• Popsicles
• Slurpees
• Chewing on wet washcloths
• Gatorade, Koolaid, Sprite, flat Coke, and ginger ale (not what I’d normally let him drink, but anything is better than nothing when he’s getting dehydrated)
• Pedialyte/pedialyte popsicles
• Jello (Lil’ Duck hates the stuff, won’t even touch it, thinks it is going to jump off the table and attack him, ha ha, but it’s worth a try for your little one).
• Applesauce
• 1 tsp. of Sprite every five minutes
• Diluted chicken broth

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1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. table salt
1/2 tsp. potassium salt
3 tsp. sugar (or flavored kool-aid, not sugar free)

Mix it all with 1 liter water.

(I earn the bad mommy award for just giving him Gatorade when he is sick, but he drinks it and he won’t touch pedialyte).