tips and advice needed for baby and mum with sickness/runs

[spongecake]

hi there
am at wits end as we both have it now - spend all time washing clothes, hands, surfaces. baby been ill for nearly a week now and doc says nothing he can do. we both feel terrible- am still bf. tried the diorlite (sp) but he just was sic and then v suspicious of any liquid

any tips and advice vvv welcome

Just keep bf, best thing for baby's upset tum. Drink the diorlyte yourself.

You have my sympathy, I had 2 bouts of severe vomiting when lo was a few weeks old, in one of them I couldn't even keep water down, so didn't drink for 4 days.

Oh poor you. I know it's obvious but drink drink drink. I had an awful sickness bug when I was bfeeding DD and she got, via me, all the liquid I was able to manage and I got horribly dehydrated and ended up in hospital.

If your hands get sore with all the washing use latex gloves for poo cleaning duty.

Do you have anyone around who can help you?

my dh is off for 2 days from 2moro and says he will clean house/ be on baby duty, but he is now starting to feel ill.

Hi spongecake, much sympathy, our household is in recovery after a week of d&v, very nasty bug doing the rounds. Would second the advice here, drink as much as you can yourself and keep bf. Would also say that if at any point you're really not happy with the ammount of fluid db is getting or if he stops getting wet nappies then I would by pass GP and go straight to a&e as may need iv fluids. Dh works at our local children's hospital and there are a lot of kids in with this at the moment - nobody will think you're over-reacting if you feel you need to get db to hospital at any point. Very glad to hear your dh will be around, my FIL ended up coming over from Belfast to help us with the dcs and the extra hands made a big diff. Really hope you both feel better soon, it's rotten .

we are better now, fingers crossed- wouldn't wish it on anyone. thanks for all the advice