Posted on 09/17/2004 5:43:39 AM PDT by grellis
No, the ones on my profile are the most recent. If I could find the camera and some film ...
Nothing by mouth for 1/2 hour. If they are dying of thirst after that point, small sips of Gatorade (stick with the dye-free, clear kind!) or Pedialite (which most kids hate) BUT NOT WATER. Every 1/2 hour another sip or two, if they want.
No food for 12 hours after the last puke.
When they are ready to start eating, stick to the BRAT diet for 24 hours. Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, and Toast (nothing on it, no whole wheat). Small quantities of food.
Then add easy to digest foods like yogurt, potatoes, watermelon... ease back to the regular diet.
Yes, we do the routine you just outlined, and it really does help.
I have, thankfully, only one child who throws up readily. Have tried many otc puking remedies and none have worked particularly well for her. The best thing we have found is warm diet coke. Sounds awful but it works!
Have you tried Contac? That's what my dad takes for colds and he's been on high blood pressure meds for years (he currently takes Lipitor IIRC)
No, but I remember the days when my parents did. I'll have to give that a try. Fortunately, I'm cold free and I can manage allergies pretty well without anything. I've fudged a couple of times on advil--only thing that works on my bad headaches, but supposedly that is not good with the bp either--ugh!
Of course, She Who Must Be Obeyed demands I face away from her when I climb into the bed, but in the morning, I usually feel 1000 times better.
Codeine, in the proper doses, is safe to use as a last resort for extremely difficult coughs. Our doctor prescribed it for our family last year. We had some weird cough that simply would not go away, day or night. We only used the med at bedtime, on the doctor's advice, because we were all so worn out from incessant coughing and no sleep. After two or three days, we were all better. Most doctors hesitate in prescribing it since its a habit former.
To knock them out at the beginning of an illness, which is when they feel the worst and sleep the least. If I can get them to sleep for a good, solid ten hour stretch when they are sick, they invariably wake up much recovered. Its usually ultra-phlegmy coughing or a sore throat which keeps them up.
Well, melatonin is still a safe option, but I would consult a doctor first. I told mine that I was giving it to my 4 yr old autsie and she didn't bat an eye. Thought it was a good idea since he needed the sleep bad, no matter if he stayed up until midnight, he still needed to sleep.
If I recall, when I can get it in them, pediacare has worked for my two older ones so they can sleep.
I'm a good wife, though. When I know I'm in for a lethal night, I sleep on the couch.
Sounds like the Thanksgiving from Heck. What a nightmare! Poor things.
Good thing we're all sick!
From what I remember, it was indeed a horrible holiday. I remember taking one sniff of sweet potato pie and the rest is a porcelain blur!
>>They don't know if they are moving in or not. <<
I'll say a prayer that they decide against it.
A rubber syringe full of warm salty water up the nose, letting it run out your mouth. I know, sounds gross but really feels good afterwards.
>>but he gets a big bump when he gets them--he had one on his forehead that looked like he ran into something and hit his head.<<
Well THAT'S a visual!
My little one came in yesterday from the schoolroom and said, "My boobie hurts."
Figuring that she didn't feel like working I said that it does not so let me finish making lunch.
Later when I was changing her into dance clothes, sure enough, her right breast was apparently the only spot I did not hit with the DEET.
She said, "Oh LOOK! I have a lady's boobie!!"
It may have been red and itchy but she was quite proud.
I can't take Ibuprofin. It is instant vomiting for me. Tylenol doesn't do a thing except give me a weird feeling in my sinuses. My doc says I am a "super-taster". When ever I can taste my fillings in my mouth, I know I am on the verge of a cold or an allergy attack. I take Bayer aspirin and that works for me.
I give the boys liquid Tylenol when they are feverish since neither of them swallows pills well. I find that cool or lukewarm baths, weak tea and the Tylenol work well for most flu bugs. Add heavily diluted chicken soup when the heaving stops.
Well, my twin daughters almost died when they were 6 weeks old of a respiratory virus (RSV). Their first year was a living nightmare. They caught everything. (Their big brother wasn't sick for a whole year.)
When they were in the hospital, I talked to the Ped. ICU doctor a lot, and his main recommendation was to keep them out of daycare and to wash our hands a lot.
So I don't recommend any over the counter medication, but I do recommend no daycare and wash your hands a lot.
Back when I was a retail manager, I once went to a district meeting (two hours away) with the Queen Mary of all head colds. Since I had a long drive, I didn't take any meds. Right in the middle of the meeting, I sneezed out an actual GUSH of, what's a polite term...nasal phlegm. Otherwise known as four tablespoons worth of snot rocket.
I probably should have cleared my sinuses before the meeting, not during!
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