Re assure me, dd2 18mths been sick again , its been 5 days.......

[melsy]

and a close call nearly being admitted for borderline dehydration on Thursday. Ive been giving her regular syringing of re hydration solution at hospital and all day yesterday at home. She hadnt been sick since 10:30 am Thursday morning. Big worrier I am.

She seemed to perk up a lot last night and started making her talky noises, got off the sofa (were shes been languishing for days) and started playing.

I stupidly thought , ahh may be she can have a little drop of milk for bed as she seemed so much more like herself. She took 3oz and then wanted bed. 2 minutes later we heard a cry from her room and went in to find her covered sick . I feel such an idiot thinking back now , why on earth did we lay her down so soon . Im good at mentally kicking myself.

She slept on and off during the night , didnt cry at all, until summoning for breakfast. Shes had a handful of dry cereal ,half a cracker & 30-40 oz of solution by syringe every 5mins and a bit in her cup, this has all stayed down so far. Shes now laying on the sofa next to me and smiling one brief moment. Ive also had little laugh at In the night garden. She never normally pays attention to it except for this programme !

She doesnt want to move though and is still very grumpy. She just wants to lay in bed a lot , which isnt surprising, id be the same , but we really thought she'd start coming round now.

Its hard to know what to let her eat.

Im just not sure what else I can do?

awwwww melsy

why is this happening to you?
this was supposed to be your year!!!

I'd give her a bit more time. She's obviously very worn from it all and needs to rest to get her energy back.

Hi! Our 12mo DD has been sick on/off for a week now - gastric flu we think, thought it was Noro at first but I think that's usually 48hrs max - GP said something interesting yesterday - that it's the (spike in) fever that makes her sick, which we hadn't thought about. Her temp hasn't been very high but we've been giving her low dose calpol (2.5mls) or infant ibuprofen prophylactically every 6 hours and she seems to be doing ok.
The length of time between sicky episodes has naturally been getting longer anyway, but since we've been reg dosing she's been clear now for almost 48hrs and appetite slowly improving.
Please remember, I'm not a doctor and our DD hasn't been dehydrated/needed hosp. treatment (thank god) so please run thinking past your GP before taking my word for it.
Good luck, and hope she's much better soon x

Also, our DD has been V only, no D, which might be different.........

oooooo NBG ,I knowwwww , I dont know what it is , its back to back for 13mths now. I want to know what it is Im meant to be learning from all this eh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had meltdown in a big way this morning, sobbing and telling whoever will listen to make it stop. MIL has offered to come this afternoon and help and sit for us to get out this evening for a bit.

Hows your 3 men and little lady ? & YOu of course ???? Hows the crafting going for your stall?

She has had 1 episode of D this week monster. ahhhh so could have been gastric flu , although her temp hasnt gone above 37.4 at all. Glad your dd doing better, poor little one.

The first time my DD had this bug - at 20 mths - she was sick for a whole week. Then diarrohoea for the following week. She still managed to pass the bug on to my family 2 weeks after being sick for the first time. (even though I thought she was better by then!) . Seems to be worse the first time they have it

It's a mare isn't it, especially when they seem fine and jolly for a short time and then they get sick and all upset again....

Forgot to mention Fil is a retired gp and he said it was possibly just the fattyness of the milk that upset her curent delicate tummy.

You just feel helpless , like you want to do something to make them better and quickly. Evryone always says how quick lo's bounce back , I just havent found that with my 2. Will I do now with dd1 for the 1st time since having her adontonsilectomy !!

Awww i want to give you a big hug

Big man is ill with bad Gout attack, 2 little men have cold and little lady is having problems with life in general lol.

Fair is fully booked but need to buy supplies!

oohhh no not 2 weeks after annoyingdevil, weve got a lovely belated anniversary/birthday trip next weekend , dh will go mental if anyone else gets ill. I think I will run away!

oohhh shame NBG , so u cant do it now.

gout sounds yueeek , dont know what that is?

Sounds lots of fun in chez NBG also !!!!

gout is high levels of uruic acid in your blood and it b asically forms crystals in your feet around the joints.
Basically he cant walk well.

This attacks been quite bad so he's going on lifetime meds.

Melsy, sorry your DD is still going through this. How are you feeling now?
DS2 is full of snot and DS1 is also snotty and loosing his voice bless him.
We've still managed to escape all the other nasties out there.

aww poor dh, I didnt know he had this, or is it a recent diagnoses? Feel for him and you , who needs help more than ever. Hope your doing ok? You seem to be doing really good ((((((((((((NBG))))))))))) anyway !!!

aww hiya bug , colds suck , theyre just there making you feel blahhhh. Get making some chicken soup, NBG's made my recipe !!!! Its very true that it helps a LOT.

Oooh chicken soup sounds good! How do yo make it?
DH feels yuck too atm, he reckons he's picked up 'baby flu' from the boys

Im having a pitty party in my head right now , on verge of tears. Need to have a bath and do hair when dd2 has some sleep after lunch. Shes only eating cereal and crackers , doesnt want anything else. Although she attempted some sweetcorn last night!

Looking out my window at the sun on trees is nice though , I jsut want to go and be alone in some warm forest somewere !!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was diagnosed a few years ago but he only ever gets a couple of mild attacks a year but this time he's had 3 in 3 months and this one is v bad.

I'm great!

Will call you next week.

Oooooh yeah.

Chicken soup rocks!

Infact I'm doing roast chicken for lunch tomorrow so I'll make it tomorrow night.

very easy and simple to do , this is simialr to mine , except I dont use dil or parsley in it and I keep the skin on my onions for colour. Oh and I use a chicken stock cube too add flavour. trad Jewish chicken soup recipe.

Ive been giving it to dd2 , just the liquid , as doctor at hospital said it would be ok , it has amazing properties in it when all cooked together. some science about it!!!!

whole chicken or chicken pieces & do you cook it first?

I use a whole chicken (or 2 as I do 2 big big pots to freeze loads into portions). I buy them cut up already. I use them raw (bones bit and all), as we shred the chicken into the soup and with the noodles (cook and store separately), its a lovely meal.

You can use pre cooked chicken , I dont know wether it tastes as rich?

I want to go bed for a week or 2 !!!!

Please pray I stay D&V free , I'll be heartbroken to ruin our holiday away.

Annoyingdevil - & for longer-lasting more interesting bug type thing. Hope that's NOT what DD has......was looking forward to a pick up in household health imminently. DH has had 24hrs D&V, but I haven't had anything...yet
Lots of luck for the holiday, Melsy. I don't think we'll be booking anything in advance - summer usually happens in April, yes?, so will wait for good health and a sunny forecast and nip away somewhere sharpish.

Not sure if anyone's already posted this, but it's best not to give milk when children have been sick. many become temporarily intolerant of lactose, and the milk just continues to make them sick. try soya milk instead (obviously depends on age). I alwyas keep mine off milk/yoghurt/cheese for a week after they've stopped being sick jsut in case.

i discovered this as ds had exactly the same symptoms as the op's child. he seemed to be getting better in himself, but was still being sick. swapped to soya milk which he liked, fortunately and he was fine after that.

ahh yes thank you go. I did read in the last 48hrs they can get lactose intolerant for the period of the illness. It must be some kind of gastric flu , may be rota virus , (I hoping so the likelihood of us getting it is limited).

Can you believe my dh went and made the girls pasta and then put Philadelphia on it, it just touched dd2's mouth and she vomited again everywhere .

I told him to NOT give any dairy , how clear do I have to be?????????????????????????

Its times like that that you feel guilty for having a break and a bath .

I cant even put into words quite how I feel about his errrm help sometimes. My mum says to do it myself , so when do I get a beak and why should he get off so easily ???????????

She existing on dry cereal , crackers , toast and crisps and some ribena in water. NOT at all what Id give her normally ,but she needs some carbs , salt and sugar . She wont eat fruit or any chicken, veg. Im stumped. She seems a little better though and is waling around the house a bit. Mainly though she just lollops on the sofa staring at nothing.

We got out last night for 2hrs alone, was a good relief , but back in the house again and dh and I are bickering again.