Debra, I would encourage the mother to press the pedi for his/her reasons 
behind the lact. intolerance diagnosis - seems very suspicious to me!  If it's 
just based on the continued vomiting, I think this pedi needs to do some 
research.

I'm sure many of us on this list have had nurslings who suffered through 
Rotavirus, myself included.  My little guy was 2, and thank God he was still 
nursing because he kept votmitting until there was NOTHING left, not even 
bile.  Of course, every child is different, but if the child in question was only in 
hosptial for one night, my educated guess is that he was released before he 
was well enough.  

If I remember correctly, my own little guy was sick with it for 4 or 5 
days...several at home before I took him to ER, and several in the hospital.  
What really gets me about situations like this, is when a child is sick and 
nursing and vomitting up the breastmilk, the FIRST thing mothers are often 
told (still!) is to stop nursing or to at least stop during the illness.  "They" say 
that the child cannot tolerate breastmilk while ill and that is why they are 
vomitting it up...uh...hello!  A child who is sick like this will vomit ANYTHING 
up, even the popsicles that they keep offering!

So, again, I would just keep assuring this mom as you have been, and 
encourage her to ask for more info if she feels she needs to (unless of course, 
you think that there is something else going on).

Blessings!

Karyn-grace Clarke, IBCLC, LLLL

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