21 month old sickness bug, do I bother with walk in centre?

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Dd2 has been throwing up since Friday afternoon and has just been sick again. She's probably been sick about ten times over the last two days. I'm still breastfeeding and that's all she's having apart from sips of water. She has been very hot, temp was 39, but fever has gone down now. She is quite floppy and listless but is alert. She has no energy whatsoever. Its the continuing vomiting that's worrying me. She's has one soft poo and one runny poo but that's it from that end. Currently trying to get her to drink dioralyte but having no luck. She keeps perking up slightly but then goes downhill again. She seems to get stomach pains and then vomits or poos.
Dd1 is 6 and has had the same thing but she was just tired yesterday, sick twice last night and is now fine. I'm wondering why it's so much worse for Dd2, she's been ill so much lately ☹️

The youngest always seems to have it worse because they have a developing immune system. At 6 years old, your eldest has an almost adult immune system.

It all sounds normal to me. Breast milk is perfect and well tolerated. Some will stay down even if still vomiting.

Hydration is your main concern. Is she still passing urine? Wet mouth? Tears?

You must always trust your instincts but it doesn't sound unusual as an objective observer.

Thanks, I don't think she's dehydrated. She is bfing almost constantly so some is definitely staying down. I'm surprised there's anything left in my boobs!
Her skin is very dry but often gets like that when she's ill. She's still weeing and seems to have a wet mouth, can't recall if there was tears last time she cried but will keep an eye out.

It's so horrid when they're ill. You're doing all the right things though. Unfettered access to breast milk provides food, liquid and comfort. I'd keep an eye and if she seems dehydrated or worsens, any rash or problems with alertness and I'd get her checked.

Hope she's better soon.

If she is breastfeeding and doesn't appear dehydrated, there's really nothing much to do but ride it out at home. There's no real need for Dioralyte - breastmilk is the perfect thing for tummy bugs and also comes with your antibodies to help her beat it.

My DS had similar at about that age - vomited for 4 days, took more than a week to not be knackered and a bit floppy, but he breastfed throughout and recovered fine.

However if you see the signs of dehydration (dry mouth, no tears, no or very dark urine, sunken eyes, skin that doesn't fall back quickly when you lightly pinch it) seek advice/attention. Dehydration is really the only danger from a bug like this but if she's only losing it from one end it's less likely.

Also, skin to skin comforts a toddler as well and helps to control their temperature.

Thanks for the reassurance. I was meant to be weaning her off boob over the Easter holidays as well... That's clearly not happening now, poor thing!
I don't think going to the drs is needed right now (and it would probably traumatise her anyway, she hates them!) but will be on the look out for the signs of dehydration. Will carry on feeding her on demand until she's better.

she sounds ok at the moment with the fever breaking and not much in the way of runny poos but she's your dd so u know her best.
If u are worried then get her checked out but you need to phone in advanced as she's going to be highly contagious so they may want to make preparations. I don't know if this is the same everywhere but it's how our out of hours work and when my dd was ill and they thought it was noro they whisked us straight into a private room and we were only seen to by 2 nurses and 1 doctor with a sign on the door telling every1 to check with the desk before entering.

Dehydration is the biggest factor and the only thing they will do differently at walk in is admit her and possibly set up a drip if she's dehydrated and refusing rehydration solution.

My best advice (coming from the GP in jan) is to cut out all dairy and follow the
BRAT diet (bananas, rice, applesauce, toast) once she's able to keep down food. Also, how are u offering the dyralite? I found making it up and syringing it in to the kids mouths was much easier. If she still won't take it then the GP advised me to get some non diet lemonade and let it go flat before offering small sips. Ginger ale (again flat) can also help settle an upset stomach. Obviously, both these drinks need to be drank out of a cup not bottle.
Also, when she vomits give her a sip of water but try to get her to spit it out as really you shouldn't consume anything for 10 mins after vomiting as can irritate more. If she can't spit it out due to her age then maybe brushed her teeth with a tiny amount of tooth paste just so there's not that awful taste but also to get any stomach acid staying on her teeth.

I hope she gets better really soon
xx

sorry also forgot to say, does ur 21 month old get ill rarely, while ur 6yo gets more bugs?
I found with my youngest she is always getting bugs (colds/viruses/sickness bugs) but copes with them very well and they are always short lived, where as my elder 3 dc and dh hardly ever get ill but when they do they get very poorly, and even 1 of my elder dc has had to be hospitalised 2 or 3 times.
x

Thanks for the tips. She's just got the dioralyte in one of her usual cups but she's not a fan!
My youngest gets ill a lot more than my eldest. She's always more ill too, but as a pp said that's probably down to her developing immune system. I think maybe my eldest was the same at this age but I've blocked it out or something!