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Persistant Diarrhoea any advice???
Hi ladies,
my toddler is 2 next month and for the last 4-5 days he has had diarrohea and very sloppy poo, it got worse yesterday i must have changed him about 8 times i havent been to worried as he is eating drinking and genrally fine in himself, anyway i have made a doc appointment for today to get him checked as its not stopping, does anyone know what causes this as his never had it before and hasnt eaten anything new im sue he has all his teeth aswell ?? x x x
my toddler is 2 next month and for the last 4-5 days he has had diarrohea and very sloppy poo, it got worse yesterday i must have changed him about 8 times i havent been to worried as he is eating drinking and genrally fine in himself, anyway i have made a doc appointment for today to get him checked as its not stopping, does anyone know what causes this as his never had it before and hasnt eaten anything new im sue he has all his teeth aswell ?? x x x
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Not sure what can cause it but think you are doing the right thing getting it checked out. Doc perscribed some stuff for my daughter to rehydrate her just incase but i cant remember what its called so sorry, its a sachet drink if i remember rightly & it just replaces any lost sugar etc, and we let the diarrhoea ride itself out as she had no obvious problems, it did it the end & she was fine, sure doc will put your mind at rest
Hilary x
My lo is 2 in decemer and for the past week has had very sloppy poo also although not full blown diarrhoea. I put it down to teeth as he hasn't got them all yet and also because he has been eating more fruit lately - he keeps asking for it so I give it to him as I feel this latest fad will be short lived unfortunately!
Let me know how you get on at doc if you go as I would be interested. All the best.
meg
my daughter had this for a while when she was around the same age. she wasnt ill, no temp, wasnt in pain and her diet hadnt changed. i took her to the docs and he took a sample of the poo (ooo what a nice job lol) he diagnosed her with "toddler diarrhoea". apparantley its just something that happens to some children at this age and is aggravated by lactose.it doesnt mean your child is lactose intolerant just at a particular age it seems to aggravate the gut in some children. he told me to not give her any products containing lactose for 3 months. as soon as i stopped the lactose the diarrhoea stopped. after 3 months when i let her have milk and stuff again she was fine, no problems at all. strange isnt it, id never even heard of toddler diarrohea until then or known anyone whos had a child with it.
i took my lo to the docs and he did a little check over his ears,tummy and throat were all fine he said he didnt have any signs of dehydration so he just recommended dyrialite but my lo wont touch it, its quite bitter. so ive given up on that and given him his juice back so his drinking something. he has been fine this evening but just before bed his temperature shot right up so ive given him some calpol and he has settled down to sleep. so i hope he doesnt get worse or it will be back to the docs tomoro lol x x
I had the same trouble getting my lo to take diorralyte but I found that if I mixed it in a wee bit of juice that she would take it no problem. I asked the dr if this was ok & she said that ideally they should take it in water but if they wouldnt then mixing it with juice is fine. There are also different flavours of diorralyte & I found my lo took the blackcurrant best
Hilary x