--Zenya--

breezee_bean

the other day in someone's post, you mentioned frequent bowel movements in toddlers.  What were the suggestions for that? You said something about gluten, I think. 

thanks=)

CleoKitty

Butting in here:

My dd's FTT and super frequent pooping led to tests for malabsorption and Celiac  disease (plus a bunch of other things too, but they things like cystic fibrosis that were unrelated to the frequent BMs.)  Turns out that there's nothing wrong with her: she just is just a very petite person who poops a lot, LOL.

But yeah, Celiac (gluten intolerance) can cause poop issues. 

breezee_bean

thank you, Cleo=)  Kate poops like 3-4 times per day.  She is super petite, too.  She had a blood test about 3 months ago to test for a platelet problem (which turned out to be nothing.)  I will mention at her 18 month check up. 

DandelionMom

**butting in too**

Celiac disease or gluten intolerance can cause frequent bms and can be a cause for ftt.  A simple blood panel can diagnose it but there are a lot of false negatives for kids under 6 because they haven't had enough time to build up the kinds of levels you need for a positive test.  That's why a lot of times they suggest trying a gluten-free diet as a trial even if there's a negative blood test. 

breezee_bean

good to know, dandelion!  Thanks for the extra info=)

Zenya

yup - what they said!  any kind of food intolerance, basically is what I was referring to.

breezee_bean

thank you, Zenya!