My 9 month old has had gastroenterites from Tuesday night/Wed am and finally after it getting no better we took him back to the doctor yesterday am. He advised to keep him on water for 24 hours to clear it out his system which we did and he took about 16floz yesterday and it seemed to clear up the diarrhoea bit and he's stopped being sick. So then today he's had about 22 floz fluid already (diluted formula) and a couple of bowls of babyrice.
He slept surprisingly from 6.30pm last night to 4.30am even though he'd only had water, so I re-settled with a bottle of water, 6.15 the same. He woke at 7.20. Since then he's slept for about 4/5 hours and can't seem to stay awake. He's lying next to me on our carpet just plonked out. He hasn't slept this much during these last few days which have been horrendous, but I suspect he almost felt too ill to sleep. Is this just that the illness has finally got the better of him and he's sleeping it out ?? Should I be worried? Will he sleep tonight if he's slept all day ? Bit worried as I return to work in the morning, first day back - great !!
Any advice !