11 mo, severe vomiting, am I doing this right?

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Hi, can anyone give me some advice on how to look after my 11 mo baby with vomiting bug? She has been vomiting since 3 pm this afternoon, can't even keep down water. It started just after her bottle of formula milk, and since then she has not kept anything down. I have put her to bed, empty, I guess as she threw up the last drink of water I gave here before bed. Is this safe. Might she dehydrate?
If (when) she wakes in the night my plan is to give her a drink of water, and if she keeps it down maybe give her some milk. Does that seem sensible? If by morning she still isn't keeping down water I was planning to phone the doctor. Is this wise?
If I start vomiting, or if 3yo dd starts vomiting too, I don't know what I'll do!

I am no expert but sounds sensible to me. Keep an eye on her temperature. Perhaps sleep in her room sp you are more aware in case she is sick again. Its nit nice but hopefully won't last long!

Teaspoons of water only to begin with see if she can keep a small amount down hope she is soon better

Have you a syringe? Little bits of water are more likely to be kept down. Just a few mls at a time. I wouldn't reintroduce milk. Don't worry about food, hydration is key.

I'd try syringing small amounts of water or small sips if you have no syringe, keep an eye out for signs of dehydration and resign yourself to a loooooooooong night. DD had her first vomiting bug at 10 months and it was exhausting for us and obviously she bounced back at the point we were husks of the people we used to be.

Thanks for the advice. Yes I shall focus on keeping her hydrated rather than fed. She's a fat little thing, she's not going to waste away! I am resigning myself to little sleep and lots of changing of sheets and pyjamas,

I would lay off milk for 24 hours

You might also be able to get some kind of rehydration salts from a chemist (not sure if they're suitable for under 1 year, but they'll advise you).
I've heard it's best not to try fluids for an hour after last vomit as the stomach can be very sensitive. Also, sucking a lolly or ice cube can help your DC to take on fluids very gradually - would she do that?

Diaoralyte is a good idea if she will take it.

I would also not leave her alone in her cot. Either sleep right next to her or take her into your bed - cover it with waterproof sheet/towels/fleece blankets for quick changes - so you can sit her up (and try to catch vomit in a bowl if you're quick!) the minute she starts retching.

Very very slowly on fluids.
Try a teaspoon at a time.
I know she's sleeping now, but try 5ml every 10-15 mins.
When she can keep that down, up the quantity slightly.
Milk or water. Ice cubes/ lollies are good if she will take them.

if she is reasonable alert tomorrow, and still wee'ing, I'd stay at home. Dry nappies, unresponsive, ie dehyrdrated, ring someone - the GP probably won't be able to do anything, so limited befit in visiting them.

Seem to be various theories about feeding / starving. I'd go by what she wants.

Hope she's better soon.

Sorry, just seen the other comments: Rehydration salts not recommended under 2 yrs old without medical advice.

A pharmacist will be able to advise if rehydration solution is suitable for an under 2. There is no problem giving them to younger babies afaik but I think they like to have a chat to you first to make sure it isn't something that needs urgent attention.

I took dc1 to hospital at the same age with the same issue.

We stayed there and have her 5ml of dioralyte every 10 minutes until it was all gone..she wasn't sick again.

I have used this method every time since and know it works. Try calling a pharmacist to ok the dioralyte?

How are things this morning?

I was advised that diarolyte was fine when dd was 10 months but I was also still breastfeeding so they suggested that as a better idea and more likely to be kept down.

As far as food is concerned, current advice is that restricting food is of no use. It neither prevents vomiting nor shortens the illness. If they want to eat, let them. You also don't need to give a bland, restrictive diet. It's best to give what they fancy. Again, a bland diet doesn't help with the illness and isn't kept down better though you might find people recommending it as it used to be 'the done thing'. I find though that when they're still actively being sick, they won't want food anyway. Only slight irritant people often find is dairy and a lot of people avoid it while their child is still delicate. DD was one of those who couldn't tolerate dairy when unwell but DS was always fine.

5 -10 ml dioralyte every 10 mins - DS had an awful session at 10 months - I ended up calling the Dr on the Tuesday morning and asking for a home visit as he was too ill to be taken into the surgery (had been in the day before) - Drs receptionist said they would get someone to ring 'sometime during the morning' which wasn't good enough - luckily one of the GPs at the practice who lives round the corner had said that if it was an emergency he wouldn't mind being contacted - DH ran round (literally) and Dr was with us within 10 mins - he couldn't hold his head up and little that he kept down was coming out the other end almost immediately. Dr said to restrict how much he drank (DS was REALLY thirsty) to 10ml but give him that every 10 mins and not worry if one lot came back up but give it another 10 mins and try again - luckily this kept DS out of hospital - Dr rang at lunch time to check up and revisited after surgery in the evening and DS had improved significantly.

Thanks a lot for the advice. She seems to be through the worst of it. Thought I might have to go to a and e in the night when she hadn't kept water down for about 10 hours, but she had a few hours sleep, and then managed a small drink and it's improved today. Still a bit sick, but mainly keeping thing down so I'm not worried too much.