D&V - 17 Month Old

[karmagetsyou]

Ok so thankfully escaped with only 1x 4 Day episode when DS was 10mths

This morning it started D&V, DS now 17mths.

Do I cut all food & just give water?

Do I offer bland food & water?

What about milk? DS still has 2x 5oz bottles a day

Thank you & sorry for what seems stupid questions?

Ps ... What the hell gets the smell of sick out of the carpet?????

[karmagetsyou]

Shit I have it now

[karmagetsyou]

Defo no milk today!

He's not eating anything :( only Ella's Pouch banana thing ....

Drinking lots of water thou..... tomorrow I think will be back to normal ... well as normal as his eating gets ....

[confusedandemployed]

I cut out milk for a couple of days when DD gets a bug. It's the very last thing to be reintroduced because it's the one thing guaranteed to make her vomit.
Hope he's better soon.

[karmagetsyou]

Thank you :) sound advice

Tried milk last night, he threw the lot up in extreme style

Will stick to fluids & bland food today.

Poor little toad

[Bearfrills]

Spread a big towel on the floor next to his bed/cot and next to your bed, that way if he's sick over the side it will go on the towel rather than the carpet. Double sheet his bed too - a sheet, then a towel, then a sheet. If he's sick in the night just remove the dirty sheet and the towel and the bed is already made.

[Bearfrills]

Follow his lead for food, some children will still eat but others won't. Bland foods are probably best - toast, bananas, raisins, etc.

The main thing is fluids, plenty of fluids. DD had D&V when she was small and she was refusing water so I was told to let her drink whatever she would drink (her usual milk) and to offer things like jelly, ice lollies, melon and watermelon slices, grapes, cucumber slices, orange slices - basically things with high water/liquid content.

For the carpet, baking soda works. Sprinkle it on, leave overnight and then hoover it up.