What food to give a nine month old recovering from d&v

[Geekster]

Our nine month old dd has got diarrhoea and vomiting. She's had it for three days and has just been having milk and water. She has perked up a lot today and not slept all day like the last two days. She is still producing diarrhoea and is vomiting occasionally but is taking an interest in food again and wants to eat. What are the best foods to give her?

Brat diet, banana, rice, apple and toast.

Thanks BrandyButter

If she is BF then as much milk as you can get into her.

A second vote for the BRAT diet. I hope your DD feels better soon.

I take it to use plain boiled rice. We have got some stewed apple and pear blitzed up a bit is that ok to give her?

Thanks for your replies.

I wouldn't give her the pears, they make my cast iron stomach when constipated poo so wouldn't eat them if my stomach was ropey. Plain boiled rice for tea and stewed apple or a mashed up banana should be fine. I wouldn't push her to eat anything either, fluid is more important.

Thanks we have been giving her just water and milk for a couple of days, but today she wants to start eating again, she's good in that if she doesn't want it she won't eat it.

Starchy foods are good when you have a dodgy tummy but you dont need to limit to the BRAT diet. Pasta, toast, plain crackers, banana, etc would be ok.

from an nhs leaflet about gastroenteritis:

Eat as normally as possible once any dehydration has been treated.

Correcting any dehydration is the first priority. However, if your child is not dehydrated (most cases), or once any dehydration has been corrected, then encourage your child to have their normal diet. Do not 'starve' a child with gastroenteritis. This used to be advised but is now known to be wrong. However, if he/she does not want to eat, that is fine. Drinks are the most important and
food can wait until appetite returns.

That would be good as she likes pasta, she also likes bananas as long as its not mashed, she hates it mashed but loves it whole.

What about plain breadsticks?

breadsticks fine too

Thanks