Constant diarrhea in my 7 month old!

[melissatippets]

My baby has had diarrhea for the last 3 weeks. No fever, still a pretty hearty appetite, and generally pretty happy! I don't know what is going on. He is EBF and has started some solids. We did a stool sample to test for infection and it came up negative. I've got an appointment scheduled for this week with a gastroenterologist. He's lost a few oz since his 6 month appointment. Now has fallen off the growth chart. He goes to daycare where he is drinking old expressed milk of mine. I'm thinking maybe a dairy allergy? He also had his two bottom teeth come in last weekend and they are still in the process of coming in. Any thoughts? I'm getting nervous here.

[Applesandpears56]

Unlikely to be a dairy allergy if it's only been 3 weeks

More likely an allergy to something you've started weaning him on? What solids and other drinks does he have?

[melissatippets]

We've tried just some basic solids. Squash, sweet potatoes, green beans, apples, bananas, rice cereal and oatmeal. Mostly all purées.

[melissatippets]

And his diarrhea is very green and full of mucous.

[Applesandpears56]

What is his nursery giving him?

Surely at 7 months you are giving more solids than that?

Is his nursery storing and reheating your breast milk properly?

[melissatippets]

@applesandpears56 He also loves carrots. Other than that, I haven't given him a whole lot of other stuff because for the past 3 weeks his tummy has been obviously upset so I haven't wanted to add too many new foods while still trying to find the cause of the diarrhea. I did try some greek yogurt the other day mixed up with bananas and he liked that.

The nursery is storing and heating the milk properly, I checked on that. He just has BM at daycare and sometimes baby food for lunch.

[Applesandpears56]

Too many bananas can cause issues

[andbabymakesthree]

Fore milk/ hindmilk inbalance in pumped milk?

[AVeryBigHouse]

Check what infection the stools were tested for.

My twins had mucoussy diarrhoea for weeks at about 9 months old. Their appetite was still good. Their stool samples came back clear but after a few weeks, the gp retested and it came back that they had cryptosporidium.

[stargirl1701]

Did he have the Rotavirus vax?

DD1 had Adenovirus at 11 months. It caused 21 days of diarrhoea approx every 2 hours, day and night. It was confirmed by stool sample taken by GP.

[Twofishfingers]

some children can develop dairy intolerance after a bug but it's a temporary intolerance, just a kind of irritation of the bowels. It's not an allergy as such. I remember DS had a terrible stomach bug at around 10 months old, and he carried on have diarrhea for days so I stopped dairy for just two/three days and his poos were back to normal after that. But he was on formula at that point, not BM.

Also, I would check with nursery how the breast milk is stored.