No solid Poos and hes nearly two .

[spiderbabymum]

Ok Ive given up assuming everythings fine.

My son is small for his age ( low birth weight and 5 weeks early ).

Since birth until now hes only had a handful of Solid poos EVER .

Sorry to be so graphic ...esp in the morning....
But they used to be the consistency of Porridge .

Now the last few weeks they are softer and ceramy ...and more liquidy...look like creamy chicken korma without the lumps ...

Has anyone else experienced this . ??
Is there anything I can do .

I do wonder if its the cows milk as in lactose intolerance ???
I tried changing to soya milk 6 m ago ....but he refused it ....and i thought it was awful too .

Would be good to hear from mums with similar experience .

Just worried hes not absorbing as much nutrients as he should be .
Thanks

Oh yeah hes 23 months .

Is he drinking a lot of milk? Soft yellowish poos often turn up if ds1 drinks more than half a pint of milk a day.

I would be thinking intolerance/allergy too. It could be a number of things. I would ask your GP for a referral but in the meantime you could try lactose free milk (available in supermarkets), though apparently it is more often the protein in cow's milk rather than the lactose. You would also have to cut out other forms of dairy - and there is a lot of hidden dairy in things you wouldn't expect. It is difficult but not impossible to make sure they get a healthy diet without any dairy at all, so at this age it is better to do it with proper support .My DS1 is dairy intolerant and it is a pain but luckily he is a good eater so we manage. Clearly something is going on with your son as the pooing is definitely not normal. With my DS the symptoms are runny poos and stomach cramps, especially at night - how does your DS sleep?

Or it could just be that he eats too much fruit? Easily done with a toddler.

DS2 used to have runny poos but strangely they seemed to solidify once he did them on the loo.

Not much help, sorry.

Prob 400-600 mls a day .

2-3 small beakers a day .

I ve got to do sth .

His nappies in the am are dreadful .....and this morning he looks so shocked when he was poing in his nappy ....I think it was a sudden onset one .

Its so Confusing becauseI know the latest advice from the Paediatric nurse at our local hospital FOR CONSTIPATION is to Cut Down On milk .

I guess its just trail and error for all these diet related things .

Think Im feeling a bit guilty today for not trying sth earlier .

Thanks TPL .

He sleeps like a dream . 12-13 hours a night . Goes to bed easily .

He was BF for a year ...so think I put it all down to BF baby poos at that stage .

Agree...Have heard of Cows milk protein intolerance ..and Lactose intolerance .....
But Very Wary of this Dairy intolerance thing . (sorry) ......Oh Surely not.
Did it really help in your sons case . What was his problem ...was it diarrhoea too . ?

Agree tho theese poos are NOT normal .

Im sure its not fruit ...he eats friuit every day ...but quite a limited range of fruit Im ashamed to say .no oranges for example .

My DS is the opposite, he is 27 months and has hardly ever done a soft poo. They are permanently hard and 'rabbity' and often green. I think his is like that when he has too much milk, he drinks up to 1000ml per day .

obv go down the GP route - in the meantime could be worth trying jersey/guernsey milk, as I believe the milk proteins are different. DS's stools were similar but not quite so bad as your DS's - once I restricted his milk and yoghurt consumption to only having them at nursery/as a treat that sorted them out.

Thank .
Right I thik Im gonna start with changing His milk to Lactose free .
And cutting down on cheese and yoghurts...
And see what happens .
Any other practical tips TPL

Ill see GP too ...But fairly sure they will send me to local Paediatrician ......which will take a bit longer .

Thanks for all your support .
Ill report back in a week . !!
Best Wishes to all you lovely mums .

I've worried about the same thing with DD. I must admit her poos have solidified a bit since halving her milk intake, but they are still mostly soft. She is 21mo.

Yes Riven have thought about Coeliacs ... i m Irish ... and Its Really common over there ... ( Bt its a blood test to diagnose ..so I keen to try to explore other avenues first )

I did Speak to my GP about him a few months back .....But we didnt really come to any conclusions ...other than try soya milk ...

Think these Korma poos may have only been going on for 2 weeks or so . Just soft before that .

Also spoke to the girls at nursery. They are great ... and do notice his poos arent solid ...but moved on to suggest Im stuffing him with too much fruit ......... and theres no convincng then otherwise .

BTW his weight gain is fine per say . He is thriving and growingappropriately ....he just a small boy .

bumper ......come on tells us about the poos ....

have you bee worried enough to see doc ...get aywhere ???

Promise to report back once Ive seen Peadiatrician /gp ....

No, I worry about it for a bit then move on the assuming that it's just normal. They are different all the time time really. DD did the korma type poos for a few weeks too, but not so bad now. I think reducing milk has definitely had the most difference.

If you want to rule out dairy you have to cut it out for a while - say 3 weeks - rather than just reducing the amount. My DS reacts to very small amounts.

SAME HERE .

Cows milk really isnt all that in terms of nutrition......

Gotta go

Im needed for a story

Yes TPL .
Therein lies the problem .

It must be really hard to do .

Did you get dietitian advice ?

I did yes, an NHS dietician. They didn't tell me anything I didn't already know though, because I was dairy intolerant myself as a child and was vegan for a few years, so I know how to eat healthily without dairy. DS has soya milk and yoghurt and now I give him expressed breast milk to drink as I am feeding his 12 week old brother. He eats a lot of nut butters like almond, which has calcium. If you eat meat it would be easier.

Oh Thanks for that .
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Yep we do eat meat .

With DC2 when we had that we went completly dairy free for 3 weeks. We went on to soya or goats milk. Unfortunatly it didn't make any diference at all. So we were refered to the dietician and as you said they took bloods. While we were waiting for the results I put him on a GF diet. Three days after going on to the diet everything started to change. His poos started to solidify and his stomach which was enormous started to shrink and he became happier.

If you don't want to subject your DC to a blood test then after a proper try out of dairy free if there is no change then try a GF diet. Though I have to say the 2 nurses who took my DC bloods were absolutly brilliant and very gentle. They had bubble machines, mobiles and alsorts to distract attention and were very quick.

Since going GF my DC is a different boy now. He has started to grow and is now average for his age. His speech is improving, though we may need some speech therepy, his behaviour has improved loads. He is happier in himself and is eating well and is although delayed he is nearly dry during the day.

Thanks Mrs G .
I,m assuming hes got coeliac then . did blood test confirm it ?

My partner ..it has emerged ...it very resistant to even trying dairy free .....
Grrrr. ...until we get a medical opinion .

....... I,m gonna try it ..Hes away next week......

I have to do something .....

The bllod test was inconclusive in the end, but as we had gone GF before the results came through and we had seen a diference we were convinced and the dietician agreed that he was gluten intolarant. Which is sort of good news as he will most likely grow out of it. Which if he was Ceoliacs he wouldn't.

Sometimes the nursery or us will slip up (like when we bought him rice krispies and straight way his tummy went up, he had tummy ache, his behaviour changed and his poo went from solid to sloppy.) Though he is getting good at recognising what he can and can't eat. Some one offered him a cereal bar thing the other day and he said 'no thank you I am not allowed' [proud mummy emoticon]. The lady started saying 'I am sure mummy won't mind, it's nor sweeties.' I just looked at her and told her that 'sweeties' would be better for him as he is gluten intollerant and would be extremely ill if he ate whet she was offering. She was so apologetic and was asking all sorts of questions about it and promised never to do anything like that again to any child.

DC2 is 3 1/2 now BTW.

Sorry about the spelling DC3 is wriggling on my lap.

Why is your DH resistant to trying this if it could help your DC? Good luck with your trial when he is away.