Stomach Bug

Has anyone else had to deal with a stomach bug recently?

Our poor guy is still recovering from this, started Saturday evening, and we're feeding him breastmilk from a medicine syringe, 5 mL at a time. We've increased the milk intake gradually and evey time we get to 2 ounces, he throws it up. I don't know if it's the stomach bug anymore or if he's just overfed in a short amount of time. I get so optimistic that we're turning the corner and then we have a setback.

This has been the most difficult week I've experienced as a mother. My anxiety is through the roof every time we feed him. He has a snotty nose and cough on top of all of this so when he coughs a lot I'm holding my breath and hoping he doesn't bring anything up. I've called his pediatrician a few times this week and it's basically trial and error to figure out what is going to work for him to get him back on track.

In between milk feeds, we'll do a Pedialyte/water mixture from the syringe and either mashed banana or oatmeal to try and get some substance in him.

This tired, anxious momma is just looking for any advice on how we can help him get his fluid intake back up without getting sick. 😩