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Diarrhea Is So Hard To Spell

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I've Googled diarrhea so many times this past week, and I rarely spell it correctly.

Baby girl has had a stomach bug. We finally went to the pediatrician yesterday after a week of spectacular diaper shows. We currently go to Foothill Pediatrics, and yesterday we saw Dr. George Madanat.

He said it could be a reaction to her recent Rotavirus vaccination (10/22), or it could just be diarrhea. He recommended Pedialyte only for 24 hours, followed by alternating between Pedialyte and breastmilk for 12 hours. My husband and I are a little concerned about this. 24 hours seems too long to go without breastmilk. Won't she be hungry? And honestly, I don't think I really understand why he wants us to do this. What he said was that the Pedialyte will give her digestive tract a break from breastmilk so she can fully digest anything that could be upsetting her stomach. The Pedialtyte will keep her hydrated and nutritionally satisfied. But she's not dehydrated now... In fact, she has tears, saliva and a lot of pee pee. I associate Pedialyte with dehydration.

So, I guess I'm not really comfortable with what the doctor recommends... and this is the first time! So far, I've just been doing as the doctor asked. I feel kind of rebellious and nervous, and like I ought to be obedient... I am truly ambivalent about whether I will take the doctor's orders.

My hubby and I decided to wait until Friday night to start, so we can care for her together Friday night and Saturday. If she has any issues with the Pedialyte, I'll nurse her. Or maybe we'll just supplement with Pedialyte and skip the part about forgoing breastmilk for 24 hours. I just don't know!

The pediatrician also recommended wiping her bum with 100% cotton wash cloths (water only). Her poor little butt was so chapped and red, and it's improved greatly since we started doing this last night. This goes a ways restoring faith in his recommendations.

Thankfully my husband and I are completely on the same page. Neither of us loves the idea of not feeding her for 24 hours. We found some helpful posts on Baby Center - other parents with the same reservations had been given the same recommendation. So it's not as though the pediatrician is asking us to do anything out of the ordinary... This will be an interesting weekend for our family. And I'm sure I'll have the correct spelling for diarrhea down come Sunday.


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