Mildly dehydrated 17 week old

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I'm just wondering if anyone has any advice, DD is 17 weeks and has had a bit of a bug for the last few days. She's f-fed and since Wednesday has been a bit off her bottle, over the course of the day she's probably eating about half her usual amount, but isn't showing signs of hunger. Meal times can also be a bit of a battle ground, unless she's really tired when it is a lot easier.

I've taken her to the GP on Thurs and Fri, Thurs as she had a temp, D&V and was inconsolable. GP said she had a bug, but not much they can do. On Friday I thought she was dehyrated, so took her back to GP, but GP said she was fine. This eve DH and I both think she's got a depressed fontanelle, nappies as wet, but not as wet as usual. Otherwise she actually seems pretty happy in herself. She's generally been in a good mood all day, so I figure she can't be feeling too under the weather, but I'm not sure at what point I should go back to a doctor about her not eating and possible dehyrdation.

Sorry that went on a bit!

Does she have a temperature? Always a good indication of something else going on.
FWIW, ds1's soft spot was always a bt dented in.
You can buy dirolite (not sure of the spelling) over the counter to help with re-hydration if you think this is what it is. They are just powders that you add to water, won't do her any harm. Or you could try watering down the formula a bit so it is a bit weaker if she won't drink water on it's own.

The most important thing though, is, if you as her mother are concerned, then take her back to the docs asap. They won't laugh at you or make you feel silly or anything, and if they do, they should be formally complained about.
Goodluck, hope she gets better

ooh been there done that...our ds ended up being hospitalised because nhs 24 wouldnt listen. They said so long as he was drinking he would be fine.. rubbish cos it was running through him quicker than he could take it in.

If you have a 24 hour supermarket round about I woud suggest going and getting some diarolyte..

its a powder.. you can dissolve it in water or juice.

Better that your dd gets liquids in small 5/10 mls doses as often as she can tolerate it.

This replaces minerals that your dd is losing and replaces the fluid balances

It does taste yukky but trust me if you keep giving it to her in small dozes you will see her getting better quite quickly

if you cant get out for this of there is no-where around you can get this tonight then try just giving her 5/10mls of plain water

the small regular doses of liquid are more likely to stay put and help her recover

good luck

She doesn't seem to have a temp now, she did earlier in the week, but that seems to have passed. She feels a little warm to the touch, but every time I take her temp under her arm it seems ot be OK.

I think the 24 hour Tesco has a pharmacy now, so might try diarolyte. Although this evening we had just reached the point where I put the bottle in her mouth and she just cried.

She's now asleep, I might try and add a dream feed which we had dropped a while ago and see if that helps

I'd bypass them and take her to the childrens emergency department at your local hospital if you have one. She's too small to not be checked, especially if she's not feeding. You really do need to get this checked, diarolyte may not be the best thing for her to have so get her checked by a paediatrician if you can. The doctors in A&E are used to looking at infants so go there if there's no childrens emergency.

The underarm temp is not accurate, it's about 0.5 degrees out.

Thank you for the advice, she took a couple of good feeds overnight and fontenelle improved. After a ratty morning, she's eating better this afternoon, so I think she's getting over whatever was wrong.