Help! My poorly baby is refusing fluids/milk
Hi ladies,
I am really worried about my LO he is 6 months old and has a chest infection. I noticed on thusday that he gone off his milk, this followed by cold symptoms and this got worse yesterday. Took him to my GP and he said he had a chest infection and gave him some antiboitics.
I am just really worried that he is going to be dehydrated if he is point blank refusing any sort of fluids/milk. He has always refused water and juice but never the milk. He just aches his back and crys when i try to give him some milk. Since thursday he has had less than 10oz of milk each day and today he has had none!!!
On top of this he is started to get constipated. I have tried giving him some water in a syrigne, he spits it out stright away. He refuses to eat any sweet foods such as fruit. I am at a loss what to do. My gp practice is closed today, so i can't call them. Any ideas how to get him to drink more?
Thanks
Gemma and poorly Dylan James xx
I am really worried about my LO he is 6 months old and has a chest infection. I noticed on thusday that he gone off his milk, this followed by cold symptoms and this got worse yesterday. Took him to my GP and he said he had a chest infection and gave him some antiboitics.
I am just really worried that he is going to be dehydrated if he is point blank refusing any sort of fluids/milk. He has always refused water and juice but never the milk. He just aches his back and crys when i try to give him some milk. Since thursday he has had less than 10oz of milk each day and today he has had none!!!
On top of this he is started to get constipated. I have tried giving him some water in a syrigne, he spits it out stright away. He refuses to eat any sweet foods such as fruit. I am at a loss what to do. My gp practice is closed today, so i can't call them. Any ideas how to get him to drink more?
Thanks
Gemma and poorly Dylan James xx
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I took him to the out of hours gp last night. She said if i didn't get any fluids in him by the time we went to bed then we must call them back and he might have to go into hopsital. She told us not give him any soilds and try again with the milk. Managed to get 5oz down him last night. He refused his bottle 1st thing but has just had 4oz now so fingers crossed he is getting better.
The only thing now he is really constipated!
Gemma xx
Sorry to hear your lo is poorly
We had to take my son Alex to a&e a few months ago due to gastroenteritis. He couldn't keep anything down at all and he'd stopped having wet nappies. Anyway, hospital or us to give him 5mls of water (yes I know, tiny amount!!) every 5 mins from a syringe for an hour. It was tedious but was the only way of getting fluids in him without him going on a drip. After a few hours of this, we then gave him 10mls of water every 5 mins for an hour..again in a syringe.
I know it's a bit of a pain and it was a last resort for us without him being put on a drip...but might be worth a go if you're really struggling??
Hope that helps anyway xxxx
Thats a good idea SS, thanks for the tip. Hubby has just told me he has had 7oz for his bedtime bottle so hopefully i won't have to do that.
Thanks again xxx