Advice pls DS being sick

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DS 23 months has been being sick for 4 hours now. It's constant every 15 20 mins or so. It could be a sickness bug from nursery or overeating this morning. Normally he isn't sick for more than a couple of hours whatever the cause, I then leave it an hour after last sickness and reintroduce sips of water to rehydrate slowly. He's retching now and only bringing up saliva this has happened maybe 6 or 8 times in the last couple of hours. Do I still wait until he's stopped before offering any water? I feel like he'll just throw anything back up because his stomach is clearly still irritated and not settled. I don't think he's weed since the sickness came on which at the moment isn't an emergency but I'm aware that at some point in the next few hours he will need to rehydrate. It's the length of time the constant sickness has now lasted for that makes me unsure what to do. Thanks

Sounds like a bug bless him. I would give water but only a sip at a time and leave a gap between. Can you send someone out for some dioralyte? I remember giving 5ml of that at a time in a calpol syringe when dd was little. I hope he feels better soon.

Thanks for your reply I've given a few sips of water and I've got diarolyte so I'll give that too shortly. Really hope we're over the worst now 🤞

Can anyone else speak from experience? He was sick again after water so we've let him sleep now and it's been almost an hour since he had any liquid/was sick

Definitely doesn't sound like overeating.

It's also not that long for a bug really. Offer small sips once he wakes up and if he's still struggling to keep water down overnight and his nappies are still dry, I'd maybe call 111.

It could be food poisoning. I was violently sick for about 6 hours once about two hours after eating at a Nando's. It suddenly stopped and I felt absolutely fine.

We've been in a&e with an awful sickness bug and no wet nappies before.
They give apple juice in a syringe (5ml) every 15 minutes. Seemed to help keep it down as was a tiny amount often. Plus the sugar helps.

You need to start a fluid challenge, try 1ml per kg of weight every 10 mins

Record the amount of liquid in and and vomit/urine out

My 15 month DS has just recovered from a horrible sick bug (we all caught it) and was much like this at the beginning. Sips of water, and dioralyte for now - he won’t feel like eating. Keep an eye on nappies and if no wet nappies in a day then take him to A&E. Hope he recovers quickly!

Sounds like a sickness bug. My dd had it at 9 months and we ended up in hospital. We were given the exact same advice as @branvan5000 and she managed to keep the apple juice down.

We all ended up catching it and it was awful, as adults we didn’t eat for 24 hours to try stop the sickness.

Keep the dioralyte in the fridge and use a straw if he can manage it. Small sips , little and often. Ice lollies and flat fizzy drinks are worth a try too.

Agree with PPs, definitely sounds like a bug. If no wet nappies in 12 hours, I would seek medical advice. But definitely try to rehydrate little and often with dioralyte or apple juice - they need the sugars. My DD had low blood sugar when taken to hospital after vomiting, but it quickly went back to normal with a successful fluid challenge using apple juice. Forget food for a while and just focus on fluids.

Thanks everyone reassuring to get a sort of consensus. I've been syringing 5ml of diarolyte into him every 10 mins for over 3 hours now so he's had about 100ml and no more sickness. Hopefully we'll all get a few hours rest now. He did a small wee a couple of hours ago so good sign that the liquid is now passing through him. We've had several sickness bugs since he started nursery but this one has been particularly awful! I'm aware not to worry about food until he's rehydrated and tolerating liquids well. Good to know they'd start with a similar approach at hospital too if we'd taken him there. Thanks for all your comments