Any advice on stomach flu for a two year old?!
Question: My son has just got the flu and throw up three times....what is the best medicine and fluids to give him. Thanks!!
Answers: My son has just got the flu and throw up three times....what is the best medicine and fluids to give him. Thanks!!
Give him gatorade and liquid vitamins that will keep him hydrated and try to give him some broth if he can eat anything else.
not sure what you should feed him other than dry foods, like rice or oat meal....but make sure you keep him hydrated with pedialyte or gatorade.
Pedialyte is a hydration drink. That is the main thing, not to let him get dehydrated. You can also let him suck on popsicles. That will get the fluid in slowly so it stays down. If he gets a high fever call Doc to see if he needs to be seen.
1. When kids (or adults) have the flu, since they usually lose appetite, do not force them to eat anything, not even chicken noodle soup or oatmeals. I know this is really hard for us, the parents, to not make them eat something to keep their energy up. It was just heartwrenching for me to see my daughter have the flu several times when she was just a toddler, too. But forcing them to eat anything, when they have no appetite, would only cause them to throw up even more.
2. Vitamin C. Even in lack of appetite for food, try to give him orange juice to boost his immune system to fight it in a faster recovery process. And even if he can hold only a little bit of the juice, at least that little bit will get absorbed into his system.
3. Other fluids: Most of the toddlers I have seen don't like the taste of Pedialyte, so I don't know if your son will like it. Gatorade, with electrolytes to replenish his energy, has a much better appeal to toddlers' taste buds.
4. If he does have a fever, do not bundle him up; instead, strip him down as much as possible. Toddlers usually HATE the taste, but try to give him some infants Motrin to keep the fever down. MONITOR his temperature in regular time intervals (every hour or 2). If necessary, SOAK him in a tub of cold/ice water. And if his temperature does go to 102----and STAYS consistently there in a minimum of 2 hours despite the Motrin----call or page the doctor for an emergency appointment or, for after hours, get an ER referral ready (as some insurances do require that before hospital admission). If his temperature climbs to 104, take him into the ER IMMEDIATELY----even if you have no insurance, they will take you in on a sliding scale based upon your income. Fevers in little kids are no joke.