HELP! What is the drill for 8mo with D&V??

[BettyButterknife]

DS2 puked about 2am, and has been sick maybe 2 or 3 times more since then, the last at around 7.30am.

Since then he's had two bouts of diarrhoea but is relatively chirpy.

He's not had much to eat - a few bits of toast and biscuits - and no milk. I'm off down the chemist to get some dioralyte.

Anything else I should do? Let him sleep as much as he needs to?

Hiya. Hope your LO has calmed down a bit now.

I would suggest small sips of liquid little and often.

Offer dry bland food, toast, biscuits etc. And yes stay away from milk until you are a minimum of 12 hours clear (24hours if you can)

When he's sleeping he is resting and his body is fighting, so yes let him sleep.

And lots of handwashing and mummy cuddles!

Good luck.

current advice is to maintain milk feeds whether bottle/breastfed. Starchy foods are good e.g. pasta, toast, potatoes, rice, etc. Dioralyte will help if you feel he is dehydrated

my lo has the same he is 9 months and we have been advised to keep the milk feeds and only offer his bland foods - he isnt eating anything but is still taking milk and some water - doc has said not to worry unless he starts to refuse the liquids as babies can survive perfectly well with just milk feeds for a few days.

I didn't think formula milk - or any dairy based product was recommended when they have d&v - only breast milk or water but if guidelines have recently changed then I could be wrong!

Small sips of drink definitely recommended. Yoghurt pots or fruit pots also contribute to his water intake.

I would not urge him to eat solids. DS used to have D&V all the time until the age of 1, and he knew when he was ready for solids. Whenever I talked him into eating when he did not feel like it, he was quite violently sick.

Also make sure he does not dehydrate, it happens so quickly with little ones. We did end up in hospital with the Rota virus, and that was probably the best thing we could do. He just needed fluids. He cannot even remember it now.

from NHS website:

If your child does not appear dehydrated and has no increased risk of dehydration, continue to feed them as usual, whether with breast milk, other milk feeds or solids.

If your child is eating solids, encourage them to eat as soon as their vomiting is under control. There is no evidence to suggest that not allowing your child to eat will shorten their episodes of diarrhoea. Simple foods that are high in carbohydrates, such as bread, rice or pasta, are recommended.

It is not recommended that your child drinks fruit juices or carbonated drinks (?fizzy drinks?). These can worsen their symptoms of diarrhoea.

That is strange as the reason you shouldn't have milk during these times are if the tummy is weak it may not have the right enzymes to breakdown the milk protein, causing a temporary milk intolerance.