Toddler Diarrhoea?

[AngelicalHeat]

I'm hoping someone has been in or a similar position to me. Since weaning at 9 months my son has had diarrhoea, or very very soft poos, not formed at all. 3 weeks ago I took him to doctors and they says he has toddler diarrhoea. But the past week it has literally turned to water, when he passes gas or even just standing! Thing is he still has a very strong appetite and will eat pretty much anything.
At Christmas I cut out dairy for a week and nothing changed. He's not on formula or baby food, everything is homemade.
I feel at a loss, if as an adult this was happening it would be very worrying. So I feel like I'm being fobbed of by the NHS.
If anyone is going through something similar I would love to hear from you. All the other mums I have spoken to in person have no experience with this.

I went through this with my dc last year. Same diagnosis. I did the same as you, cut out milk to see if it made a difference and it didn't. The pediatrician advised to reduce fruit until it settles/stops and that worked. It's not uncommon and can actually last until age 6 or so until digestive system fully matures.

ETA make sure you don't give pop or fruit juice either.

Thank you, I will give this a try and see how he goes. He does eat alot of fruit and drinks fruit juice. Fingers crossed. 🤞

You may need to change his diet so he has less fibre a more fat. This might be helpful

https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/patient-information/dietary-advice-for-toddler-diarrhoea-parent-carer-information/

@AngelicalHeat @Mumtobabyhavoc how old were your toddlers when diagnosed?
We are having a similar issue here (been to the GP and awaiting results). This has been ongoing for over a month now with no end in sight. They're becoming increasingly distressed at constantly farting and having accidents, despite being fully trained for a year. Can also be having 6+ poos every day, I feel so bad for them.

The CUH advice is good, but I would also see the GP @MDDR for something new onset in case it's an infection, not toddler diarrhoea.

Yep, already been to the GP, thank you.

DS was diagnosed with this aged 2 and the paediatrician said it was one of those things that they grow out of, but he’s now 11 and still has too-soft #2 that takes a lot of wiping he says. However, he is a very fussy eater and won’t touch vegetables so he is missing out on a lot of fibre.

When he was 3 I found that Weet-bix and blueberries were big triggers and he was better when we cut these out. Anything with too much dairy at once I.e a smoothie still triggers him now but all tests show he has no allergies etc.

My daughter (now 23yo) had this too. Can't remember her exact age but GP definitely called it toddler diarrhoea. It lasted a few weeks in her case, all tests came back negative. No specific food triggered it, everything did. It cleared up and she has been perfectly healthy since.

She was always a picky eater as a young child so it could have been diet related but I really have no idea.

My DD was 2 when diagnosed with toddler’s diarrhoea. It wasn’t until she was 6 we discovered she in fact had coeliac disease. It’s always worth, IMO, to request a blood test to rule this out as my GP was happy for years to peg my daughter’s symptoms as something as generic as toddlers diarrhoea when she was suffering.