Rehydrating. . . Or not

2.2.09

Unfortunately we don't have a picture of Tynan's face at his first taste of Pedialyte. We decided to offer him some because his appetite has been so low with this illness that he is a little bit dehydrated. Shawn put it in a bottle and gave it to Tynan. Tynan started sucking eagerly, tasted the Pedialyte, and whipped the bottle out of his mouth. He stared at it a moment, decided it was the same type of bottle he usually gets, put it back in his mouth and began to suck a second time. Once again, though, upon tasting something other than milk, he whipped it out of his mouth. After that, he refused any more, and Shawn had to warm a bottle of milk. Next I want to try offering it in a cup. It seems our boy believes that bottles are for milk only!