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15mo dd hasn't eaten for 4 days....keeps being sick when eating any solids - help!!

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BrightShinySun · 12/12/2007 12:18

Hi, my dd came down with a sickness bug fri night which me and dh then had also over the weekend. Sickness only lasted a few hours but since then she has got another chest infection (third in about two months!)

It was the first time shes been sick since being very small. Thing is she hasn't really eaten anything since then and her milk intake is pretty low compared to normal.

Yesterday morning she ate two mouthfuls of scrammbled egg but that was it and so last night I tried her on some carrots etc which she normally loves, she took one mouthful, choked went red in the face and then was sick and wouldn't touch anything else.

This morning she did the same with some scrammbled egg, took one mouthful choked and was sick.

Took her to the drs this morning who gave antibiotics for chest infection and said it may be that she is just run down. Just wondered if anyone had had anything similar, it's very unlike her, she is not herself and it doesn't seem right that she is not eating at all let alone with the sickness.

Sorry its so long!x

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fluffyanimal · 12/12/2007 12:34

Don't worry, so long as she is getting plenty of fluids, she'll eat again when she's feeling better. My ds had gastroenteritis when he was 12 months and he ate virtually nothing for a good week to 10 days. It took a while for him to stop being sick after his appetite returned - he wanted to eat but his stomach was't used to it so he'd wolf something down then puke it straight back. It is scary at the time, but hydration is the main thing. I'd keep offering small amounts of fruit, veg and easy carbs like rice but don't worry if she doesn't want it yet.

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