Baby cold, poor appetite, how should I do?

Q: baby eight and a half months, and some time ago supplementary food to eat is not too good, but milk is still adequate. However, a cold the past few days (accompanied by fever), has refused to eat, how these two days do not even drink milk. I am very anxious and experts in the how to do?

A: When a child cold because of decreased bowel function, sore throats, etc. affect the appetite, and some babies may also be accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms. Cold is a self-limiting disease (that is in the development of the disease to a certain degree of automatically stop, and gradually restore recover), it is to completely restore the need for a process, please do not be too worried. In the baby could be taken during illness Shaoshiduocan approach to easily digestible liquid and semi-liquid food mainly eat count the number of how many, do not insist. At the same time pay attention to try to find ways to give your baby water. If accompanied by diarrhea that can drink salt water or light salt and rice soup Riga something to complement the loss of electrolytes. So cold Well, appetite naturally restored.