[blparent] Stomach flu

[Erin Rumer]

My mom used Ginger ale for me when I had the flu as an older child at 5+
years but never as a baby.  The bubbles and the ginger help the stomach but
if I were to do anything like that for my son I'd look for the real Ginger
ale that they sell at Trader Joe's and health food stores like that because
he really doesn't need all that sugar.  The sugar kind of defeats the
purpose of trying to settle the stomach with the carbonation.

Erin

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:21 AM
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I've heard that cola drinks can work as an anti-neauseant; leave the can
open for at least half an hour so that the soda goes flat.

Debbie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:43 PM
Subject: [blparent] Stomach flu


> The Pedialyte popsicles are actually sold in the baby section or
> pharmacy of stores. Pedialyte also makes flavored solutions and not just
> the plain electrolyte solution you add to drinks. The flavored ones
> actually taste pretty good with flavors like bubble gum, grape, apple
> and fruit punch. Only use Pedialyte after speaking with a doctor or
> pharmacist though. And not a pharmacy assistant, but the actual
> pharmacist.
>
> I've heard of giving Sprite or 7-Up if a kids dehydrated, but sparingly,
> but no other soda beyond this. I guess the goal is to push liquids of
> any kind, but soda acts as a dieretic because of the caffeine, and if
> diet, the nutrasweet, which of course, extra urination due to a dieretic
> doesn't help when dehydrated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
>
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