Bananas are evil...

sunflwra · June 2012

So we've been starting a new food every 3-4 days- everything's gone well with oatmeal, sweet potatoes, pears and green beans (not her favorite, but she tolerated them). So Sunday, we started bananas. She loved them and at the entire 2 oz serving both Sunday and Monday. I was trying to be cautious since I'd heard from others that bananas caused constipation for their babies.

Apparently this magical fruit has the OPPOSITE effect on my daughter. She's been pooping 6-7 times a day and overnight (which she never does). My daughter, who I've only had to put diaper cream on maybe 4 times since she was born has THE WORST DIAPER RASH EVER! She's so red and irritated that I can barely wipe her because she is screaming in pain. It's bad enough that I stopped solids completely after her feeding on Monday and three days later she's still pooping like crazy and it's making it hard for the area to heal.

I feel horrible... all because of stupid bananas. Is there something else I should be doing to help her?

Ricola · June 2012

Who knows if it's really the bananas. DS has diarrhea since 6-ish weeks now (green/orange slimey poop about 5-8 times a day). We have had his stool tested and it came back normal and I went dairy free for 2 weeks without success for him. It started before we even started to give him real food. He finally seems to be slowing down and we believe it was just his digestive system maturing/changing.

I hope DD feels better soon! We used papertowels with water instead of wipes for the rash and actually some Monistat and Lotrimin, too, since it was first yeasty and then fungal.

MesmrEwe · June 2012

I've got a SEVERE intollerance (mild allergy symptoms also) to bananas - from what you said, it sounds like that's the culprit... I wouldn't give up on all solids, but just take a couple steps back while things clear out.

I would use Triple Paste on the rash, but a bath and as much "air time" as possible should help with it as well...

Between solids and teething DS has become a pooping machine. He's in a "rabbit turd" phase so haven't had any real worries, but yiesch, it was nice doing the once a day or every other day reliably, now it's every single diaper and he's going through twice as many... Teething causes more saliva to be swallowed thus loosening the bowels up a bit...

iluvmylab · June 2012

It might not be the bananas, it could be something else. I'd give it a few days and then maybe try it again. My LO loves his bananas!

sunflwra · June 2012

I'm giving it a few more days since the pooping seems to have lessened in the past day or so and then we'll start some sweet potatoes again. I'm hoping to try bananas again in a week or two- maybe just keeping it to a one ounce serving the first few days, to be sure it doesn't bother her (we have no family allergies). I just feel so bad for the painful rash- UGH...

PecanSam · June 2012

When we first started Zantac it gave her bad poops and baboon butt. She screamed if we put anything on it. So we put vasaline on it and it cleared up in less than 24 hrs and protected her butt from future poops. Never had baboon butt again.

JammieJk · June 2012

I read somewhere (so it must be true haha), that the riper the bananas are, the more laxative effect they have.

My scientific research for that: My mom always complains that bananas make her super regular and she always eats ripe bananas. I prefer greener/more firm bananas, and I never have an issue.

(Now I'm published, so now it's citable for others... )

sunflwra · June 2012

JammieJk:

I read somewhere (so it must be true haha), that the riper the bananas are, the more laxative effect they have.

My scientific research for that: My mom always complains that bananas make her super regular and she always eats ripe bananas. I prefer greener/more firm bananas, and I never have an issue.

(Now I'm published, so now it's citable for others... )

Unfortunately we're not making our own purees, so this is good ol' Gerber so I can't guess. Though I'm like you in eating the greener ones and have never had issues, so I'm on board with your scientific research

Rileys Mama · June 2012

Ugh we're in the same boat! LO LOVES bananas but ever since she started goobling them down she's been a poop machine. She usually just requires 1 diaper change in the night in order to not be all leaky the next morning- it's always just pee and I do it before I go to bed. Last night I changed her at 730 PM, 10, 2, AND 730 AM and they were all poopy and she had the worst rash. I feel awful because I can't keep up with the poop and I know it's hurting her. I think we're going to pull back a bit on nanas until it calms down. I was so happy that she was finally acting like she enjoyed a solid food too

KYmama9286 · June 2012

No real advice about the allergies but go to the pharmacy and ask for some calmoseptine cream- its often kept behind the pharmacy counter even though its OTC. It is BY FAR the absolute best diaper cream out there- it creates the thickest barrier possible, we even use it on my sons feeding tube site where he gets rash/burns from the leaking stomach acid and it helps with that (much harsher on skin than diaper rash). I use it on both kids and it always works. GL!

betheveh · June 2012

Any other areas if rash? Or sleep problems? Could be a sign of intolerance. My guy broke out in a rash from bananas So I cut them out.

alexvause · June 2012

My LO had a terrible rash and diarrhea the week before last. It turned out to be teething for us, she popped two teeth the week before last.

sunflwra · June 2012

No rashes anywhere else so doesn't look like an allergy. I just think they were tough on her tummy. We're still having some risidual (sp?) effects but definitely getting better. Someone else mentioned potential teething, so we'll definitely keep an eye out. Of course, now that we're getting over the one issue, she's starting to get a runny nose!

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