To wish my baby would stop shitting!

[gilmar]

My ds 14 months has had diarrhoea for 3 weeks now, apparently caused by his jags and teething. He leaks every night in bed and then all day so we have so much washing every day.
Have used bigger nappies, smaller nappies etc it still leaks. Doctor says it will clear up on his own but it's a nightmare! Has anyone else had this and did it just go on its own??

My 16 month old is the same, he's currently teething, isn't ill, but I'm changing a shitty nappy between 5-6 times a day.

My first was worse though, and it does just stop, just need to keep them hydrated.

I just feel like it's never ending!

that's tough going op. might sound silly but a banana a day might help. cut down on dairy

Have a look at "toddler diarrhoea" on patient.co.uk or similar. They have good dietary advice for persisting diarrhoea. He could also have a bit of temporary lactose intolerance as a result of the diarrhoea so might be worth looking at that too.

Apart from that, sympathies . Diarrhoea is, oh so literally, shit.

I tried some banana purée the other day. My Dh said it would bind him up lol. It's really wearing me down every morning going in to face another leaky nappy and dirty bed covers etc. Took him to the doctors today and she just said it would
Clear up on its on.
I was secretly hoping she would give me a magic cure!
Lol

Just stop feeding your children. . When it got really bad with my eldest I put those old fashioned plastic pants on him like ones used to use around terry nappies on top of the disposable nappies. With the younger DCs I used some 'Dry night' disposable sheets and sometimes those 'Little Swimmers' over the nappy.

They should invent plastic onesies
for times like this, that you just through out after! I can't face another bed change tomorrow
I really can't. His room constantly stinks now, no matter how much I
Air it out!

My DD had temporary lactose intolerance when she was about 9 months old. Within a day of putting her on lactose free formula she was fine. It might be worth cutting out lactose for a few days to see if it makes a difference.

Try a large nappy over a normal size one. Sympathies

Pico where can I get lactose free milk, would it have to be prescribed?

If he's over one I would think normal lactofree milk would be fine? Although I'm not sure they do a full fat version. Pretty sure I've seen lactose free formula in boots too.

I was going to suggest dairy too! DD2 has post illness dairy intolerance at the moment - it's been three months so far so I'm glad we cut it out!

Oh no now I'm really worried. I've been a bit stressed out lately and this would just be one more thing to get worried about

We bought it off the shelf in Boots.

Formula that is.

Have the gps asked for a stool sample? If not go in and ask for one to be taken and checked.

Put him up for adoption.

I hope I use some rehydration salts babezzz

I'm a long time lurker and have joined purely to respond to this post as I feel so sorry for you both!
My daughter had this exactly a year ago - weeks of runny nappies and it seemed like it would never go away.
A friend recommended plenty of yoghurt with live cultures in (that's about as technical as I get) so we bought Actimel, and it worked pretty much overnight in settling her tummy again - I swear by it (hate the stuff myself though).
Got her the full fat one and even the extra creamy one or whatever it's called.

You alright there pam?

DC3 is 14 weeks and in his whole life he has done about three poos that have stayed inside his nappy. I actually texted DH once when his nappy didn't leak for the first time. He's absolutely fine in every other way but no matter what size / type of nappy he has on, the poo manages to escape somewhere.

I've thrown out so many vests and things.

This would happen to my son after a bug. It would persist for ages.

Things that worked- cooled peppermint tea, probiotic, things with pectin (peppa pig vitamins) or gelatin (marshmallows or jelly or bone broth soup), just yellow bananas (not the very ripe ones) or something starchy like rice/rice cakes.

My ds2 was like this when he was 2, so much that he was admitted to hospital as he was dehydrated, the gp suggested lactofree milk and he was clear within a couple of days. I bought it with the regular milk in Tesco.

I second all the suggestions that it might be temporary lactose intolerance.
DS is 17 mo and has had this twice now. Took DS to dr after permanent runs for 9 days (otherwise fine). Dr said it's 'temporary post-viral lactose intolerance' (although the virus was hardly noticeable).
Suggested removing lactose from diet for 2 weeks and re-introducing slowly (e.g. one ounce per feed).

I used SMA lactose free formula (which I've only ever found in pharmacies).

BTW, it totally worked. I cut out lactose straight away and the next day he was back to normal poos

And, incidentally, it really is temporary and he's gone back to tolerating dairy fine.

Green bananas help. Natural yoghurt has live cultures in like the actimel stuff but is a lot cheaper and less sugary. Avoid anything acidic like orange etc and try and stick to a plainer diet like white bread, pasta, chicken etc.

Also loads and loads of fluids - dehydration is what I would mainly be worried about