Urgent tips on hydrating with sickness (D&V) pls!!

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Hi all,
I posted yesterday about my DD. She is struggling to keep fluids down and now refusing! Any tips pls!!

Won't have ice or lolly pop now or drink! I will have to try bribery I think! Usually what works with her is food treat bribery and of course, that won't appeal at the moment! I would say be could go and do something nice this weekend but A, she may still be too unwell (48hr rule) and B, we have plans this weekend. I guess a treat at toy shop!

GP had advised she may have to go to hospital this afternoon/evening if no urine output. She hasn't been since yesterday morning.

It appears to be classic gastro bug. D&V and fever. Can't keep medicine down now either.

Dioralyte is amazing as has the benefits they need in it, my son had it when he was really ill before hope DD is better soon

Syringe water into her every 10 minutes.

Although if she hasn't urinated in over 24 hours I would be going to A and E now.

Use the Calpol syringe. 5mls every 10 mins. 2.5mls if she can't keep 5 down.

Coconut water is really good for rehydration. I showed my 4 yr old son you tube of monkey going up tree to colect the nuts etc just to engage him. Worth a try ?

Flattened lemonade? Gp suggested it to me years ago when I couldn't get anything else in to (at the time) 1yo dc1 during a really nasty tummy bug. It worked a treat. All my dc think lemonade is medicine & has to be flattened

Oops and wishing your little one a speedy recovery. Yes to doctors if you feel it's more serious.

Hot squash? Usually find cold drinks are hard to keep down

Tiny amounts of fluid - 5ml of diaorlyte held in her cheek every 5 minutes will absorb and less likely to come back up if swallowed slowly.

Jelly has lots of fluid if she'll take that?

A GP also recommended flat coke, not the diet stuff, ordinary cola, but the tip it between glasses a few times as it must be flat, no fizz at all. I hope DD is much better soon.

Teaspoons or syringes of dioralyte revived DS when he had rotavirus as a toddler. He was on the verge of being admitted for IV fluids.
It was the only thing that stayed down and after the 1st few spoonfuls he would sip it, I think he realised how much better it made him feel.

Would she take Jelly?
Any fluid will do - even if it's normally not allowed - full fat Coke (flat), fruit shoot

someone told me when dc were ill, that you need to let your stomach rest for about 45 minutes after vomiting, otherwise it will come straight back up.

Then use flat lemonade (carbonated drinks have something in them which is in dioralyte) BUT they do not contain salt, so you can't substitute flat lemonade for too long.

as other have said, syringe, 5ml into corner of her mouth. Set timer for 10 minutes and repeat. This small amount doesn't really make it to the stomach, so should not cause vomiting.

If you are in any doubt, if she is at all floppy, grey, etc you must go to A&E, toddlers go downhill very quickly with dehydration.

Thanks all.

She's been very poorly and sleeping a lot.
I have managed to get small and frequent sips of flattened lemonade (diet though) into her, before she fell asleep again, so she should absorb some and keep it down I think. Sleep is helping her. I've never seen her so poorly. Sick so many times!

I tried dioralyte again, not having any of it!

Worth getting some normal lemonade if it's working. I remember having norovirus and having to have a teaspoon at a time or I got instant diarrhoea or vomiting. Utter joy(!)

I'd bundle her in the car to take her to the hospital now, I hope she feels better soon

If she isn't passed urine in 24 hours you really need to get her looked at.

Thanks all.
The GP seems happy and said day and a half without passing urine at this age is okay. She passed some this morning - quite a lot! Just need to keep the fluids going. She's still managing small sips of lemonade every 10-15mins. Was only sick once earlier.

Sounds like she's over the hump.

I'm glad she seems to be on the mend. It's awful when you feel so helpless.

Quick test for dehydration. Pinch the skin on the back of her hand just enough for it to rise. If it's slow to return to normal then the child is dehydrated and needs urgent hospital attention. (My gp showed me this test)

Keep an eye on her throat. Ds1 once combined norovirus with tonsilitus - no wonder the poor little sausage didn't want to drink! It was only picked up the second time we landed in a&e with dehydration.