people should fact check before criticising others...