giving baby pedialyte for 24 hrs?

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my 4 month old son has been pooping a LOTTT for a week plus and it got better so his pediatrician said it’s fine unless it gets worse, and so it got worse. she said if he’s dehydrated to replace his formula feeds with pedialyte for 24 hours and idk it seems kinda weird? has anyone tried this or think it’s weird

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That seems insane to me. If the directions for kids 1 year and up is to take small steps until you see an impact I cannot possibly imagine that that would be a good idea for a baby. I would call and asked to speak with a different doctor in the practice and see what they say. I would just play dumb and say “your office told me to replace my baby’s formula with Pedialyte for 24 hours but that seems like a lot, is that right?”

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Oh no no no no no!!! Agree with everyone else.

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I'd be getting a second opinion on that one b

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That would be a no for me… definitely get a second opinion there. A 4 month old is still very much reliant on their milk to get all their nutrients and calories, I feel like not giving them any food essentially for 24 hours would cause massive problems.

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Yeah don't do that, you would essentially be starving them for 24 hrs. Get some probiotics and put that in the formula. Also I recommend finding another doctor. If you feel like baby is dehydrated you can give a small amount of diluted pedialyte between feeds but not as a substitute. But diarrhea doesn't automatically mean dehydration, especially if baby is still feeding regularly. It's a little concerning that they don't want to do a stool sample considering it got worse and it doesn't sound like baby has any other signs of illness so it's likely not viral.

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When my 1 month old was admitted for RSV, we replaced his feeds with pedialyte for 24 hours.

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Pedialyte is fine but not as a replacement for milk/formula. It’s sole purpose is for fluid intake for dehydration but you can’t withhold nutrients for a full day and pedialyte doesn’t contain any nutrients that milk does.

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If it was me personally I wouldn’t do it.

giving baby pedialyte for 24 hrs?

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