Diarrhea baby

hbrooks88974

My 7 month old has had FOUR loose stool diapers today. FOUR. She has been having loose stools every morning for the past two days. I called her pedi today and since she isn't running a fever and is still peeing the nurse said that everything is okay and to just get her some of the baby yogurt for probiotics. 

But FOUR diarrhea diapers has this mommy on high alert. I'm worried she is going to get dehydrated. Is pedialyte okay for babies under 1 year? 

lildevil968

Is she still drinking? If so, I wouldn't be too concerned.

hbrooks88974

MrsButt said:

The subject line of this thread is making me want to vomit.

Ha, I'm sorry, it was the first thing that popped in my head.

hbrooks88974

MrsButt said:

But in all seriousness, I wouldn't worry too much. Have you introduced a new food or anything like that?

no new foods, BUT we did start daycare this week.

algalphys

If it continues, we were told to cut out solids and just do breast milk/formula until they firm up. If vomiting starts, do the pedialyte in small doses that can be kept down. DS1 had rotavirus so bad he couldn't keep pedialyte down and was hospitalized over night for fluids at 9 months.

hbrooks88974

HilarityEnsued said:

I mean... If you just started daycare, be prepared. A few days of diarrhea is just the beginning.

SecondTimeinMSU

HilarityEnsued said:

hbrooks88974 said:

HilarityEnsued said:

I mean... If you just started daycare, be prepared. A few days of diarrhea is just the beginning.

It gets worse before it gets better.  Just the nature of developing their immune systems.  But now that DS is 2.5, he RARELY gets sick, and certainly not enough so to be sent home.

::::knocks on all the wood ever:::::

Ditto, the first year was the worst then it got a ton better. I read somewhere that by a certain age all kids have had roughly the same amount of illnesses whether they stayed at home or went to daycare. They have to build immunity eventually, hang in there.

NotSharknado

You only have to really worry about dehydration when it's excessive and there's vomiting also. And 4 loose stools don't fall into that category.

LucilleAustero

Is the baby teething?

NotSharknado

HilarityEnsued said:

SecondTimeinMSU said:

HilarityEnsued said:

hbrooks88974 said:

HilarityEnsued said:

I mean... If you just started daycare, be prepared. A few days of diarrhea is just the beginning.

It gets worse before it gets better.  Just the nature of developing their immune systems.  But now that DS is 2.5, he RARELY gets sick, and certainly not enough so to be sent home.

::::knocks on all the wood ever:::::

Ditto, the first year was the worst then it got a ton better. I read somewhere that by a certain age all kids have had roughly the same amount of illnesses whether they stayed at home or went to daycare. They have to build immunity eventually, hang in there.



Right, but this age is like... 3rd grade.  I'd 1,000,000,000% rather get this shit over with now than deal with a sick 7 year old having to stay home from school once a month.

Even later than 3rd. Ds is almost 14 and he didn't stop getting the stomach flu 2x a year until 5th. That's not including colds.

hbrooks88974

LucilleAustero said:

Is the baby teething?

Could be. She has zero teeth. I can't feel any pushing through though. I gave up trying to decide whether or not she was teething months ago. I thought for sure she was at five months...then six....now seven...so we will see. 

NotSharknado

CTGirl30 said:

I am not looking forward to our annual bout with the stomach flu (picked up from daycare / school, naturally because the kids always get that shit first and then spread it to DH and I) for the next 10 years+.  Don't scare me, @NotSharknado. Tell me soothing lies and pat my hair.

There, there. Those mean horrible germs are behind you.




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