Ugg, ds with diarrhea for 3 weeks now!

reynah

I don't know what to do. I took him to his pedi and she told me all different kinds of things he should eat, drink, etc. to stop it. He had a slight ear infection and she gave me some amoxicillin for the ear. She didn't seem too concerned though.

Well, that was last Thurs. and he still freaking has it. I just picked him up from school and his teacher told me he was just lethargic today and had 2 terrible bowel movements!! We finished his antibiotics on Wed. so shouldn't it be getting better??!! Ugg, I am just so frusterated and don't know what else to do!

reynah

Let me add, this is my 2 year old not my 4 month old....

cornichon

Amoxicillin can give you loose bowels so you may want to wait a couple of days to see if it gets better. My pedi also always wants to see us after we are done our antibiotics to make sure that they were effective. If he isn't better by Sunday night, I would call Monday morning and make a follow up appointment

Ciarrai

Have you tried yogurt?  Will he eat it?  A cup of yogurt (with the live culture in it) will help DD better than anything else.  I give her one a day when she's on antibiotics especially to keep her from getting the diarrhea.

reynah

I have tried yogurt. Nothing is working. I am starting to worry about him having chronic diarrhea or something. He just seems to always be sick and I am just really starting to worry.

cornichon

Have you tired the BRAT diet with him? Bananas, rice, apples and toast

reynah

I have not tried the BRAT diet b/c he is sooo picky about what he eats. He already hardly eats, another thing I worry about although my mom told me I never ate, and if he wants to eat something I don't want to tell him no. IDK, maybe I should try that diet this weekend and see if it helps.

mmbench

When my girls have diarrhea, my ped recommends putting probiotics in their applesauce or yogurt.  The brand name we buy is Culturelle.

triplea1819

you really have to stick with the brat diet to get rid of the diarhea, especially after that long. 

DS has chronic diarhea, and when it comes on badly, he has NO milk.  he eats 2 yogurts a day, 1-2 bananas a day, applesauce.  and LOTS of toast. 

the other things he eats are plain pasta, english muffin.  basically plain carbs. 

i understand he is picky, but it is better to eat NOTHING with diarhea, then to eat something that will make it flare up.  (that is straight from my GI drs mouth)

ohh and NO  NO NO juice.  water with gatorade mixed in or plain water.  NOTHING else, no milk, no nothing.

I am really an expert on this.  DS has had chronic diarhea since he was 10 months old.  i have learned a lot.