I need more sick baby advice. Wont drink pedialyte

Oohgurl · December 2013

We are having a rough month. He got over his double ear infection this week and now he has a rash and is vomiting.

Doc saw him today and said to give pedialyte only today since he is puking up everything else.

He wont drink it. I have tried room temp and cold as suggested. Yup not having it.

Has anyone warmed it? And other advice? He hasnt eaten all day except a bottle in the morning that he puked up and oatmeal that he puked up at 9am.

mommatotwo2 · December 2013

Maybe try putting it into a medicine syringe and giving it to him that way? he won't like it, but at least it will hydrate him. Also, maybe a pedialite popsicle? I know they sell them in certain stores- but you could probably make one on your own if you have a popsicle mold.

mommatotwo2 · December 2013

Also- I'm very sorry your sweet LO is sick

I hope he is feeling better very soon.

TradeMama · December 2013

I agree with the syringe...maybe try giving him a squirt every few minutes.

kcwnc · December 2013

When K had a puking rally a couple of weeks ago our ped suggested eating one ounce of milk at a time, letting it settle for at least 10 minutes before giving him anything else. Start smaller than that and let him rest and cuddle as much as he wants. Hope he feels better soon!

huzzahuzza · December 2013

kcbearc said:
When K had a puking rally a couple of weeks ago our ped suggested eating one ounce of milk at a time, letting it settle for at least 10 minutes before giving him anything else. Start smaller than that and let him rest and cuddle as much as he wants. Hope he feels better soon!

I second this. J was sick this week too, poor things! Also, J's poop turned yellow... like LIGHT yellow... after his puking bug. Apparently this is normal after some bugs.

Amer0317 · December 2013

W started puking yesterday as well. Besides not wanting to eat all that much, and of course the puking, he is in good spirits. Scared me though, I've never seen a baby throw up so much before. We called the doctor and she suggested pedialyte too if we are worried about him being dehydrated. My DH talked to her and of course didn't ask how much, so just out of curiosity, how much did your doctor say to give. Have you tried it in a sippy cup? GL and hope your LO is in the mend soon!

Oohgurl · December 2013

I tried the sippy cup, no go. He did seem to like it when his binkie was dipped in it. We just gave him half a bottle, so far it is staying down. He has had 2 pee diapers. So that is good.

mammie · December 2013

I hope he is feeling better soon. Little ones sick is so hard to watch.

snowgirl427 · December 2013

Poor baby.

Oohgurl · December 2013

He ended up taking 2 half formula bottles. That is a win in my book. Still no pedialyte though. I am not sure why he doesn't like it. I hope this is only a 24 hour thing!

FmrAFBrat · December 2013

My pedi told me to water down Gatorade. Most kids won't drink Pedialyte (it's nasty) and Gatorade has the same stuff in it.

bumpuser3155624 · December 2013

We had to get the unflavored pedialyte for LO. Tried orange and she refused it.

Hope he feels better soon!
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D&S724 · December 2013

Poor thing! One of my kids had a stomach nasty bug when he was that age, and the pedi told me to give him Pedialyte through a syringe because he couldn't keep a bottle down. It helped!

Good luck!

Oohgurl · December 2013

@amer0317 i did not ask how much. It seemed like I was supposed to give it in replacement of a regular bottle. So if I were replacing 4 bottles, use the same of pedialyte.

lizziebooper · December 2013

Oohgurl said:

@amer0317 i did not ask how much. It seemed like I was supposed to give it in replacement of a regular bottle. So if I were replacing 4 bottles, use the same of pedialyte.

No I am sure that is too much. When lo was sick with the stomach bug a few weeks ago I called the telehealth line and they told me to give her 1 tsp every 5 min when she was awake for the first 8 hrs if she didn't vomit any more then to try a bottle after that.

Oohgurl · December 2013

The bottle says for a one year old to give 32-64 oz a day. Says to consult a dr for under a year.

lizziebooper · December 2013

cromie713 said:

Oohgurl said:

@amer0317 i did not ask how much. It seemed like I was supposed to give it in replacement of a regular bottle. So if I were replacing 4 bottles, use the same of pedialyte.

No I am sure that is too much. When lo was sick with the stomach bug a few weeks ago I called the telehealth line and they told me to give her 1 tsp every 5 min when she was awake for the first 8 hrs if she didn't vomit any more then to try a bottle after that.
That would end up being like four 4 oz bottles if you did a tsp every 5mins. That's what our pedi said... 4 oz bottles of it- and to make sure he got 4 or 5 bottles if he was still vomiting

Yes if they are awake 8 hrs straight, anyway the point was more to have little amounts at a time so they can still be hydrated and able to keep it down. I hope oohgurls little guy feels better soon

Lolalipsy · December 2013

Hope he feels better soon poor thing.

Oohgurl · December 2013

He never ended up drinking any pedialyte but seems to be feeling better today. Drinking about 50% of his bottles and kept his oatmeal down.

Thanks all!

smg2302 · December 2013

Has this been asked: are you nursing or FFing? Our pedi says to mix it with formula instead of water. When DD was sick it worked like a charm. I'm not sure how that works if you are nursing.

Oohgurl · December 2013

smg2302 said:

Has this been asked: are you nursing or FFing? Our pedi says to mix it with formula instead of water. When DD was sick it worked like a charm. I'm not sure how that works if you are nursing.

He gets both BM and formula. I thought about mixing it with the formula but the website said to not do that. I think that may have been ok for diarhea but for vomiting she wanted me to avoid formula all together.

jillnnate · December 2013

We have used the G2 Gatorade instead and my daughter loves it.

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