Norovirus and milk?

[Annabellemary]

My DD aged 2 has Norovirus and spent the whole of yesterday 6am until 3am today vomitting. Today she hasn't vomitted, she is drinking water but will not touch food.

Would it be ok to give her milk before bed this evening as whilst she was still vomitting I was advised against this. Does anybody have any more info on this please as I don't want to delay her recovery or make her worse but if she can find some comfort in milk it might be something nicer than just water for her?

Milk is one thing that is not advised if a child has had a tummy bug- it can prolong them- My DD had a horrid bug a few years ago that kept recurring every few days. The doctor said she had been left temporarily lactose intollerant and dairy products were irritating her stomach and prolonging the bug. She told us to go dairy free for a week(which worked BTW)

If you give her milk you could regret it!

Thank you, i did think that plus it is better to be safe than sorry.

I've always continued to give milk if that's the only nutrition my kids are getting.

Latest advice from my paediatrician is to continue to give anything that the children will tolerate.

Norovirus can be passed back and forth very easily, so it is not necessarily the milk that is aggravating the bug.

My sympathies, we had it in our house last week. It's ghastly.

This is why i'm in two minds, the poor little thing must be starving and milk is more filling than water

would leave off the milk for now, it can be difficult to digest. best to stick to sipps of water they won't become mal nourished over a couple of days. toast etc is a good thing to start with

DS has this last week. We left out all milk. I was advised to offer dry starchy foods - dry toast, bread sticks, rice cakes, plain pasta, etc. But not to worry if they don't want anything, they won't be feeling like it and children very good at following own appetite signals.

DS ate nothing but handful of breadsticks for 5 days! He didn't seem hungry - just poorly and miserable. Week later and he is himself again.

Hope she feels better soon, it is horrible. Big hug for you too.

Thank you, she hasn't eaten anything since saturday except for a tiny amount of grated cheese this morning. I have been cooking her favourite meals but she wont touch them. She is drinking plenty of water and sleeping most of the time. Hopefully she will start eating soon. Didn't give the milk just in case, would have hated for her to start vomitting again.

sounds like she maybe on the mend as long as she is taking plenty of fluids she will be fine she will eat when she is ready x