Baby with Tummy bug

Ayan, my son,  is 14 months almost. He has a busy life. Running around in wobbly wonder. Checking every speck of dirt and mouthing them as well. No wonder when he came down with a tummy bug and fever of 37.2 F last saturday we were blaming his dirt picking habit for the same. Well, his natural curosity gave him a hard time. We took him to a general doctor, as his favourite Doc was away. He was quick to prescribe an antibiotic without any test done and also gave a lacto-b powder. The former was declared suspicious and later definitely good by my personal prescription (Moms know better you see). He felt better later in the day,  fever was mostly under 38. He had to take a paracetamol.

Now, Ayan has serious issues with strawberry flavoured syrupy medicine when he has fever and throws up when he sees the spoon or barely smells it from a distance. We use a sup, easy but risky since the watery flow of tummy did not help much. Moms with similar problem can use the same but after consulting a doctor. Our doc later gave him a Kid zinc tablet to repair internally. he also said its possibly viral and did not need the antibiotic. He is recovering. We had to change the milk with a non lactose temporarily, that really helped. His diet  is rice, fish, chicken, carrot, potato, white bread and lots of natural yogurt, tiny amount of oil. He has not lost his appetite thankfully, nor his dirt picking habits. We are keeping an sharper eye on him.