Combating Diarrhea

We had a panic attack last Wednesday night when Rynae suddenly fell feverish. Besides not being able to finish her dinner, she had no sickness symptom prior. Must have been caused by the eccentric weather. I went on graveyard shift that night to check on her temperature constantly. We were hoping it would go away in a couple of days but instead, it worsened to include diarrhea the next day. After eating Doctor's medicine, she still has the runs. 6 to 8 times in a day. It was so serious that she'll wake you up in the middle of the night to tell you she's squirting that very minute. Cannot wait!

Milk was cut off and I put her on Vitasoy for 2 days. I started her on milk when her diarrhea seemed to improve but it aggravated her condition. 3rd visit to Doctor and she advised to stop milk for 2 weeks else could run the risk of causing her to suffer from lactose intolerance. Which means, she cannot consume milk or milk products with lactose (milk sugar) in future! This sounds serious. Daddy and Mummy sought desperately for unchilled, nutritious soya milk alternative that would last at least a fortnight. Vitasoy is not a long term solution as it's packed with loads of sugar.

There weren't many options and we bought Dumex Step 2 Soy Special Follow-up Formula. It was a gamble. We didn't know how it tastes like and if Rynae will take to it well. Our fears were met when Rynae refused to drink it. No wonder it was stated 'for babies above 6 months' on the packaging because only babies with immature taste buds would drink this yucky beverage. It has not the slightest taste of sweetness and has raw, beany smell. Even adding Ribena cordial could not enhance its flavour. There goes our $26.55!

Daddy went back to supermarket shelves and came back with Unisoy 100% organic soy milk powder in convenient individual packs. At least it tastes much better than the previous. Mummy added a little Ribena cordial during the preparation. Thank god Rynae accepted it. What a relieve...