Ill ds (11 months) not drinking milk or water...

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DS has a viral infection. He last had a full bottle at15:30 yesterday. He only had an oz of his bedtime bottle, and this morning has refused his morning bottle. He normally has 28oz in a day, so this is really unusual. He is off his food as well
He's ignoring his sippy cup of water. He has had a few sips of dh's squash this morning, but not a huge amount.
I'm obviously worried about dehydration, and just don't know what to do. He has had a temperature the last few days, but it's back to normal today. His nappy over night was heavy and wet.
Does anyone have any advice, please?

The fact his nappy was wet is a good night. Try to offer little and often if he wants to drink squash that is fine as long as he is drinking.

If necessary syringe fluids in.

keep track of how much he drinks, how much he wees and if he doesn't have a wet nappy in 12 hours then go and get him checked.

Thanks Sirzy. We've just noticed he is dribbling lots, so wondering now if he is teething as well. Think we are just going to keep offering snacks today apart from meals, and will keep an eye on his nappies. I just can't help but worry

Offer watery snacks like cucumber/ watermelon/ etc. also yogurts/ ice cream/ lollies/ rice pudding etc all have lots of liquid for him ( even if ice cream isn't his staple diet!)

Can you offer food with lots of water in? Watermelon? Cucumber? If he's teething he may also like chewing on cold fruit like this.

When my DS (9mo) had a vomiting bug and could keep any volumes of water or milk down, our GP told us to buy some diralyte rehydration salts and use the calpol syringe to syringe 10mls into his mouth every 15 mins or so for a couple of hours. Apparently this will help stop a pooey child getting dehydrated.

Xx

DH just mentioned cucumber, Greek . I stayed home yesterday to look after him, so dh has offered to look after ds this morning to give me a break. Probably a good idea, as I feel stressed about him not drinking enough, and ds is possibly picking up on that.

Oh yes the diarlyte is a syringe full every 10 mins instead of a cup every hour. However on the box it says over 2 years so you should only use on recommendation of doctors ( they always suggest but I think it's so people don't give too often if not needed)

I've had this recently with my LO who has been ill with diarrhoea. I've been very worried about dehydration. Like others say, watery snacks are a good idea. Also, I offer my little one dry snacks like rice cakes and dry toast; this makes her thirsty and she is happy to sip away at her water while she eats them. My doc prescribed her diarlyte, but only after 3 days of illness.

Thanks all. He's just gone to sleep. We've given him some ibuprofen to help with the teething, so hoping he will drink something when he wakes up.

Hurrah, after a day of only taking sips of water, he's just downed 5ozs of milk. DH didn't heat up, so it was cold straight from the fridge, so not sure if that made a difference. He's now drinking from his sippy cup too