Next time follow your heart.  I hate to hear people feeling unempowered like this.

You knew that your child wasn't drinking enough and you knew the only thing he would was milk, give him milk.  Maybe try to water it down, but milk is mainly water anyway.

Everytime a doctor/nurse is insistant you should do something you do not think is right think of all the things the medical profession has gotten wrong in the past.  Episiotemies for example.  What about knocking women out during labour and then having to strap them down so they wouldn't hurt themselves or their babies.  Child-bed fever caused by med-students/doctors going directly from autopsy to attending births.  I could go on and on and on.

Also, any doctor who reccomendes pedialyte has been listening to the drug company too much.  You can make rehydration liquids at home, you can make them cheaper and healthier.  In fact many studies have found there is no difference between giving your child pedialyte or gatorade.

Also, where I live the doctors tell you not to give any refined sugar and as few carbohydrates as possible to any child with the stomach flu.  I have never heard of this whole BRAT diet.

Anyway I just wanted to say follow your heart, you know what is best.  If you think something is wrong with your child you probably have a reason to be concerned, and if you think the advice you have been given isn't working, try something else.
