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Tips for keeping a toddler hydrated and eating in this weather when she's got a d&v bug?

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ThreeRandomThings · 26/06/2026 13:33

Last night DD2 (2y 3m) came home from nursery and started with a d&v bug. 4 bouts of vomiting overnight and the same with diarrhoea today. Shes at home just in a nappy, keeping her sipping water, she's had some diarolyte (sorry for poor spelling) as I was worried about electrolytes / dehydration with the weather and trying to keep her topped up with small amounts of dry food / ice lollies / small amount of fruit for added fluids (but obviously dont want to make the diarrhoea worse). She ate some dry cornflakes at breakfast but totally rejected toast at lunchtime and went straight to sleep. Will try again when she wakes up from her nap. DH is going to buy some jelly on the way back from the school run and we have some watermelon in the fridge. She has a tiny appetite anyway and she's completely off her food as a result, so im starting to feel a bit stressed about what else i can get in her. Has anyone else got any good tips for what might encourage her to eat / drink?

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Balloonhearts · 26/06/2026 13:47

Stop feeding her if she doesn't want it. A few days without eating won't hurt her and her stomach needs time to recover. Just keep on top of fluids. Sip juice, give her ice lollies etc.

JustAnotherWhinger · 26/06/2026 13:49

Get your DH to pick up some squash that isn’t sugar free. Ribena is a good one here or some apple juice

Don’t worry too much about food, focus on drinks.

wanderingwillows · 26/06/2026 13:49

yoghurt

HoppingPavlova · 26/06/2026 13:50

Hydrolyte Icy Poles. Get them from the chemist/pharmacy.

Junejunejune · 26/06/2026 13:51

Don’t worry about food. The advice is to avoid it if you don’t want it.

Just focus on drinking, playing with tea set with juice in it. Ice lollies. If all else fails use a calpol syringe to get 5 ml of dirolyte into her every 5 mins.

Wdutua · 26/06/2026 13:54

Don't give fruit or milk based food, it will make her worse. Lots of hydrating fluid, i.e. weak squash etc.

mumumental · 26/06/2026 13:54

My old health visitor advised flat coke.

hairstreak · 26/06/2026 13:56

Agree drink is the useful thing, don't worry about food until she's feeling better. Ice lollies, jelly, squash, water. A non-fizzy isotonic drink (eh lucozade sport) might go down well too. Whatever you think will appeal to her most, really.

ThreeRandomThings · 26/06/2026 14:45

Thank you everyone. She has just been sick again but I have got an ice lolly in her. Will check the squash situation as well for anything that isnt sugar free.

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