puke update

[flea]

The night was better than expected - after another batch of sickness 11:30-12:15 Casper slept until 5:45, then nursed a lot and slept until 7:30. I was all thinking "she's better!" but then she woke up and announced "poo poo" (diarrhea) and threw up again too. So I am home with her today. She's nursed 3 times since last throwing up and kept it down. Is napping now and I must too since I slept in her room last night and spent a lot of time lying awake listening to light rain and Casper breathing. Fell asleep rather than watch Sesame Street!

New words I've been meaning to note: heart, watch, door, book, park, dress, dance.

Rainy day here. I am eating peppermint patties and had to force myself to turn off Sesame Street - I was enjoying it so! To bed now.

Comments

[gchick.livejournal.com]

Poor babe -- hope she feels better soon. Unrelatedly, that's a wonderful set of words. She will go far with them (as long as the poo poo stops).

[cindywrites.livejournal.com]

Did you call your pediatrician?

Don't get me wrong. This sounds like a standard stomach bug, but they might want you to not nurse for X hours, or just give her pedialyte or something, for a while. My doctor was big on the "empty tummy for X hours after vomiting" rule.

It's important to keep her hydrated, but fats are hard on the ill tummy, and when babies throw up, they lose more than if they hadn't had anything to drink/eat, and hadn't thrown. Since she's got this double barrel, it won't hurt to check.

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

Because breast milk is so easily digested, they recommend nursing even a vomiting child. Just short sessions, small amounts at first. We've got some pedialyte too, but she doesn't seem to like it. So far so good today, though.