My DS is 3 years old and in nursery full time (8-6 five days a week) as I work full time and just potty trained.
Over the last 6 weeks we’ve had random reports of loose poos not enough that they needed to call me but just a oh he had very loose poo today but has been fine and hasn’t been able to get to the toilet in time. The last 3 weeks there has been an incident once each week of extreme diarrhoea pure water and foul smelling wind. Both times he has had to stay home for 48hrs but the next day been fine then towards the end of the day again started with diarrhoea then back to normality again. No throwing up during these episodes. We noticed this week that when he came home he had lots of little red dots under his eyes during the diarrhoea episodes that then fade.
Over the last month his also been complaining of tummy aches. Firstly I put this down to changes at nursery and maybe a little bit of worry but coupled with the poo incidents seems they might be linked. He is very small for his age despite being a normal weight at birth and wears 18m-2 year old clothes recently bought him something for a 3 year old and his so tiny round his middle they just fall down! He has dropped to just under 25th centile.
Nothing has changed with his diet during this time and been pretty much well during these episodes still playing and chatting as normal.
We went to the GP yesterday as it’s been going on over the last month and he has referred him for coeliac testing. I have tried to make his appointment for blood tests but have been told there is a minimum 5 month wait and know not to cut out gluten in the meantime.
However what do we do for the next five months with his poor tummy and the diarrhoea incidents every time it happens at nursery he has to be off for 48 hours (which I completely understand!) If this was coeliac would he not be struggling every day rather than random episodes during the week or can that happen? His always been fine and never had any previous toileting/diarrhoea would he not have always struggled? i just don’t know much about it and also don’t know how we will manage until he can get a blood test we are looking at going private but then assume he will have to stay on the private pathway is that correct?