I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.

Spike ,'Chosen'


Spike's Bitches 28: For the Safety of Puppies...and Christmas!  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Topic!Cindy - Feb 02, 2006 2:34:13 am PST #7338 of 10001
What is even happening?

Aimee, I'd call the pedi in the morning, just to check. Watch to make sure she's still wetting her diapers, and keep an eye on the condition of her lips and skin. Little ones dehydrate quickly (the quickest is when the stomach virus is manifesting both ways). After she's thrown, you should wait a few hours before attempting to give her anything. I've had doctors tell me anything from 6 hours to 12 to 24 (my doc was away and the doc who told me 24 hours was just a neighboring doctor who was covering, and he yelled at me and I ignored him). I don't think I've ever waited 24.

When trying to keep her hydrated, she doesn't have to drink a lot. The key is to not make her throw more, and get her tummy settled enough that she can start taking small amounts. It's a balancing trick with some kids, because dehydration increases nausea. At any rate, they lose more when they throw up, than they get from whatever you gave them that made them throw up. After she's thrown you should wait a coupleafew hours before trying to give her anything.

This morning, you can start her out with a tablespoon or two of of pedialyte. If she keeps that down, wait between a half hour and an hour, then give her another couple of tablespoons--up to an ounce. Go slowly. If she's kept down pedialyte over the course of a few hours (while you're doing the whole have-a-little/wait thing) you can start giving her more at a time.

An alternative, if you have a blender, is crushed ice. Crush two or three ice cubes in the blender. Feed it to her or let her eat it herself, by the spoonful. They take it in more slowly than they do liquids, and ime, it stays down better. This is what they gave me in the hospital, the two times I dehyrated, when I was little. If she keeps down the first helping, wait a half hour to an hour after she's finished, and make her some more. If you do that over the course of a few hours, and she keeps it down, then you can move on to giving her an ounce or two of pedialyte, and see how she does with that.

I'd still call the pedi to see what they specifically recommend once she's keeping down clear liquids like water and pedialyte. They'll probably tell you to keep her off dairy and fats for a day or two. I generally go with a combination of clear liquids, and then dry, blandish foods, and ginger ale, but my kids are much bigger.


Cass - Feb 02, 2006 3:06:52 am PST #7339 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Gronk. Oh the gronk.

Not sure how dark I will be, but I am off until Tuesday.

I hope Em feels better this morning.


brenda m - Feb 02, 2006 3:08:26 am PST #7340 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Tummy-ma for Em, and Shuttle-ma for Cass.

I like Chessie. I have fond memories of riding the Chesapeake and Ohio ferry across lake Michigan and the mascot was adorable.

My great grandfather worked for the Chessie line! I never knew him, but I always loved the mascot even more because of that.

ETA: The train, not the ferry. But we used to take that ferry when going up to Ontario to visit my grandparents - loved it.


SuziQ - Feb 02, 2006 3:41:19 am PST #7341 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Aimee - Cindy is quite wise. As I was catching up on posts, I was going to add much of the same. And the sleeping is usually a good thing. It gives the body a chance to shut down and heal itself.

While some (ok, few) of those nicknames for C have merit, I'm going to stick with C. It is easier to type and while I might call her something close to one of those, it is not something that translates well in writing.

The other option is to just call her MotorMouth, as anyone who has spent any time around her can attest. We are working on the dominating the conversation thing and the appropriate time for certain topics thing. Oh, and the volume control thing.


vw bug - Feb 02, 2006 4:17:28 am PST #7342 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

I have to decide if I am going for a scholarship opportunity at Oxford or not. It would be a lot of work to get prepared. I kind of waited till the last minute. But, OXFORD!


Nora Deirdre - Feb 02, 2006 4:24:34 am PST #7343 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

ooh!


sj - Feb 02, 2006 4:32:03 am PST #7344 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Welcome to the world Olivia Rose!!!

Not here. t waves


vw bug - Feb 02, 2006 4:54:50 am PST #7345 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Who stole my motivation? I happen to need it, thank you very much.


erikaj - Feb 02, 2006 5:04:50 am PST #7346 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Trudy, yeah, I saw those. Herself put up a link in lj. Although Munch on a valentine is truly hilarious, I think my fave was Fin's "I'm on Your Tail." I cracked up. Poor Aimee, Em, and MM.


vw bug - Feb 02, 2006 5:16:13 am PST #7347 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

I am not feeling well. I need to try to plug through this day. Ugh. Someone entertain me.

Also, it's FREEZING here at work.