Stomach bug and no formula

trojas

My LO has been fighting a virus this whole week. Today, for the sake of diarrhea, I did not give him any formula whatsoever. He's taking lots of pedialyte, diluted juice and occasional solids cause his appetite is stil not 100%. 

I'm wondering if any of you mommies have ever gone a day or two w/o giving your LO any BM or formula. His stomach goes bananas with the milk so I want to make sure his tummy is better before giving it again. Just wondering how much time is OKAY not to have formula. 

stanfordt04

my pedi told me to stop giving formula when LO had the stomach bug. we stuck to pedialyte the whole time... well. as much pedialyte as i could get him to drink. i think he went a day or two without formula.

laurenhankey

Yes! My daughter's last ear infection was a nightmare and she wouldn't eat AT ALL!  I ended up giving pedialyte to her w/ a medicine dropper.  It was the only way I could get anything into her.  Our pedi said any liquid you can get in is fi

JennaNAaron

We did when LO had a bad bout with diarrhea.  Then after a day or so they had us do every other bottle pedialyte.  The also switched us from a milk based formula to a soy formula during her bug (she had diarrhea for 2 weeks straight).

vrj0522

At about 6 or 7 months my LO had a bad stomach bug and was on pedialyte for 2 days with very little solids and about 4 oz of formula each day. It is so short term and it's okay for them to go without formula for the sake of getting better.

lskay00

You could always try half strength formula bottles too if you're worried about lo being hungry or not getting enough.  Mine was sick about a month ago, I gave him a 6 oz bottle with formula for a 3 oz bottle.  He kept it down.  Good Luck!