What Are You Feeding Your 1 Year Old When They are on Antibiotics?

[Anonymous]

My DC is on antibiotics and has a very "upset" tummy. What foods are good for this and what should we stay away from? DC eats chunks of food but is not good with things like rice, doesn't like to be fed but can't use a spoon either. I managed to get a yogurt into DC at lunch time. I'm afraid to give the usual blueberries and pears. TIA!

[Anonymous]

If you go by the BRATY diet, you could try chunks of banana, white bread/toast, etc. Perhaps some cut-up apple, if your DC can handle it. Maybe some boiled egg for protein.

You might also try the drinkable yogurt in a sippy cup! Yogurt, as I'm sure you know, is especially good for you when you're on antibiotics. My DS (16 mos) loves, loves, loves the drinkable stuff! (Too sugary for everyday use but perfect as a treat or in times like these!)

Good luck!

[sunnyskies]

Pasta? My son can manage the corkscrew kind pretty easily to pick up. I would definitely stay away from blueberries! Your son seems to like them, but they give my almost 1-yo terrible diaper rash. I think they are hard on the tummy.

You could also do the mum crackers and zwieback toast. Pancakes? Egg yolks (I make a little pancake out of it and break it up)

Sweet potato and reg potato chunks that he can pick up with his hands....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you go by the BRATY diet, you could try chunks of banana, white bread/toast, etc. Perhaps some cut-up apple, if your DC can handle it. Maybe some boiled egg for protein.

You might also try the drinkable yogurt in a sippy cup! Yogurt, as I'm sure you know, is especially good for you when you're on antibiotics. My DS (16 mos) loves, loves, loves the drinkable stuff! (Too sugary for everyday use but perfect as a treat or in times like these!)

Good luck!

The Brat diet is now out. THe new one is the CRAM Cereal, Rice and Milk.



http://www.sesameworkshop.org/parents/solutions/information/article.php?contentId=595&&
Take That, BRAT!


CRAM beats BRAT when it comes to treating diarrhea.
by Gail Rosenblum



Parents who use the BRAT diet (bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast) to treat their child's diarrhea may soon be replacing it with the CRAM diet (cereal, rice, and milk). Recent research in hospitals in South America and Asia has found CRAM to be a more effective remedy.

"Not only does the CRAM diet seem to ease the diarrhea symptoms faster, but the milk gives the child more complete protein and needed fat, which is lacking in the BRAT diet," explains John Snyder, M.D., professor of pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics subcommittee on treating acute diarrhea.

To prevent dehydration, a potentially life-threatening outcome of diarrhea, Dr. Snyder says that it's essential to combine the CRAM diet with an electrolyte-replacement drink. And call your doctor immediately, Dr. Snyder advises, if the diarrhea remains severe or if your child exhibits any symptoms of dehydration, such as dry mouth, lack of urination, listlessness, and rapid heart rate.