to put this here as I have had no answer in the appropriate topic.

[MrsPotter]

I posted the following, massively U to post it here as well but I really need an answer :(

Hi guys just wanted to get some advice really.

Last week a stomach bug passed through DP's family, DD and I had it (DD is 8 months old) she was sick one night and half of the following day, then it was just her bottom end basically. Very runny poos which obviously to be expected with stomach bugs, her poos are still, for want of a better term...dodgy. She is almost weaned, her daily meals are as follows

When she gets up: 8oz bottle of formula
Lunch at around 12pm-12:30 is a jar of food (she currently has the 7month plus ones and has done for the past couple of weeks to a month)
depending on how long she naps for in afternoon she has another bottle of formula at around 2:30-3pm (again 8oz)

5-6pm she has her dinner jar (please don't judge me for the jars I am not a very competent cook)

then around 8-8:30 usually she has her last bottle then bed.

Does that sound okay? She's my first so I'm still learning really, but anyway back to the nappy contents, she had runny ones with that stomach bug, but obviously being on the jars her poos had become lots more solid, now they are mostly explosive with lumps (bits of carrot etc) no more smelly than normal really. Just to add I do give her water/baby juice during the day if she hasn't had a lot of milk (sometimes she naps through and its too close to dinner iyswim so i give her juice or water with her dinner)

Please can someone come along and tell me what I am doing wrong or should I just take her to the GP to make sure?

Thank you guys

I think what hunty said got lost in translation via the key board.

What Valium said.

I did use jars though!

I used both.

This cook from scratch stuff makes my mind boggle. What do you think happened before ready meals? It is very simple, quick and cheap to cook basics. If you can spend time on MN, you can spend time looking up how to cook a potato.

My dd had d&v with d persisting for about 7-10 days. My gp said to just give her whatever she felt like eating, even if it was only plain biscuits. It won't hurt if they don't each much, but it is important to avoid dehydration. For this reason she told me to give as much milk as she wants. Offer water too obviously, but babies tend to glug back milk and never tend to take the same volume of water. Therefore even though it might not be the best thong for a bad tum, to cut out milk is cutting out vital fluids. Plus babies' guts are better suited to digesting milk than ours - they produce lots of lactase enzyme etc.

at 8 months if you don't add salt to food (and we use unsalted butter for ds' food) your dd can eat what you eat, a good one is the blw cookbook as v easy to follow recipes that you can eat as a family. We make enough for 2 meals and freeze the rest to make an easy dinner another day.

simple foods and hydration are good after d&v - just like for yourself really.

maybe introduce a cereal and fruit breakfast? Ds is bf but I use whole cows milk on his cereal.

I did a mix of home made and jars (mostly fruit ones for ds - handy for mixing with cereals, baby rice, etc). NHS website says to continue milk feeds:

Continue breastfeeding or bottle-feeding

If you are breastfeeding or bottle-feeding your child and they have diarrhoea, continue breastfeeding or bottle-feeding them as normal. Rehydration drinks should also be given if your child is at risk of dehydration.

Re giving food:

If your child is dehydrated, do not give them any solid food until they have drunk enough fluids. Once they have stopped showing signs of dehydration, they can start eating their normal diet.

If your child is not dehydrated, offer them their normal diet. If your child refuses to eat, continue to offer drinks and wait until their appetite returns.

I thought most people used jars at some point? I am 50% BLW as in feed them same as you, 25% home-made-out-the-freezer whether its BLW (pasta and sauce both freeze and microwave well!) or HM Baby food (like Annabel Karmel Butternut squash risotto), and 25% jars (the odd stressed-grab-takeaway day; will often eat chippy-chips at MILs so just take a jar with us for the little one).

I don't know anyone who doesn't use jars quite often, so I guess I am balancing out HuntyCat!

. All my friends and I enjoy cooking, and have weaned our dc on whatever the family is eating. Definately the poorer people I know don't buy jars because they can't afford them, and the better-off people I know tend to not want to buy them. I personally just find it much easier to plonk a plateful of whatever the rest of us have down in front of DS3. Isn't it a right faff to have to heat up a separate meal? (Again, genuine Q!)

Don't cut out her milk, she needs the fluid and nutrition they provide. I was told by health visitor when my dd had an upset tum that at 8 months milk is still more important than solids. Her poo took a good few weeks to get back to normal, if ur worried, take her to the Gp. Btw, I used a combination of both. Jars for lunch and then gave her what we were eating for t.(obviously didn't use salt) or cooked her some veg seperately. That all gets much easier at 12 months, hope ur little one is better soon.

I used food from jars sometimes MrsPotter and my friends did occasionally too. It is no big deal.

MrsPotter, weaning your dd, especially after having a nasty dv bug, seems to be a sensitive subject with you . I don't think anyone is judging you in the jars, just offering advice and experiences.

Parenting is a mine field and we can all only do what we think is best.

I hope your dd gets better soon. You can always call the hv for reassurance if needed. :)

My DS1 who was weaned mostly on jars (and pots) of baby food is a far better eater than my DD who had lovingly prepared home cooked meals that she never ate. DS2 gets a mix of both. Anyhoo that wasn't really the question was it.

DS2 had a tummy bug the other week and as he was getting better, but still had very loose poo, I gave him some Actimel. I mixed it with a bit of baby rice to thicken it up so I could spoon feed it to him like a yoghurt. I gave it to him a couple of times over a couple of days along with other, plain, carby food. He was soon back to normal. Don't cut out her milk feeds, they're important to her for now.

I remember when I was weaning DD1, we took some jars away for a long weekend away. I had been giving her our food and the odd jar when out. DDs poos were all runny and it was suggested by SIL it was the runny food in the jars?! Then they stayed runny, then went back to more solid. I took a sample to the GP - came back normal. Even the childminder was commenting on them. Now I know its normal, just a babies digestive system plus teething which makes the poo runny and acidic and gives them a sore bottom and nappy rash. I found Ashtons powders good for the tummy when the poos were all soft, helped neutralise them I think.
I know lots of people who use jars.