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Hi , my 8 month old was sick for 3 days with fever and for 3 days he did not like the brest milk anymore i was trying (forcing ) him sometimes but he and up throwing up every time i offer him food or milk and he never drink formula accept a little bit that i mix him with baby cereal i am afraid maybe he don't like to breastfeed anymore and it's early he is only 8 months old. I took him to doctor also the doc said is something viral that was causing the fever and to give water to keep him hydrated I don't know what to do I'm so desperate every time he refuses to breastfeed he is only 20 pounds is this to skinny for 8 months? please help if anybody has had the same with their baby, ( thanks)
Answer
He is not too skinny. :) Here is an article about sick babies and nursing strikes. You definitely do not ( and probably should) not wean or switch to bottles.
"Baby refuses to nurse when sick:
Some babies may refuse to nurse when sick (particularly if something like a sore throat or pressure from an ear infection makes nursing painful for baby). If this happens, try different nursing positions - particularly those where baby is upright - and keep offering to nurse at least every hour or so. See also: What to do about a nursing strike. Rest assured that your baby will return to nursing when he feels better. Here are some things to try if baby is too uncomfortable to nurse:
feed baby expressed milk from a cup, dropper, spoon or syringe
try momsicles, or freeze your milk until it's slushy and let baby eat it with a spoon
for older babies (over six months) who are eating solids: if baby will take solids but not nurse, add lots of breastmilk to the solids. You might also try making yogurt from breastmilk.
Vomiting and Diarrhea
Another time when moms can be unsure about whether to continue nursing is when baby has diarrhea or is vomiting. Frequent and loose stools in a breastfed baby is not necessarily diarrhea. Here is more information on normal stooling patterns for breastfed babies: What Are Baby's Stools Supposed to Look Like? Diarrhea in a breastfed baby is diagnosed when a baby has 12-16 stools per day (or more often than the baby's regular stool frequency), watery stools, and an offensive odor to the stools. Just one of these symptoms does not in itself mean the baby has diarrhea.
The current recommendations when vomiting or diarrhea is present in the breastfed child are as follows:
Breastfeeding should be the FIRST choice if your child can take anything by mouth. Because of the ease and rapidity with which breastmilk is digested, even if your child vomits or stools shortly after nursing, he will still have retained some of the nutrients. Other foods that are often suggested (such as Pedialyte, sports drinks, gelatins and sodas) offer little nutritional value and none of the antibodies that human milk contains.
When your breastfed child is ill you'll want to offer more frequent feedings -- this can limit the volume taken in at one time and helps to comfort and soothe a sick child. If your child is vomiting often and not keeping the milk down for long, it may be helpful to breastfeed frequently but limit the length of each nursing session (so your child takes in less milk at once). Another option is for Mom to express some milk before breastfeeding so that the milk flow is slower. RARELY does the baby who is allowed to breastfeed at will during a vomiting or diarrhea illness become dehydrated.
The use of an oral rehydration therapy such as Pedialyte is a sound recommendation for a formula-fed infant who is vomiting or who has diarrhea, but using this in place of breastmilk offers no benefit to the breastfed baby. Human milk is a natural fluid, unlike formula and other milk products, that again is easily and rapidly digested.
Forego the Pedialyte as long as baby continues to nurse well and as long as there are no signs of dehydration. If baby is showing signs of dehydration, talk to your doctor. Following are signs of dehydration:
fewer than 2 wet diapers in a 24-hour period
baby not behaving normally (more irritable, less active, sleeping more)
lethargy
listlessness
weak cry
no tears (in an infant older than 3 months)
dry mouth
skin that stays wrinkly-looking when pinched (pull up the skin on the front of the hand; it should pop easily back into place - not stay pinched or wrinkly-looking)
eyes that look sunken
cool, clammy extremities, especially the fingers and toes
fast breathing, or a heart that is beating faster than usual
fever
Babies who are allowed to continue breastfeeding through an illness such as this are less likely to become dehydrated than those who are taken off the breast. Continued nursing also provides your child with precious antibodies that will prevent the illness from worsening and speed healing. Nursing is also very comforting to your child, which is healing in itself.
Breastfed babies sometimes need oral rehydration therapy (Pedialyte, etc), though far less often than artificially fed infants. The World Health Organization recommends continuing to breastfeed during and after oral rehydration therapy. Research shows that babies lose more weight and actually have more stools during diarrhea when they are deprived of breastmilk.
Sometimes moms are recommended to withhold breastmilk "because it is a dairy product." Breastmilk is NOT considered a dairy or milk product (mom is not a cow!). "
Good luck getting him back on the breast! I hope you and baby both feel better soon. :)
He is not too skinny. :) Here is an article about sick babies and nursing strikes. You definitely do not ( and probably should) not wean or switch to bottles.
"Baby refuses to nurse when sick:
Some babies may refuse to nurse when sick (particularly if something like a sore throat or pressure from an ear infection makes nursing painful for baby). If this happens, try different nursing positions - particularly those where baby is upright - and keep offering to nurse at least every hour or so. See also: What to do about a nursing strike. Rest assured that your baby will return to nursing when he feels better. Here are some things to try if baby is too uncomfortable to nurse:
feed baby expressed milk from a cup, dropper, spoon or syringe
try momsicles, or freeze your milk until it's slushy and let baby eat it with a spoon
for older babies (over six months) who are eating solids: if baby will take solids but not nurse, add lots of breastmilk to the solids. You might also try making yogurt from breastmilk.
Vomiting and Diarrhea
Another time when moms can be unsure about whether to continue nursing is when baby has diarrhea or is vomiting. Frequent and loose stools in a breastfed baby is not necessarily diarrhea. Here is more information on normal stooling patterns for breastfed babies: What Are Baby's Stools Supposed to Look Like? Diarrhea in a breastfed baby is diagnosed when a baby has 12-16 stools per day (or more often than the baby's regular stool frequency), watery stools, and an offensive odor to the stools. Just one of these symptoms does not in itself mean the baby has diarrhea.
The current recommendations when vomiting or diarrhea is present in the breastfed child are as follows:
Breastfeeding should be the FIRST choice if your child can take anything by mouth. Because of the ease and rapidity with which breastmilk is digested, even if your child vomits or stools shortly after nursing, he will still have retained some of the nutrients. Other foods that are often suggested (such as Pedialyte, sports drinks, gelatins and sodas) offer little nutritional value and none of the antibodies that human milk contains.
When your breastfed child is ill you'll want to offer more frequent feedings -- this can limit the volume taken in at one time and helps to comfort and soothe a sick child. If your child is vomiting often and not keeping the milk down for long, it may be helpful to breastfeed frequently but limit the length of each nursing session (so your child takes in less milk at once). Another option is for Mom to express some milk before breastfeeding so that the milk flow is slower. RARELY does the baby who is allowed to breastfeed at will during a vomiting or diarrhea illness become dehydrated.
The use of an oral rehydration therapy such as Pedialyte is a sound recommendation for a formula-fed infant who is vomiting or who has diarrhea, but using this in place of breastmilk offers no benefit to the breastfed baby. Human milk is a natural fluid, unlike formula and other milk products, that again is easily and rapidly digested.
Forego the Pedialyte as long as baby continues to nurse well and as long as there are no signs of dehydration. If baby is showing signs of dehydration, talk to your doctor. Following are signs of dehydration:
fewer than 2 wet diapers in a 24-hour period
baby not behaving normally (more irritable, less active, sleeping more)
lethargy
listlessness
weak cry
no tears (in an infant older than 3 months)
dry mouth
skin that stays wrinkly-looking when pinched (pull up the skin on the front of the hand; it should pop easily back into place - not stay pinched or wrinkly-looking)
eyes that look sunken
cool, clammy extremities, especially the fingers and toes
fast breathing, or a heart that is beating faster than usual
fever
Babies who are allowed to continue breastfeeding through an illness such as this are less likely to become dehydrated than those who are taken off the breast. Continued nursing also provides your child with precious antibodies that will prevent the illness from worsening and speed healing. Nursing is also very comforting to your child, which is healing in itself.
Breastfed babies sometimes need oral rehydration therapy (Pedialyte, etc), though far less often than artificially fed infants. The World Health Organization recommends continuing to breastfeed during and after oral rehydration therapy. Research shows that babies lose more weight and actually have more stools during diarrhea when they are deprived of breastmilk.
Sometimes moms are recommended to withhold breastmilk "because it is a dairy product." Breastmilk is NOT considered a dairy or milk product (mom is not a cow!). "
Good luck getting him back on the breast! I hope you and baby both feel better soon. :)
is my baby dehydrated?
v4vendetta
My son has had diarrhea for four days, the first and second day was pretty bad but its gotten better since yesterday. I've been giving him electrolytes but his diarrhea hasn't completely stopped and he isn't eating much besides the electrolytes. He's been chewing on his fingers a lot and its been in the triple digits in my town. Can he be dehydrated or can it maybe be that he's teething?? There's been no fever but he's having a hard time sleeping. His dr's not open and I'm not sure if I should take him to the emergency room. Should I stop giving him the bottle all together and just giv him the pedialyte? Anyone have n e suggestions or advise????
My son's three months but will be four monts on july 4th. I'm not sure @ what age baby usually teeth.
Answer
Alright I should be alittle helpful (I hope)
Try and make it as short and sweet as possible.
When my son was just about to turn 7 months he got his first stomach bug. ( I work at Daycare ) and there was a huge bug going around (diarrhea bug) My son got it, was having BM's at least 7 a day sometimes more than once a hour, even if he passed gas it was squirt (sorry) It got so bad that every time it went all the way up his neck we were changing clothes and bed sheets every hour. BUT he seemed fine, he was still eating happy ect so I wasn't worried to much about him getting dehydrated because he was still consuming liquid. After about 5 days of that is got ALITTLE better and a vomiting started. VERY BAD. Constantly coming out his nose and mouth, he would SCREAM. One day he ate only 7 oz ALL day and every time he consumed ANY amount of liquid 3 minutes later it would come RIGHT out. Eventually one night I called 911, at 11:30 pm he wouldn't stop vomiting and his head went back and eyes rolled back and started choking.
MAKE SURE he has wet diapers.
Keep giving him the pedialite if you feel he is pooping out more than he is taking in.
Check the inside of his mouth to make sure its still wet/moist.
I was recommend the B.R.A.T diet but your son is to little (banana/rice/apple/toast)
Our pediatrician told us when it was really bad to instead of offering the pedialite with half water to put 1/3 of his bottle pedialite (make formula/breast milk (if offering bottle at all) and add in 1/3 pedialite straight to the bottle)
Hopefully it just rides itself out.
Teething can start at all different times. My son cut his first tooth the week he turned 6 months which is average
Alright I should be alittle helpful (I hope)
Try and make it as short and sweet as possible.
When my son was just about to turn 7 months he got his first stomach bug. ( I work at Daycare ) and there was a huge bug going around (diarrhea bug) My son got it, was having BM's at least 7 a day sometimes more than once a hour, even if he passed gas it was squirt (sorry) It got so bad that every time it went all the way up his neck we were changing clothes and bed sheets every hour. BUT he seemed fine, he was still eating happy ect so I wasn't worried to much about him getting dehydrated because he was still consuming liquid. After about 5 days of that is got ALITTLE better and a vomiting started. VERY BAD. Constantly coming out his nose and mouth, he would SCREAM. One day he ate only 7 oz ALL day and every time he consumed ANY amount of liquid 3 minutes later it would come RIGHT out. Eventually one night I called 911, at 11:30 pm he wouldn't stop vomiting and his head went back and eyes rolled back and started choking.
MAKE SURE he has wet diapers.
Keep giving him the pedialite if you feel he is pooping out more than he is taking in.
Check the inside of his mouth to make sure its still wet/moist.
I was recommend the B.R.A.T diet but your son is to little (banana/rice/apple/toast)
Our pediatrician told us when it was really bad to instead of offering the pedialite with half water to put 1/3 of his bottle pedialite (make formula/breast milk (if offering bottle at all) and add in 1/3 pedialite straight to the bottle)
Hopefully it just rides itself out.
Teething can start at all different times. My son cut his first tooth the week he turned 6 months which is average
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