day 239: the 3 hour stomach flu? or an incredible unedible egg? II.
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i never noticed how insane the gerber baby is looking these days.
perhaps not surprisingly, the pediatrician didn't think it was very likely that
odin was having a life threatening allergic reaction to
an egg . no, he thought it was much more likely that he had a case of mild stomach flu and recommened that after odin had stopped vomiting for an hour to start giving him 15 CCs of electrolytes every 15 minutes. if he made it for four hours without an incident, then he could start nursing again. of course, i was relieved to know that i wouldn't have to test my
infant cpr skills.
after we started giving him small amounts of
gerber liquilytes , odin quickly began acting as if nothing had happened, which is actually a little unsettling because i would think that the effects of stomach flu would last a longer than 3 or 4 hours.
as an interesting aside, it became clear to us that odin
loved the
liquilytes . i was suprised to see that both it and
pedialyte contain
sucralose . i'm not saying i think it's provably unsafe, but it still seems wierd to put a n artifical sweetener untested on infants in a product that's meant to be given to sick kids.
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I like how it is "unflavored" yet has a
"great taste"!!!! LOL... hope he feels better
soon. :)
Posted 42 months ago.
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yeah, "unflavored" with sucralose!
Posted 42 months ago.
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I'm surprised your doc thought it was the
stomach flu. Did he have a fever, chills or
any other symptoms? I would guess it was the
egg, especially since he felt better once he
completely emptied the contents of his
stomach and had a bit of electrolytes to
flush him out. Well, either way, you pretty
much treat a stomach flu the same as food
poisoning. www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babyills/babys
tomach/12012... www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babyills/babys
tomach/11900...
Posted 42 months ago.
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Oh, and about the sucralose electrolyte;
There are a couple brands that contain a rice
syrup instead, but sometimes they come with
artificial flavor. Sugar, in the form of
sucrose, fructose or dextrose is something
that can make dehydrations worse. www.chinookmed.com/detail.php?product_id=0007
41&limit_sta... blogs.salon.com/0002504/2004/12/13.html
Posted 42 months ago.
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candy: I'm surprised your doc thought it was
the stomach flu. Did he have a fever, chills
or any other symptoms? I would guess it was
the egg... salmonella poisoning, which usually takes 12-72 hours
for symptoms to appears and lasts for much
longer than a couple of hours.
Posted 42 months ago.
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My son was disgusted when he saw that
Pediatlyte had aspartame in it, so they did
not give that to the baby. Also, their
pediatrician prescribed Singulair for their 2
yr old, (for asthma)and I found that it also
had aspartame in it, so they didn't give it
to him; and you know, he never really needed
it... he outgrew the asthma and hasn't had
one episode of it this winter. If you look up
sucralose,its made with chlorine. Ugh.
Parents just have to read labels very closely
because apparently the drs. dont have time to
do so.
Posted 42 months ago.
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I wasn't thinking salmonella, more like just
rejecting something rich or bad, like when
Adam got a hold of a day-old sippy cup of
milk that had rolled under the sofa. Vomiting
was pretty much within a couple hours, and
didn't stop until he had completely emptied
his stomach. Blech!! But, after he got rid of
it, he was all better.
Posted 42 months ago.
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candy: But, moms will tell you that
breastmilk is okay for rehydration and that
pedialyte was made especially for formula
babies recommend nursing for mild cases but urge
supplementing electrolytes in moderate to
severe cases. then again, even though the
doctor is in favor of nursing and knows that
odin is nursing full time, maybe they just
"forget" and give the standard, cookie cutter
advice.
Posted 42 months ago.
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I don't think the advice was necessarily bad.
If he was dry heaving, he may have not really
felt like latching onto mom. But, in the same
respect, what I learned from my days with a
reflux baby, vomiting is not really a sign of
dehydration. A baby can upchuck a lot and the
body still retains water. The diaper is the
best indicator - fewer wet diapers or dark
yellow diapers are warning signs for sure.
Posted 42 months ago.
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candy: I wasn't thinking salmonella, more
like just rejecting something rich or bad...
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