Baby pooing too much causing nappy rash

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My 7 month old baby has recently been pooing constantly after meals. Nappy changes roughly every half an hour lasting for at least 4 hours. It’s not excessive amounts, I think he may be slightly constipated so it’s coming out slowly in smaller amounts but it’s causing a red raw nappy rash that won’t go. I have booked a gp appointment which isn’t until tomorrow morning, but can anyone advise what may be going on here please? I’m concerned he has allergies, but he has been eating the same solid foods for over a month now and hasn't reacted to anything. Dairy allergy runs in the family so I took all milk products away and it hasn’t changed anything. Is there anything else I can try? Also if anyone can recommend a nappy cream please as I have tried several which haven’t made a difference. Thanks

Have you tried the yellow metanium cream? I used it exclusively with my DS who has a dairy allergy (nothing else) it's magic.

He might have a fungal infection. Both my kids have had one after bouts of excessive pooing. I can't speak to the frequency of pooing after meals, but the non-healing nappy rash is probably that. Got given a cream that was kept in the fridge and applied twice daily that cleared everything up

Plenty of fresh air and just a thin layer of barrier cream.
If breastfeeding add some foods with laxative properties to your diet like proper liquorice, prunes etc to pass on to him.

Another vote for metanium- other nappy creams are rubbish

My babies were like this, both had CMPA.
Have you considered whether soya might be an issue? It's common as the protein is similar to cow's milk protein. If you've been giving soya products, I'd suggest cutting them out to see if it helps.

Oh and what milk does he have, breast milk or formula or both?

Thanks everyone, I am using metanium at the moment but it hasn’t made any difference. So is it likely to be fungal? I’m hoping the gp will prescribe a stronger cream.
He is currently on cow and gate formula, I stopped breastfeeding him at 5 months old. He hasn’t had any issues with it before now.
He currently has plain mashed veg and fruit for meals, sometimes with meat, but as far as I’m aware nothing contains soya although I’ll double check.
Can formula allergies be sudden like this?
Thanks again and sorry for all the questions I’m so worried for him as I have no clue how to manage when it comes to allergies.

If you're giving him formula that obviously contains cow's milk protein, so there's no point cutting out dairy and continuing to give him normal formula. If he's had formula without any issues so far it does seem strange that he'd stop tolerating it now. Can you pinpoint roughly when the symptoms started? Does it coincide with anything he started eating?

Actually you said he's 7 months old and you stopped breastfeeding at 5 months, so did you introduce formula for the first time 2 month ago? It is possible for them not to react straight away but then have a "build up reaction".

If you suspect dairy (and therefore formula) is an issue, you could ask the GP to prescribe some hypoallergenic formula, trial it for 2 weeks and see if symptoms improve.

You can develop allergies at any point. My daughters allergy symptoms started at 1 week, reacting through breastmilk but it was about 8 weeks that there was something obviously wrong and wasn't diagnosed until 17 weeks. It can take time for reactions to build up and having formula for just 2 months to me would still fall into that category. It might be worth a short trial of a dairy free formula. Completely removing all dairy is the only way to test for a dairy allergy

Thanks everyone, is there a formula I can buy over the counter that may help until I can get a doctors opinion?
Id say it was roughly 2 weeks ago when he kept rolling onto his front in the night with his bum in the air, he seemed uncomfortable and would wake up crying. Followed by a few days of constipation he then began going too regularly. It isn’t diarrhoea and he doesn’t have any of the typical symptoms of a cow milk allergy so I’m confused about what it could be. The constant pooing happened after he had a petit filous which is why I considered a milk allergy. Cutting out milk products hasn’t changed anything but as has been mentioned it will be in the formula which I didn’t even consider. He has been on c&g for 10 weeks, he had the odd ready made bottle before then but he’s never reacted to it until recently and when he began solids.
he has also had weetabix several times, could wheat cause these same issues?

Babies can be allergic to anything. The most common allergies are milk, egg, wheat and soya, so yes wheat could be the culprit. If he's been having formula for 10 weeks but only had symptoms for 2 weeks, it might be more likely that it's something you've introduced into his diet more recently. Keep a food diary, note what he's eaten and what his symptoms are. You might start to notice a pattern.

There's helpful info about food allergies here: https://www.allergyuk.org/types-of-allergies/food-allergy/

Weaning and food allergy
The Department of Health recommends that high allergenic foods: Milk, eggs, wheat, gluten, soya, fish, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, seeds can be introduced from 6 months of age. There is no evidence to support delaying introduction of these foods after 6 months. They should be introduced one at a time, with a gap of 3 days in between each new food, so that it is easier to identify any food that causes a reaction. Make sure your child is well at the time of introduction, i.e. not when they have a temperature, just had a vaccination, or have a cough or a cold.
Once your baby has had several attempts at eating the individual foods, you can start mixing them to increase the variety and enjoyment of eating. It may be helpful to keep a food and symptom diary (a food diary template can be found at the bottom of the page) to identify any foods that may have triggered a reaction. By the age of 12 months at the latest, your baby should have been introduced to all the major allergenic foods (where appropriate).

(from https://www.allergyuk.org/about-allergy/allergy-in-childhood/weaning-your-child/)

Constipation is an allergy symptom too. My friends son only had loose stools as the symptom of his dairy and wheat allergies

Extensively hydrolysed are the first one to try which are dairy based but it is partially broken down the common ones are pepti and nutramigen. You can buy some through pharmacies but they are about £20 a tin

I would keep a food diary it could be a different allergy. Had they had all of the ingredients of the yoghurt before. Strawberry and kiwi are no uncommon allergies although not in the top 14. You might want to stick to foods with only a few ingredients whilst you do so just to make things a bit simpler as it might be a minor ingredient that is the problem. My daughter reacted to the dairy free Petit filous yoghurts they are almond based and this would be the obvious cause but it was actually the manioca instead. You can be allergic to anything!