D&V help please

You poor thing, I hope that you feel better soon - dry toast should be fine, or other similar plain food such as rice or bananas.

Thanks SLD - it's soooo rank. thankfully the baby seems to have escaped it, but MrF and I spent the whole of yesterday wiped out.

may try some toast soon and pray it stays down. on the plus side i just weighed myself and i'm only 52kg ? ?

Oh thank you carolyn, that's v helpful. will try to brave some breakfast in that case!

When H had this the doctor advised him to avoid dairy, and to drink lemonade. he felt a million times better just on the lemonade - I guess the sugar gives a bit of energy whilst not being very sweet.

In fact he felt so much better he decided to have soup. Did he eat the light weight-watchers chicken noodle soup I bought him? No. He ate cream of mushroom, and wondered why he saw it again 5 minutes later...

? I swear by toast and marmite when I'm ill.

The acidity of the lemonade also helps the body's pH balance - you lose a lot of stomach acid when vomiting.

You can get rehydration powders from the pharmacy (sugar, salts etc) but I prefer isotonic lucozade sport / gatorade.

May I recommend flat coke or even better flat ginger beer?

Poor you - just what you didn't want for your birthday!

Get well soon Mr and Mrs Fox. ?<--- from great distance!

What zebra said- flat coke/ ginger beer/ lemonade gets a bit of sugar into your system and if you can face ginger beer, the ginger can be very calming on your stomach. Once you're feeling up to it, see if you can try some chicken noodle soup (I've always preferred a 'wet' diet when I'm poorly, and the thought of dry toast is enough to make me barf even when I'm perfectly well. ?) You poor love- hope you're better for your birthday (is it not cub's b'day too?) ? ?

Thanks all. we have just managed a glass of flat ginger beer each. rock and roll ?

i hope i'm better tomorrow too, lou. i'm soooo glad it didn't hit on saturday when we had a house full for cub's first birthday party. bizarrely no one else is ill at all, which at least means it's not my dodgy cooking to blame ?

Oh you poor thing ? I had it a couple of weeks ago and it was beyond rank. Eating a light diet might not make it worse, but it sure doesn't make it better - as I learned to my cost after half a banana ?

BUT after about 24 hours, eating was fine. I always start with 50/50 water and orange juice with a bit of salt and a spoonful of sugar in. It's rehydrate, basically, but without the rank taste. It's a hideous bug, but it's quickly over.