why is movement gone all soft and squidgy in my 3 1/2 year old out of blue for a week?

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not diarrhoea but poo/stools soft (and explosive a bit - sorry folks!!!) and been like this for a week...nothing new in diet at all...and bum pretty red and sre now..poor thing!

not sure whether to take to docs as seems fine in himself...could a simple virus/bug cause this? for A WEEK?? anybody have a similar experience which then resolved by itself?

Sounds like it may have been a bug & you can then get a temporary lactose intolerance following the bug, which would give you explosive stools. If it's making him that sore I'd pop him along to your GP & they could also prescribe something for his sore bottom (or you could try bepanthen/cavilon as they are good barrier creams that prevent further irritation while the skin underneath heals over). Hope that helps.

yes it does help and it was exactly that!!!!!! lactose intolerance

thank you so much for your post!!!!!

:)