Can babies get the stomach flu?

[Jill]

Lucy is almost 8 months and has been throwing up a lot more than usual. It has been going on for the past day or two. My question... can babies get the stomach flu?

[Jamie Hamblin]

Yup they can. I would take her in. Poor little thing.

[supermombritt]

I would take her in too. SHe could easily get dehydrated because of throwing up in addition to the heat.

[kcaldwell50]

It could be that or has there been a change in the food that you are giving? Maybe there is an allergy to something?

[alb52]

i think they can, too. if she's still having wet diapers every 6-8hrs then she's getting enough fluids.. never hurts to take her in.

[Jill]

So, I called and for future reference this is what you do.
Take them off formula or breast milk for 8-10 hours and give them a tablespoon of pedialite every half hour. If they can keep that down, slowly up the amount until they are drinking a good few ounces. Then give them a little bit of formula/breastmilk along with the pedialite, increasing the milk and decreasing the other until they are back to normal amounts. If they can't keep the pedialite down for more than the 8-10 hours, take them in. THey can dehydrate really quickly. Their litttle bodies don't have much reserves.
Whew... that was a mouthfull.
She seems to be feeling a little better, but still grumpy.
Thanks for the great advice ladies! I can always count on you guys.:cheer:

[lanz]

Jill, Glad to hear Lucy is feeling better. It's sure not fun when your baby is sick.

[dovegirl]

When my little guy was one, he HATED pedialite, so they told me to give him gatorade. He threw up for over a week and they finally gave him a suppository. He stopped throwing up immediately!
I hope she is feeling better. I hate when little kids throw up.

[montmeag]

My son didn't like Pedialyte either. Gerber makes a powder that you mix with water that is like Pedialyte but he thought it was juice and drank it. Apparently it tastes better.

[caulensmom]

I am so glad your baby girl is feeling better Jill. I just got over the stomach flu that has kept me from my favortie hobby ALL WEEK...EATING! WOO.

anyways, how is she feeling today? Better?

[A-to-Z]

I'm sorry your baby hasn't been feeling well!! Hope she is doing better.