Our almost 10 month old had (what we believe to be) norovirus earlier this week (he kindly
gave it to us too!). Since then he’s almost entirely refused his milk. The only time we’ve managed to give him any has been in the middle of the night. Last night he had 5oz about 4am. That’s all he’s had between now (5pm) and 5am Friday morning (36 hours ago). He’s willing to eat certain foods (but completely avoiding a lot of what he usually likes) and he’s taking sips of water. We got him reviewed by a GP on Thursday and she said he isn’t dehydrated and mentioned that babies can get a temporary lactose intolerance after a gastro bug. What’s difficult is that he’s clearly hungry due to the lack of milk, but he won’t even entertain it, instead he bats the bottle away. We’ve also tried putting it in a straw cup (he spits it out) and in weetabix (which he usually loves but won’t eat any at the moment).
We don’t know what to do at this point. He’s barely had any milk for since Sunday (6 days ago). At what point is this an issue? He’s definitely lost weight. Does anyone have any suggestions? It almost seems like he’s developed an aversion to it.
our poor baby 😢