Belated realization.

[rivka]

About five o'clock Michael and I had a horrifying thought: when had we last changed Colin's diaper? In Williamsburg, that's when. Nine hours ago.

It was barely damp.

It turns out that when you're the kind of nursing mom who doesn't feel letdown, it's possible to nurse all day without noticing that your baby isn't drinking much.

Now we're doing a teaspoon of Pedialyte every three minutes. We're supposed to call the doctor back at eight.

Comments

[kuangning]

He may have been doing non-nutritive suckling on purpose?

Unfortunately, that's probably not the case since he asked for food a couple of times. :( Poor everyone. Please do check Mom's hydration level -- that'd be my first thought too. I hope things improve quickly.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

No, I think he was asking for food because food tastes good. (He was asking for favorite snacks, like pretzels.) I think he wasn't nursing much because it didn't feel good to have anything in his tummy.

We really had to fight him to get the Pedialyte in. Poor little guy.

[ailbhe]

That's what I thought might be possible; sick toddlers are logical in their own ways...