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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
*blondie*
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Dh & I figure she's had 10oz of fluids today
*blondie*
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I don't want to give her juice and water in high quantities isn't good either. Until she starts drinking more of the formula it would probably be a good idea to pick up some Pedialyte ya?
**8 of the 10 oz was bm from 4:30 and 8:30am before I went to the Dr. this morning. So she's only drank 2 oz of formula since 8:30am.**
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Re: Dh & I figure she's had 10oz of fluids today
Yikes, that's not much.
I don't really know anything about pedialyte, can you call your dr. or a pharmacy about it?
With cereal and fruit. The fruit got 2oz down but that's it.
Pharmacy is closed and our Dr. doesn't have a night service. I'll call in the morning though for sure.
K, I just googled tips for getting a BF baby to take formula and saw this:
"Along the same vein, babies may be more likely to take a bottle if they are in an environment other than where they typically breast feed-the day care provider's home, or another room or chair. Once the baby tries and learns to accept the bottle in this unusual or different environment, he or she will probably be more likely to take a bottle in other circumstances as well."
Also, does your DD take a bottle otherwise? Like maybe she doesn't like the flow or something?
We had a stomach bug last month, we were told by pedi that they should be getting at least half of what they normally get, including, formula, pedialyte, ice pops.....so 10-12oz for a day or 2 is okay.
Ya we tried that as well with no luck. But thank you for searching online for me, I appreciate the help! And no she doesn't take a bottle otherwise. We have tried a traditional sippy, straw sippy and bottle with the formula. She took a 1/2 oz from the bottle and then 1 1/2 oz from the straw sippy with fruit in it earlier today.
I'm not sure how else to get fluids into her other than pedialyte. If this goes on for another day then we'll end up back in the ER with her being the patient rather than me. And that would be worse!
This may be totally out there, but I've seen these supplemental nursing systems that attach to the breast. Could that work? I don't know where you get them.
ETA: Now I realized this probably won't work, since you don't want her to have your BM.
I know she needs the calories but she also needs fluids. I gave her about 16oz of solids today so I'm not too worried about the calorie intake (plus about 8oz of bm). At this point I am worried about dehydration!!
I would be worried about dehydration throughout the night. Definitely make sure she's having wet diapers.
I have no advice, but I would probably give some Pedialyte.
No, I'm the one that's sick. I was in and out of the ER and Dr's office for the past three days with a SERIOUS case of hives. Like really really really really bad hives. I've had an IV, numerous shots and am now taking 10 pills a day to help stop them. Since I bf her she has to have formula until I stop taking all the medications. She has never had formula before today and hasn't had a bottle since early December. It isn't going so well.
I agree with this. Any fluid she'll drink I'd give her just to avoid dehydration
This is exactly my thought. Dh just left a few minutes to pick up some Pedialyte at Target.
I'm sure she's fine. Remember solids have water in them too, so she's getting something from them too.