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Q: How can I tell if baby is dehydrated?
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Keep Drinking
Fever? The body uses and loses fluids very quickly and efficiently during fever. Replace these fluids by offering drinks every 1/2 hour while your child is awake.
Feed a fever?
Fever and dehydration? Besides losing body fluids, important minerals and electrolytes are leeched from normal sources. Salt (sodium, Na) and Potassium (K) are very susceptible. You can replace these easily with child favorites, like potato chips and bananas. Carbonated beverages, like ginger ale and Coke are also sources of these missing links.
How much did he weigh?
Fever and dehydration? For infants, the results of prolonged fever and dehydration can be measured by weight if an accurate baby scale is available. You will see baby´s eyes seem larger, more shadowed , and more prominent than ever before.
no BM in the AM or PM
Fever and dehydration? Expect bowel movements to become less frequent and a lot harder to pass. This is due to the water content being recycled out of the stool and used to help decrease a fever. Keep the child drinking.
Freezies to the Rescue
Most drug stores now carry a special "replacement" for electrolyte loss from dehydration called "pedialyte". This comes in both fluid and (unfrozen) freezie form.
