7 Month Old Baby Girl Is Sick Help!

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7 Month Old Baby Girl Is Sick Help!

by Maellody
(Canada)

My daughter had a fever 103 4 days ago, I gave her Tylenol and it brought her fever down. She has had Diarrhea for 4days and will not drink anything!

She cries and gags when I try to feed her her bottle, I ve tried to spoon feed her, cup feed her..

She has no fever anymore but still diarrhea, and lost of appetite. I took her to the hospital and they did blood work and urine and told me she is borderline dehydrated and I just need to take her home and give her fluids!

Today I got her to drink 2 oz but that's it.. I am so worried and frustrated.. Didn't really get any help from the hospital.

I don't know what to do. Shes not lethargic but is differently not her happy energetic self.

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7 Month Old Baby Girl Is Sick Help!

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Mar 28, 2009

Doing the right thing!
by: Baby Help Line

Hi,

I can certainly understand that you are worried. Dehydration is dangerous and I think you did the right thing to take your daughter to the hospital.

If she stops peeing, or becomes lethargic, I think you should take her back!

But, I suspect that the doctors felt that a first try would be to treat her at home. The advice I have been given by doctors when in your situation is to try to give the baby a tea spoon of liquid; pretty much anything they might accept, every five minutes for an hour. Then rest for one hour and then do the same thing again for an hour. And on until the baby starts peeing or acting normally or show signs of wanting to drink more.

This procedure is usually what happens also at hospital for a start unless the child is so dehydrated that an intravenous drip is needed.

But since your daughter isn't throwing up and isn't lethargic, there is probably a good chance to help her at home.

Since she has a diarrhea, prune and pear juice are not recommended, but if she likes blueberry juice or soup, you could offer that.

Water, cereal, veggie and fruit purees are good too.

If she is at all interested in feeding herself, or even just putting her fingers in some good purée and lick them, let her do that too. Banana and blueberry might mitigate the diarrhea and help stop the dehydration.

Remember that even if she only drinks or eats a tea spoon, every little mouthful helps.

So do what you can to offer her something she likes and offer it often. Then keep track of her peeing and approximately how much she eats and drinks. If she becomes worse or even remains the same, don't hesitate to take her back to the ER. You can find a specification of more signs of dehydration in this thread.

I hope this helps a little bit.

Really wish you good luck!

Paula

PS - I am not a doctor, just a mom, so this advice is purely from my mom experience. Not medical advice!

Feb 18, 2010

Rotavirus?
by: momof6

Did the ER doctors check her stool for rotavirus? She is at an age where is is quite common.

If wh has the rota virus, her stools will be extremely watery and foul smelling, and usually will exhibit a high fever. (The doctors almost did a spinal tap on my dd to rule out meningitis because of the high fever.)

There is no treatment the docs can give you for rotavirus but it does make getting fluids in her very important.

Try popsicles, pedialyte, jello water, gatorade, pedialyte. Anything she will take that has fluid in it, but avoid apple juice, milk products (other than breastmilk) and things with citrus.

Watch carefully for signs of dehydration and go to the ER if necessary!

Comment by EasyBabyLife: Thank you for taking up Rota virus! You can find more information on rotavirus at Medicinenet.com here. (Opens in new window.)

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