If you saw my social media Story from this morning, the answer is: 3 loads.
3 loads of laundry created by a 3 y.o. with a tummy bug. It could have been worse but C. decided himself that he could earn stickers for his potty star chart if his vomits made the toilet. I’ve never been so delighted by his creativity.
Anyway, the vomiting settled overnight and this morning he was hungry for breakfast. He had a really light one. If you follow me, you probably know exactly where this is going: BRAT.
Firstly, let’s say: This is for children when you aren’t too worried, such as a child with a short bout of vomiting or 24-28 hour bout of diarrhoea, or are waiting for a GP appointment, you can consider putting your child on the BRAT diet. If you are new to BRAT diet, it is a great way to help your child recover from viral tummy bugs:
Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast(or dry crackers)
This can be great first 24 hours after bout of vomiting and/or diarrhoea, and let child move on to a light diet and then full diet as soon as they are able. Don’t force your child to eat, though. If they don’t eat, no panic. The appetite will return. Certain childhood viral tummy bugs cause temporary loss of the ability to digest dairy. And if you are concerned in anyway, or your child has any worrying symptoms including < 3 months old, can’t drink fluids/dehydrated/no wet nappies, high fevers, drowsiness, severe abdominal pain, blood/mucus in diarrhoea, etc: always touch base with the GP. Remember that #Covid can sometimes show up as tummy symptoms.
BRAT is an old-school and time-tested home remedy. It has been recommended by paediatricians internationally for at least 50 years.
More questions on vomiting bugs? Have a look back at archived posts here: https://emdoc.ie/2019/09/19/vomiting-bug-no-one-wants-it/
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