DD 11 month - loose bowels. Advice Please

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DD has had loose bowels for about a week now and its not getting any better. Doctor just said drink water but that is notn helping. is there anything else I can give her? She's not teething as I originallty thought.

Some books suggest the BRAT diet for this sort of thing which I think stands for Banana, rice, apple (soft cooked apple) and toast. Generally really bland things with lots of carbs. Doesn't always help but you never know. I used to keep cutting things out of my DS diet thinking it wasn't helping like fruit yoghurt (as dairy can make it worse) and some veggies but in the end I ran out of idea of what to cut out and it still dragged on so diet isn't always the problem.

Is your DD alright in herself? Is she still eating? Both by DS's had this occasionally and although they were a bit off their food it didn't seem to bother them that much. The worst bit is not knowing when they are going to produce something awful so I always felt a bit housebound. In my experience (just as a mum, no medical training) it is normal for it to drag on for a week to 10 days and then suddenly they don't do any dirty nappies for a day and the day after they are all back to normal. If the doctor has seen her and not been worried and she doesn't have any other symptons like a temperature I think you just have to sit it out and try not to worry.

I hope she is better soon.