Hello there,
I am not sure if this is the correct place to post...but here goes:
My five month old DS is showing all the accepted signs of teething (epic drool, everything shoved into mouth etc...). However, he has also started to have a bit of an unhappy tummy, too. He is FF and has gone from doing one or two paste-like yellow poos every other day, to pooping about three or four times a day. His poos are quite mucusy and have little grains in them, as they used to do when he was BF.
Is this normal alongside teething? The "experts" seem to suggest that runny poo is not a symptom of teething, but talking to other people, the anecdotal evidence would suggest otherwise.
He seems alright in himself, other than being off his food slightly as wells as the runny poo. I have topped up his usual feed with a little extra water, just to ensure he stays hydrated (won't take cooled, boiled water at all). He's still doing plenty of wet nappies. Should I be seriously concerned? I don't want to be labelled as a hysterical Mother who runs to the GP at the first sight of hiccups...
What are other people's experiences of teething symptoms and how did you cope with them?
Thank you!