Toddler with diarrhoea and not eating or drinking

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Can anybody help me with some advice please.

My 2 year old DD developed a cough and a temperature yesterday. She ate a bowl of cerelac and 125ml of milk in the morning and 200ml in the afternoon. She refused to have any thing else to eat or drink no matter how I've offered it to her.

In the early hours of this morning she drank 1/4 bottle of water and had had 100ml of milk today and that's it. I can't get her to have anything to eat or drink since this morning and she now is refusing calpol. Worried she may become dehydrated, I offered her diaralyte but she doesn't want that either.

She has been running a temperature that hasn't seem to go since yesterday. The calpol she did have brought it down but she still had one.

I'd ring out of hours dr if you are worried which it sounds like you are - mummy instinct is there for a reason.
She sounds at risk of dehydration
Does she refuse ice lollies etc? I'd get her to a doctor to be assessed tonight TBH

Give dioralyt in a syringe.

Yes 5ml every 5 minutes - you could try her in her sleep

I spoke to a dr and they just said it could be a stomach virus and a throats infection. They advised to keep and eye on her for dry mouth and if she becomes more drowsy and continue with the calpol.

He was so useless. I explained what was wrong and he asked 'what do you want? Did you want me to assess her by bringing her In or to talk'

She finally had a bottle of milk before bed but wouldn't take calpol even trough a syringe.

I am having the same problem, but with a 7 year old, who really should be more reasonable.

Ice lollies are good, or any flavoured drink like squash if you can get her to drink it. Jelly made up with a bit of extra water?

Call back GP tomorrow if she is still not drinking. Check her nappies that she is passing urine.

Gracegrape hope they're ok.

I'll try the ice lollies tomorrow. She may be more inclined to have that actually.

It's just so hard to see them like this.