Sick Alex update.

[rivka]

She woke up at 1am very thirsty, and I gave her a few sips of water - less than half an ounce. Over the next 45 minutes, she threw up three more times. First in her crib, and then on the futon where I was planning to sleep that night, where I'd laid her down so I could change her crib sheets.

She was up half the rest of the night begging for water. And not understanding why I limited her to a few sips an hour.

This morning, so far, she's kept down nearly 8oz of water and Pedialyte. I think we might be past it, but I still don't want her to overfill her stomach. So we're still being mean and restricting her fluid intake, and she still doesn't understand why.

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[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Children almost never understand why, sadly.

It's one of the hardest parts of being a parent. Alex is at the age where you can start to explain, but even my younger one (who's now twelve) doesn't always understand :/

Good health thoughts from here.

[ailbhe]

Can I send you *hugs*?

When we were ill in December we washed the sick stuff at home but sent our ordinary laundry to the laundrette. It took the edge off the labour build-up.

[malibrarian.livejournal.com]

Sarah did this at Christmas, followed by her mom two days later. Luckily neither of them were bad cases, although Sarah greeting her aunt's cheery "merry christmas" by spewing was a bit much for her and her husband.

Hope things feel better real soon.

[telerib.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness. I already find it hard when all the Spud can do is cry a little harder to accuse me of doing horrible awful things to him. I can barely imagine how hard it is to hear actual words. I hope everyone gets better as quickly as Alex got sick.

[namedphoenix.livejournal.com]

poor baby and mom&dad! I had this over Thanksgiving. Is she big enough to suck on ice cubes? I don't have kids, so I'm not sure what they can handle at any age, but crunching ice helped me a lot. I tended to swallow too much water even with my sips.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

How awful for you. And how awful for her too.

What a good thing you have a washing machine! Though having said that, the hours in the launderette were sometimes the only break when Z was a small sickling baby.

[beckyzoole.livejournal.com]

When my kids were sick and too little to safely suck ice cubes, I used to give them popsicles. (The push-up kind is the least messy.) There's something about the cold that takes the edge off thirst.