Question about **TMI** dd's poo.

[MrsPotter]

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?

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Bump, is anyone there? :(

Hi mrspotter, take her to the doctor to reassure yourself, but chances are they'll tell you it's viral and that you just need to wait it out. And based on my own (unfortunately ongoing) recent experience, diarrhoea/dodgy poo often lasts much longer than the puking with tummy bugs. DS had diarrhoea for, maybe 10 days before he got back to normal.

In terms of her diet, it seems ok to me. No need to feel guilty about jars-my DS has always been an unreliable eater, so has mostly eaten from jars as it is so much less frustrating/wasteful when he rejects a dinner out of a jar than when he rejects a home cooked meal!

Oh, and if her diarrhoea does continue for a while, there is the possibility that she has secondary lactose intolerance (caused by the bug temporarily stripping a certain enzyme out of the gut which processes lactose), and switching to soya milk formula for a week or so can really help (it has done with me).

Hope that helps!

Agree with everything pacific said. I wish I had used jars more I spent way too much time cooking!

Just regarding the food though we found the Ella's kitchen ones closest to home cooked and now your dd is eight months maybe you could try some finger foods with her? If you think she is ready

I hope she feels better soon