My baby is 6 1/2 months....he had a bit of diarrhea late Saturday and early Sunday. ..sunday evening he had a fever of 99.1 and his appetite has decreased. ..now he barely drinks his formula but takes pedialite ....his gas stinks really bad...no fever since late yesterday evening...
Hi.... It seems your kid is having viral diarrhea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 days to completely get better. Unless the kids having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry. There is no need to use antibiotics unless there is blood in the motion. Antibiotics might worsen if unnecessarily used causing antibiotic associated diarrhea. I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D Chat Doctor.