10month old with constant diarrhoea

[Impatient1987]

Hi all,

Looking for some advice. DS is 10months old and usually has a bowel movement 1-2 times a day. On Sunday he had 6 - that got progressively looser. Yesterday I think there were 9 dirty nappies in total, clearly diarrhoea.

The issue I'm having is his bum is so so sore, I feel dreadful changing his nappy because he's screaming in pain. This morning he had had at least one bowel movement but slept through. I changed him, gave him his morning bottle then he had another episode. This time I tried him with a lukewarm shower instead of Wipes and he was flinching with that to. Also screamed through his bath last night which is really unusual for him 😞 does anyone have any advice on how to help with the sore bum (I've tried bepanthen and sudocrem).

Also how much is too much diarrhoea? He's eating/drinking fine and seems happyish other than nappy changes (he's got quite a heavy cold as well)

How is weaning going?

I would strip back foods to a fairly basic set of foods and keep a food diary. Keep an eye on dairy, soya, eggs and gluten but absolutely anything could be a trigger.

My daughter has a sensitive tummy and gets diarrhoea very easily. For her it has been due to food allergies, teething, stress - the night before we moved house she went 8 times in 2h!, colds and random. She has a toddler diarrhoea diagnosis now too.

You say he has a heavy cold. This very much could be the reason. Illnesses can also give secondary food intolerances so it might be that his tum is a bit more sensitive due to the bugs. A simple diet for a week or two might help

Thanks for the advice @Superscientist I'll try the food diary. He has always been super with food. 3 solid meals a day (can think of anything new recently) and 20oz milk (moved from breast feeding to formula at new year - although he's always been combination fed).

8 in 2hours sounds like no fun!

It might be that they could tolerate small amounts of dairy but not full time

If the change has been since switching to formula full time speak to the GP about a trial of hypoallergenic formula

The formula has been used from birth but an increase in formula vs breastmilk was made inbetweeen christmas and new year. I'll keep an eye on it but 3+ weeks seems a long time for a reaction to kick in

have you tried the yellow Metanium cream for the sore bum? no idea what's in it or how it works, but it's like magic at healing bums.

available in most pharmacies/boots/superdrug etc

Funnily enough I've just requested my other half to go and pick some of that up! Thanks for the tip, hopefully it helps, the rash is probably the worst part of all this 😬

Cut back on the dairy and yellow metanium! Hope he's much better soon.

weleda calendula cream on first with the yellow metanium on top is best. The calendula soothes it and the metanium heals it. I found the metanium stung dd too much when it was really bad.

Dd was like this and the dr advised a probiotic but I think your ds is probably too young but it might be worth asking in the pharmacy or drs.

That would track with the increase in dairy volume. It can take 3 days for a delayed reaction to start more of it is a mild allergy. It's only when you get a build up of the proteins that the reaction starts.

3 weeks ago puts you at 2nd Jan 3-5 days before that would be 28th-30th Dec. Looks like it could be the increase in formula. If it is a dairy allergy it's very promising that they were ok with diary when combifeeding. How did the formula volumes compare before and after the switch?

If it is an allergy you would need to remove all dairy for 6 months and then start the milk ladder to see where their tolerance and then try to push what they can tolerate by slowly increasing the amounts of dairy

Sorry misread your message 3 weeks for symptoms not 3 weeks since symptoms started.

It can take that long of reactions are mild you need the build up. It might be that they can mostly tolerate dairy but not fully. Probably worth a chat with the gp