[stellabluz]

My 16 m dd has had a virus with diarehha for 1 week now and vomited for 3 days. She is breastfed as her primary source of nutrients, eats food too~not for the past 2 weeks very much though.
She has been nursin non-stop, but i noticed last night that i am way engorged on my big plentiful side and noticed she is not wanting to nurse for very long. Am I just making more milk cause of the ebf?
She has definately lost her chub and she's very sleepy. Doesnt want to drink water and no foods.
What should i look for in terms of deydration and how long does a stomach virus usually last??? Isnt a week of major diarehha enough for a little one, geez!
any help would be greatly appreciated?
dosages of probiotic ? too~she's about 23-24 lbs.

 

[stellabluz]

hmmm nobody?

 

[Jwebbal]

How much weight has she lost? What color is her urine? How much urine is she putting out? From the sounds of it, she definitely seems dehydrated, more than I myself am comfortable being okay with without being seen by a healthcare provider. Personally I have given oral rehydration fluids in a child that old, if they were definitely dehydrated. Breastmilk is wonderful, but if they weren't drinking enough, I might get something with more electrolytes in it. Perhaps you should take her in? That's an awful long time to have vomiting and diahhrea.

 

[stellabluz]

We have gone in~twice in the past week and half. First it was a mild ear infection, dosed her with abx, that cleared up and this came on in the mddle of treatment, think because her immune system was down...probably picked this virus up there when we went back in for physicals...
Thats the only reason i actually know she lost weight...the scales there. it was maybe about a pound.
Her didees are now getting wet after a few hours. pee is light yellow, shes nursin away and no diarehha as of this am.
what fluids? pedialite?
thanks and hello from ventura!