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DS has the stomach flu!! #3223 03/27/04 05:50 AM
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 272 DawnL OP extra helpful experienced member
OP DawnL extra helpful experienced member Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 272	Poor guy! He got bronchiolitis when he was about 2.5 months old. Now he has the stomach flu at 4.5 months old. The pediatric nurse told me to try him on pedialyte, and I just tried to give him some in a bottle. I woke him up to give it to him. He started to suckle the bottle, then he stopped, and he eyes opened all the way, and he gave me this look of disgust. I don't know if it was for the bottle itself, the pedialite, or both, but he would not take it. So I offered the breast. He only nursed a couple of minutes, which is good. I don't want him to drink a ton, and then ralph it all up again. My poor baby!! I'm going to try to nurse him a little more in another 10 minutes or so, then I will pump off the "extra". Anyone have any advice? wife to Jim, mommy to Daphne and Jeran and Jalen

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Re: DS has the stomach flu!! DawnL #3224 03/27/04 06:33 AM
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,347 Canada L Lenore extra helpful experienced member
Lenore extra helpful experienced member L Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,347 Canada	Hi Dawn, How awful!! Ok, my son had the same thing. Sometimes there's an ear infection that goes undiagnosed because it's "hidden" by the stomach flu...I hope his ears were checked.... You're doing all the right things. Pedialyte often and breastmilk in small amounts should do the trick. If he won't take the pedialyte, just keep offering the breast a little bit at a time. Even if it's a few sucks every 10 min or so. The idea is to keep him hydrated. Even if he upchucks he's still going to end up digesting some of your milk. Fondly, Lenore Goldfarb, Ph.D.,CCC,IBCLC Wife to Rob, Mom to Adam aged 13, and Ethan aged 9, both born via GS and breastfed via Regular Newman-Goldfarb Protocol.

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