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Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / July 2007at my wits end
Emily is about 19 months now, and everything has been going great. 3 days ago though she came down with a fever and hasn't eaten since. She keeps telling me she's hungry, but the only thing she wants to eat is ice cream, and only a couple bites. She is still drinking plenty. How long is it ok for them to go without eating? I'm concerned, but the advice nurse says that as long as she's drinking it's fine. But it seems like a long time not to eat! determined skrev: > Emily is about 19 months now, and everything has been going great. 3 days > ago though she came down with a fever and hasn't eaten since. She keeps [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > that as long as she's drinking it's fine. But it seems like a long time not > to eat! As far as I know the first week or two won't harm her. If there are some calories in what she drinks she'll be just fine. Tine Denmark > Emily is about 19 months now, and everything has been going great. 3 days > ago though she came down with a fever and hasn't eaten since. She keeps [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > that as long as she's drinking it's fine. But it seems like a long time not > to eat! Trust your doctor. There is an old saying that I have found my children follow all on their own -- Feed a cold and starve a fever (or it might go starve a fever and feed a cold. When they have a fever, they don't want to eat. When they only have a cold, their eating is not effected. Her tummy may be real upset, as well as her throat, and ice cream just feels good for now. Just start working in similar things like yogurt, applesauce, etc. Most physicians recommend a diet called the BRAT diet, which is bread, rice, applesauce, and toast to work one's way back into eating after an upset tummy. You need keep her hungry for 3 hours and she will start eat > Emily is about 19 months now, and everything has been going great. 3 days > ago though she came down with a fever and hasn't eaten since. She keeps [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > that as long as she's drinking it's fine. But it seems like a long time > not to eat! [order corrected] >> Emily is about 19 months now, and everything has been going great. 3 days >> ago though she came down with a fever and hasn't eaten since. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> concerned, but the advice nurse says that as long as she's drinking >> it's fine. But it seems like a long time not to eat! > You need keep her hungry for 3 hours and she will start eat Right. Because obviously she's not actually ill, she's just playing. I don't know about you, but when I've got a fever I find at times I feel hungry but really don't fancy anything to eat, and whatever I do fancy fills me up after just a mouthful or two. Why would a toddler be any different. Determined - she may have a sore throat, in which case drinks and ice cream may feel soothing, but other food may just hurt. She is highly unlikely to starve herself so just keep offering nice titbits in small portions and she'll start to eat as she recovers from her illness.  SignatureYoungBloke: 3 years, 92cm, 13kg and still BF > [order corrected] > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > unlikely to starve herself so just keep offering nice titbits in small > portions and she'll start to eat as she recovers from her illness. Yes... I know you are all right. I try really hard not to overreact! I'm sure things will progress normally and she'll eat when she's ready. I think it's something ridiculous like 100 days that an average adult can survive without food, it's not going to be that long for a toddler, but it's not suddenly going to shrink to a few hours or days. Hydration is important, you say she's drinking plenty, but with the current weather her needs may also have gone up, so you could give her some pedialyte or the popsicle version of the same thing. Cheers Anne > Emily is about 19 months now, and everything has been going great. 3 days > ago though she came down with a fever and hasn't eaten since. She keeps [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > that as long as she's drinking it's fine. But it seems like a long time not > to eat! Pardon me for not keeping up, but is she still nursing? When Clara was a toddler, every time she got a cold or the flu, she would stop eating solids entirely, and do nothing but nurse until she felt better. We were glad at these times she was still nursing. If this is the case, I would not worry. Larry >> Emily is about 19 months now, and everything has been going great. 3 >> days [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I would not worry. > Larry No, she's on solids and cow's milk now. But we are at day 8 now, and she is still not eating. She remains quite inconsolable most of the time, and I'm really stressing out. > No, she's on solids and cow's milk now. But we are at day 8 now, and she is > still not eating. She remains quite inconsolable most of the time, and I'm > really stressing out. day 8 is definitely time to go back to the doctor, if she's still got a fever, they'll probably want to start digging a bit to find out why she hasn't got over it yet - though chances are she will have got over it by the time any test results come back though! Are you giving her anything to help the fever? we were told to alternate motrin and tylenol, it should hopefully ease her discomfort. Toddlers are tough she can deal with this, sure, she'll loose a little weight, but she'll probably regain it again quickly. Cheers Anne |
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