One year old poo..?! Had enough

Happened with my baby, so many dirty nappies. Doctor suggested changing her formula milk to a cheaper more standard version. I think I used Aptamil, which at that time had fish oils in it. ( I though that would be beneficial ) he said try something like SMA or similar, I forgot them all now, but a more standard brand.
It did the trick.
Bit of an issue again as a toddler, but I found optibac probiotics worked very well, and resolved issues.

Have you looked into things like FPIES? It’s not always vomiting.

My son had this. Non-ige dairy allergy eventually diagnosed. Doesn't show up on blood test, skin prick etc. Could be that, especially as you mentioned it was a funny colour.

Any other allergy-like symptoms? Like constant sniffy nose or runny eyes?

Go with your instinct op....you know him best.
My baby had this, constant, frequent runny poos and after months and months we figured it was definitely an allergy to something. Tried removing lactose, no real change. Whilst researching possible causes I realised I had a lot of the same symptoms (including regular loose movements) and so we were both tested for coeliacs. Although they came back negative, I decided to remove gluten from my diet and it was a game changer. So after my son was tested, I changed his diet and low an behold, the same change in him. We have now both been diagnosed with non-coeliac gluten intolerance and no more loose poop unless we have been glutened or are ill.
Worth considering maybe?
Good luck and as I said, go with your instinct. I don't think 4/5 runny nappies a day in a food eating child is right unless it is an allergen reaction.

Any reason why he's still on formula? I'd get him off that, give him water, ordinary cow's milk, and diluted cordial.

Stop the formula and make sure you've got plenty of fibre in his diet.

Try lactose free milk or plant based.

My guess would be toddler diarrhoea or secondary lactose intolerance (usually triggered by an infection).

DS always had very runny poos. Literally like someone had poured a pint of korma into his nappy. When he stopped drinking breast milk at 18 months (we didn’t give him cows milk and opted for oat milk, suspecting lactose intolerance or a mild form of CMPA), his poos became normal.

Hi OP, sounds like toddler diarrhoea to me. Sorry for all the people saying you shouldn't be frustrated, I've been there and it's relentless. Also makes potty training really difficult so you are right to question it.

My son started with frequent and very soft poos after he turned roughly 1, and we didn't think much of it until it started to be relentless. He then went through a period of very watery stools, up to 8 times a day when he was 18 months. Nursery sent him home understandably, but there was nothing else wrong with him so we went to the GP - he also had an extremely sore bum from all the poos. They did some tests and diagnosed him with toddler diarrhoea.

We did some work ourselves in trying to eliminate what the trigger was for him - and turns out its very high fibre foods - e.g. weetabix, shreddies. Cut that out and it made a big difference, back to 3 ish poos a day and no more sore bum.

Fast forward to age 2.5 when we tried potty training - and we realised that his stools were still too loose for him to have any control over his poos. So we stopped training and looked at his diet again. We removed cows milk and subbed in oat or soya - and wow it made a huge difference - he's pooing actual stools for the first time since he was about 1. Potty training was a success.

He's now almost 3, and weetabix etc still will set him off - he's on the toilet a lot if he manages to steal some of nanas weetabix (who often forgets he can't have it 🙄). We saw a peadiatrician a while ago about something else but chatted about his toddler diarrhoea, and he said he will grow out of it at some point, so we can try and slowly reintroduce milk and the high fibre foods when we are ready. We're in no rush though, he is still able to have other diary products (yogurt, cheese etc) so we have no concerns over his calcium intake etc.

Hope this is helpful - good luck!

My 13mo poos once a day and it is formed. Like an adult poo! So I think you're right to investigate

Allergy tests only pick up ige-mediated allergies. Non-ige allergies which affect digestion won't show up on tests. For us it was a dairy allergy causing the multiple poos.

It can be toddler diarrhea many get it not infectious.
Why is he on formula?

DD was a bit like this when she had a weetabix for breakfast, with porridge she was a lot less loose

We had this with DD - toddler Diarrhoea. She would poo multiple times a day. She wasn’t distressed but she did get a bit sore.

We cut out citrus fruit and stopped her multi vitamin - we thought she maybe couldn’t cope with the vitamin c.

The doctor said she could take a probiotic to help with gut health and I think we did that for a while. She eventually grew out of it but even now she is a teenager if she needs to get things moving she just has a large glass of orange juice!

It may not be linked but I noticed my DD stopped pooing so often when she switched from formula to cows milk. Now your son's over 12 mo switch to cows milk, will also save you a load as well!

Why do you think it should be just once a day now OP?

I'm sure DC was pooping fairly prolifically well up to age 3 or beyond.

He's just a baby!!

Yeah at this age, nappies should be more regular. I don’t know if you need a referral for a dietitian in the NHS but I think it’s time for one. Just so you know, doctors don’t spend much time learning about food intolerances and allergies.

Mine have been like this. Looks more formed now it's in the potty but always at least twice a day and seemed very soft when it was in the nappy. If diet and appetite are fine and they're growing well I don't think its anything to worry about. It will get less frequent as they grow.

He doesn’t need to be on formula at 14 months, milk will be fine.

It really isn’t that odd

is he at nursery?