Paediatricscommon
A 14-month-old girl is brought to a rural general practice with three days of watery diarrhoea and vomiting. She is alert and playing, her lips are dry, her capillary refill is under two seconds, and she has had two wet nappies since yesterday. Her mother has been offering flat lemonade from a 200 mL cup, and each large drink is followed within minutes by a vomit; the stools have become more frequent. She is still breastfed. You decide on rehydration at home. Which one of the following instructions should you give her mother?