[blparent] stomach flu

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Awww, poor thing.  My pediatrician told me that a baby between six months 
and a year could go twelve hours of occasional vomiting, or eight hours of 
persistent vomiting, without getting severely dehydrated.  It might be worth 
a call to your doctor in the morning if your son hasn't stopped throwing up, 
but a trip to the emergency room probably isn't necessary tonight.  If the 
baby seems to have no tears when he cries, or if he goes six or eight hours 
without a wet diaper, he might be getting dehydrated.  Again, probably a 
call to the doc in the morning will be fine if he just started getting sick 
tonight.  You might try giving him a few teaspoons of Pediasure, or there 
are also frozen electrolyte pops for babies, to see if he can take that.  If 
he has a fever, maybe some infant Tylenol.  But it just sounds like you'll 
have to wait out the misery.  That can be stressful for a baby and his 
parents, but hang in there.  It's way harder to have a sick kid than it is 
to be sick yourself!  Vomiting can be scary for a baby who doesn't 
understand what's happening, so just hold him and reassure him.

Keep your chin up,
Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Chad Allen" <chad at chadallenmagic.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:42 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] stomach flu

> Hello List,
>
> My son came home with a stomach flu today.
>
> He threw up twice in two hours. I forget how often vomiting needs to 
> happen
> before dehydration becomes a concern.
>
> I know it's not twice in two hours but if he continues, when do you go to
> the emergency room?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chad
>
>
>
>
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