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My 6 yo dd has thrown up eight times since seven. She is taking very small sips of water. She has dark circles under her eyes and is laying still on the couch. She can move, and is grabbing her bowl when she needs it.

 

When should I worry? My kids have never puked this much in one day before.

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Dr. Sears has guidelines I've found helpful. It helped me be okay with not pushing fluids right away during the acute vomiting, but obviously watching very closely for signs of dehydration depending on how things progress, and talking to your doc or going to the ER if you have any doubt about the kid truly being dehydrated.

 

http://www.askdrsear...nesses/vomiting

 

I hope your little one feels better soon!

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My ped said that water was the hardest thing to keep down after vomiting.

 

We use Gatorade or Pedialyte by teaspoonfuls, gradually increasing every half hour that they keep it down.

 

I hope she is feeling better soon!

 

 

This is what we do too. Usually the orange gatorade, as it seems to have a milder flavor than the others.

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I think I read about this here before....wait 30 minutes after vomiting episode, then take 1 tsp of heavy syrup from a can of peaches (I assume pears would work as well). It has to be the heavy syrup. If this stays down, take a tsp of this every 15 minutes. I haven't tried it with my kids, but I did this the last two times I had stomach bugs, and it really helped calm the nausea and vomiting. After a few hours, I was able to move to sips of Gatorade instead. Hope she's feeling better soon. :)

 

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My ped said that water was the hardest thing to keep down after vomiting.

 

We use Gatorade or Pedialyte by teaspoonfuls, gradually increasing every half hour that they keep it down.

 

I hope she is feeling better soon!

 

 

I have another suggestion along the same lines.

When I was ill and could not keep down water by itself a nurse told me to mix up a slushie and take it by the spoonful. She told me to use a blender with crushed ice, Gatorade and Ginger Ale. It works!

The Gatorade puts the electrolytes back and the Ginger Ale soothes the stomach. After two days of vomiting this was a life saver for me.

I hope it helps!

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Our ped. always said when the child has gone an hour w/o throwing up, give one teaspoon of Gatorade or pediasure every 15 minutes. No more, and no faster,and stop and wait an hour if they vomit again. Trick is to go slooooooow. Or use flat cola (no fizz). Just not plain water.

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I think I read about this here before....wait 30 minutes after vomiting episode, then take 1 tsp of heavy syrup from a can of peaches (I assume pears would work as well). It has to be the heavy syrup. If this stays down, take a tsp of this every 15 minutes. I haven't tried it with my kids, but I did this the last two times I had stomach bugs, and it really helped calm the nausea and vomiting. After a few hours, I was able to move to sips of Gatorade instead. Hope she's feeling better soon. :)

 

 

^this

 

When my kids get the stomach bug they always puke that many times- for days on end. Once it lasted 9 days for my dd. ugh. Hope she feels better soon.

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I'm glad to read these home remedies. When ds1 was 4 he had a stomach bug that caused him to vomit endlessly. We were advised to take him to the ER at Children's where they said he was dehydrated. He was extremely lethargic too and it had only been half a day of vomiting at that point. He ended up needing an IV to rehydrate. Amazingly, once he was rehydrated he was well--no more stomach bug. Unfortunately the rest of us caught it by the next day. At least none of us were bad enough to end up in the ER.

 

Hope your dd feels better soon!

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Our ped. always said when the child has gone an hour w/o throwing up, give one teaspoon of Gatorade or pediasure every 15 minutes. No more, and no faster,and stop and wait an hour if they vomit again. Trick is to go slooooooow. Or use flat cola (no fizz). Just not plain water.

 

Exactly. It is sooooo hard not to give them more when they are dehydrated, thirsty, and begging for more.

 

But, as soon as you give in and let them drink too much,, they vomit and you start all.over.again.

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The vast majority of the time your child will be able to absorb the liquids into her digestive system if she can keep them down. Certain types of the flu can shut down the intestines so that the fluids being kept in her stomach never leave the stomach and she can still be dehydrated. BTDT. So, if you kid is keeping fluids down, but is still having symptoms of dehydration, she'll need an IV. Keep an list of dehydration symptoms on hand and keep an eye out.

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