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7 month old non stop diarrhoea

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D1anax2x · 10/07/2025 20:32

Someone please help ! For the past 5 days my 7 month old has been having non stop diareah it starts off on Sunday where he had a dark green one in the afternoon and then he just continuously kept having diarea to a point where I changed 6 nappies during the night between 9pm and 3am. Next day it slowed down but he still had it and up to this day it’s just constant.

I made a gp appointment for him Monday and they said to leave it a week and see how he gets on so pretty useless as usual. He seems fine in himself drinking milk and I give him water to keep him hydrated. He’s not been weaned yet as he won’t take anything so it’s not from any food. He’s been on cow and gate milk since birth and I haven’t changed that. The only thing that’s changed really is it’s harder to put him to sleep that’s about it.

I did think it could be teething as he constantly puts everything in his mouth but he’s been doing that since about 6 weeks old really and he’s fine in terms of everything else.

After the dark green poop it turned into the standard orangy colour but quiete mucousy.

If anyone experienced this before please let me know as I don’t know what it could be and doctors aren’t much help.

OP posts:
Optimustime · 10/07/2025 20:35

Just sounds like a bug. Keep up with the milk and see the GP on Monday unless any other symptoms kick in, temp goes up or is unusually lethargic.

IOYOYO · 10/07/2025 20:40

My dd had exactly this at the same age. It was terrible and I remember her nappy rash was so bad her skin was raw. GP said it was likely gastroenteritis caused by infection and to just watch and care for her, bring her back if escalated etc. she was fine after a while but it was brutal enough that it’s firmly imprinted in my memory even though she’s now 9!

I just made sure she was hydrated, lots of nappy off time 🤢 when possible to let her skin dry, and kept her as clean as possible. Gp did have to prescribe something for her nappy rash though.

As pp said, watch for fevers, rashes, lethargy however. Best of luck!

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