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Dd2 is ill. Can't keep anything down - even water. Should I be doing anything?

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 21/04/2008 08:19

I know to give her water anyway, even if she throws it back up again, I know to keep her snuggly and as comfy as poss.

Is there anything else that I should be thinking of doing?

Any medicine or something that I should be telling dp to buy from the chemist?

She's 3.10

Thanks.

xx

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elesbells · 21/04/2008 08:25

I don't think there is anything else you can do really (except the obvious calpol if she gets a temp)

sympathy to you though squonk, its a horrible bug doing the rounds, we've all had it here. hope she feels better soon though bless her x

MegSophandEmma · 21/04/2008 08:25

Poor wee love

I think you could give her the tiniest sips of diorylite (sp?) which you can buy from the chemist. It will replace the salts she is losing from her body which is a big cause of dehydration. You must give tiny sips every five mins for about an hour or continue if she still continues to throw up.

Hope she gets better soon

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 21/04/2008 08:29

dioralyte? super. Thanks.

I vaguely remembered that there was something, but couldn't remember what it was!

She's feeling very sorry for herself, is curled up next to me on the settee covered in her Teletubbies quilt and doing the occasional moan

She's still saying that she is well enough to go to nursery though

Thanks very much both.

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3littlefrogs · 21/04/2008 08:30

Can she suck icelollies or ice cubes made with fruit squash? Sometimes they can absorb a bit of fluid that way. you can make your own mixture with fruit squash and a pinch of salt and freeze that into cubes.

EffiePerine · 21/04/2008 08:32

If she dhoes signs of dehydration, get her to the docs or to A7E to sort it out.

When we were in and out of the hospital last week, ALL the other children in A&E were suffering from the vomiting bug. Treatment seemed to be small amounts of clear liquid (poss dioralyte?) in a syringe like calpol: 5 mls in 5 mins. None of them were being sick again (that I could see)

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 21/04/2008 08:33

that's a good idea. I'll give that a go as well.

just a teeny pinch of salt I take it?

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 21/04/2008 08:35

she's not showing any dehydration signs right now, effie. she's fairly bright in herself. But she's getting to the stage where she doesn't want to drink water as she knows she will be sick straight after.

Will try the ice lolly things.

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EffiePerine · 21/04/2008 08:36

WHO recipe:

the World Health Organization has established a field recipe for fluid rehydration: Mix 2 tablespoons of sugar (or honey) with ¼ teaspoon of table salt and ¼ teaspoon of baking soda. (Baking soda may be substituted with ¼ teaspoon of table salt.) Mix in 1 liter (1 qt) of clean or previously boiled water.

EffiePerine · 21/04/2008 08:37

more here:

rehydrate.org/solutions/homemade.htm

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 21/04/2008 08:37

fantastic. I have all those ingredients as well (that never happened before )

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 21/04/2008 08:39

should I be worried that she hasn't pooed for a couple of days?

She's not weeing very much either, but if she's losing liquid by sweating and throwing up, then that's to be expected? She is weeing a bit, just not as much as usual.

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hoxtonchick · 21/04/2008 08:40

full sugar lemonade or coke would be good too, if you can persuade her to drink bubbles. or you can leave it to go flat. no dairy until she hasn't been throwing up a while (i always find that bit hard when they want their milk).

3littlefrogs · 21/04/2008 08:40

I make up a pint of juice with about half a level teaspoon of salt. None of mine would drink dioralite.....but they loved the fruity icecubes. (I make the same drink for dd when she is training - her coach says it is just as good as expensive sports drinks).

3littlefrogs · 21/04/2008 08:42

I suck ice cubes myself if I ever get a tummy bug - it seems to work.

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 21/04/2008 08:43

don't have any coke or lemonade, hoxtonchick (I never thought I'd be the kind of woman that has baking soda, but not pop )

Am making her up the honey drink that effie mentioned. ~Fingers crossed that she drinks it.

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EffiePerine · 21/04/2008 08:44

I have no idea - I think urinating is more important as it shoes she is getting fluid. If you're worried, ring your GP or NHS Direct .

bossybritches · 21/04/2008 08:45

ALso Squonk that if you keep letting her have sips of iced water all the time when she DOES vomit it a) gives her something to bring up -nothing worse than the dry heaves-& b)I always reckon SOME of the water must be absorbed between vomits so it should help keep her hydrated.

Otherwise Sofa & DVD therapy always helps in our house!

poor Mini-squonk -hope she recovers soon.

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 21/04/2008 08:46

bugger. Just checked cupboards and I'm not as housewifey as I thought.

It's lemon curd, not honey

And I appear to have baking powder, and bicarbinate of soda.

Which (if any) is baking powder?

Or should I ask that question in a recipe section?

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 21/04/2008 08:47

sorry - obviously the baking powder is baking powder.

I mean to ask, which is baking soda?

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EffiePerine · 21/04/2008 08:47

I think it's bicarb. You can use plain sugar rather than honey.

EffiePerine · 21/04/2008 08:48

yup

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_bicarbonate

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 21/04/2008 08:49

thank you.

(How come I never think to look on wiki or google something for myself? I always ask here and expect someone to look it up for me but when someone else asks a question, I'm always there googling it for them? tis a mystery...)

Right, off to make rehydrating drink with baking soda.

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EffiePerine · 21/04/2008 08:51

becasue youare dealing with a vomiting child and I am sitting at my desk with a cup of tea

hope she feels better soon

procrastinatingparent · 21/04/2008 09:00

I know this runs counter to the other advice you've been getting, but when my DD couldn't keep anything down at all, my GP advised me not to give her anything even water for 4 to 6 hours after the last vomit because it was just irritating her stomach. It did stop the cycle of vomiting.

When I do give them liquids after a rest, I make sure it is just a tiny tiny sip every 10 minutes, going to every five minutes if they seem to be keeping that down after a couple of hours.

When I have thrown up, the last thing my stomach feels like is anything in it, so despite DH's protestations I never have anything to sip until I've had a long break from being sick.

It's easy to be scared about them getting dehydrated, and I keep a careful watch on that but after some vomiting episodes which have gone on for days, I now strictly enforce the no liquids for 4 hours rule and it seems to be better.

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SquonkTheBeerGuru · 21/04/2008 09:10

thanks, proc. I'm going to just give her sips for a while and see if she can keep them down.

I do know what you mean about continuing sickness, though, it's horrible. I'm going to see how we get on.

(she said that the rehydrating mixture is "deeeeeees-gusting" so I may struggle to get her to drink it )

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