Is bfing extending the diarrhoea?

[PessimisticMissPiggy]

My 18 mo DD suffered with a vomiting bug Fri/sat and when this subsidied she started with diarrhoea. We're now on day 3 and she has eaten a little but is largely just having bm (supply adjusted v quickly!).

Is the bm keeping her stools loose?

BM will be helping her, not causing diarrhoea AFAIK. It's great when they have a bug, because often it's the only thing they can tolerate but gets liquids/nutrition into them.

Thanks.
It's just that when she had chronic constipation a while back it was recommended by my GP to offer more BM feeds over a weekend to loosen her stools - and it worked!

DS has had rotavirus since Friday. Has had only bm since then (he's 14mo). It has helped him stay hydrated and fight off the bug. His nappies are still utterly toxic. This is the virus, not the bm. They are slowly turning back to that yellow newborn type of nappy.

It's at times like this that I'm SO glad we bf.

Thanks all. ISee how do you know it's rotavirus?

Entire school seems to have had it. Had an email home.

Generally, it doesn't matter which particular virus caused the gastroenteritis as treatment is the same. Rotavirus is the most common one in under 5s, particularly in under 2s and is usually characterised by the progression from vomiting to diarrhoea, with the diarrhoea lasting longer (usually about 3 days, sometimes up to 9ish iirc). Plus it affects under 5s predominantly and adults are less affected by it, often escaping it entirely. We do have some immunity to it unlike some of the other gastro causing viruses.

More here.

This is our third bout of sickness and diarrhoea in 6 weeks! DD started a new nursery and I'm not sure if it's just because it's seasonal or that the hygiene at this place isn't great.

Our last nursery had hand gel everywhere you went - I know it doesn't make any odds with this type of bug because it wiuldn't kill it but it did make me feel that they took hygiene more seriously.

oh, so glad I just spotted this thread - I've just posted identical thread today. Should've read further down the list of threads before I posted mine!
I'm going to keep BF my 13mo DD then, in the hope that the bug passes through, she's had diarrhoea now for 5 days and i've been cranking up the BF but wasnt sure whether it was best thing for her...appears it is!
Hope everyone's poorly babies are getting better xxx

Is your DD reliable at washing her hands after the loo, OP? If she's not being reminded to do it at nursery, perhaps she's infecting herself?

She's only 18mo - still in nappies!

ha ha, sorry thought she was older for some reason!

I would ask the nursery if other children are down with this as well. It could be that they need to do a deep clean. Our school does this if there are several cases of sickness in a class. Such quick re-infection suggests there's a source of infection somewhere (not necessarily the nursery of course) that isn't getting cleaned.