My wife and I have a new baby boy: just 5 days old.
we also have a 2 year old daughter. On exactly the same day our son was being born, she came down with a terrile stomach flu. She's getting over it now quite well, and thankfully our son doesn't seem to have it... yet.
But I worry.
What if he does catch it? How does a 5 day old handle viral infections - specially the kind that upsets the stomach and puts you at risk for dehydration (it was bad enough to warrant an IV for our daughter). As I say, he doesn't seem to have it yet, but I worry.
What are the signs in a 5 day old of having the stomach flu and what are the prescribed actions to take? I can't imagine it would take long for things (like dehydration) to take hold on a child just newly born. I heard that breast feeding can work wonders because of all the antibodies in the breast milk. Is this true, and if so, how powerful a defense is this against viruses?
we also have a 2 year old daughter. On exactly the same day our son was being born, she came down with a terrile stomach flu. She's getting over it now quite well, and thankfully our son doesn't seem to have it... yet.
But I worry.
What if he does catch it? How does a 5 day old handle viral infections - specially the kind that upsets the stomach and puts you at risk for dehydration (it was bad enough to warrant an IV for our daughter). As I say, he doesn't seem to have it yet, but I worry.
What are the signs in a 5 day old of having the stomach flu and what are the prescribed actions to take? I can't imagine it would take long for things (like dehydration) to take hold on a child just newly born. I heard that breast feeding can work wonders because of all the antibodies in the breast milk. Is this true, and if so, how powerful a defense is this against viruses?