Pls answer my query about food for kids during stomach upset

From my experience , Banana is the best fruit/food during diarrhea.
Don't give him pasta, tomato sauce etc etc since that is acidic and it will upset more. We might think the child is going empty stomach and worry but understand the fact that the body is rejecting food.
Also watch out if he is throwing up too much since that could be a stomach bug. Curd rice is fine ONLY IF THE CURD IS NOT SOUR.

See a doctor soon.

Hope that helps and all the best.

 

I think you son is down with the virus (gastro enteritis). My son too had it during christmas time when he vomitted and had severe diarrohea. The doctor told me to give lots of fluids, diary was accepted too, no citrus fruits but otherwise whatever he felt like eating. He too said banana was the best to fight against.

I see you live in London. Do you get those special kid's teas (like fennel tea or fruit tea)? i used to give those for my son.

Latha

 

BRAT diet or Banana, rice, apple and toast is the recommendation here too. The rule about dairy is that some children get secondary lactose intolerance after diarrhoea and need to be lactose-free for a while, I am sure it had nothing to do with vomiting. If you can dilute the yoghurt to "butternilk" (not the European buttermilk) but add matching quantities of water and a bit of salt and hing to taste, it's a good way to re-hydrate. If it is live culture yoghurt, then some of the gut bacteria will get repopulated helping your child to back to normal soon. If that's not working, you could always just give a probiotic. Hope your LO feels better soon!

 

we get fennel tea which is good for digestion. The fruit tea is simply dried, dehydrated apples, strawberries with pepper mint that is to be soaked in hot water for 5 minutes and the decoction is had. It is for children so no caffeine. It is not the same as our tea which is black tea. It'll not be sweet (herbal teas) but you can add honey. When they vomit, juice or water can put them off but they need to drink fluids right. So this tea given warm is very much liked by my son.

I wonder if your son will like soy milk.. mine doesn't. Buttermilk (yogurt diluted) like Tikka says is the best option. Else you should try giving milk as milk shake with banana in it

I give couple of links: Salus is a german brand and looks like it's available in UK

Salus House Organic Fennel Herb Tea Bags (15 Bags) | Salus House | Herbal Tea Bags | G. Baldwin and Co. | Herbalist UK

Herbal Teas - by whitewolf - Gaia's Garden

Latha

 

Soy protein can also be a little heavy on recovering tummies especially if you have not already tried soy products. How about almond/rice milk or rice milk products. I am told there are yoghurt and desserts based on rice milk. (We unfortunately are not big fans here of any kind of milk)