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Diarrhea cause?

nycmommy13nycmommy13 member
in November 2015 Moms
I understand what the causes of baby diarrhea are, but I'm not sure what is happening. My baby started supplemented formula this week since I went back to work. I'm able to pump enough to give him 2 bottles of breast milk a day, but he usually needs a third bottle of just formula (and sometimes also a bottle of mixed milk/formula.) He's been ok all week. Then on Friday he had a BM in the morning and didn't poop again until late Saturday afternoon at which point it was diarrhea. He's had diarrhea ever since. I also woke up suddenly around 5am (was fine at the 2am feeding) throwing up. I was throwing up and nauseous all day and am fine today. I don't know if it was food poisoning or a 24 hour stomach bug. Do you think the formula or the sickness was more likely the cause of diarrhea? Would it be just the addition of formula and it'll work itself out or is possible he's allergic to it? He's not at all fussy or crying over this. He's had gas but no more than usual. I'm thinking a trip to the pediatrician's might be needed on this, but it would be nice to have some advice, too. Anyone else have the same experience?
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  • kdoak2015kdoak2015 member
    Formula has the opposite effect for my LO and causes more firm stool.
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  • eamarateamarat member
    It seems to depend on the formula for my LO. Don't know what the difference is between what we've tried. I'd call your pedi, explain the situation, then let them tell you how to proceed. It may be that he has a sensitivity to an ingredient or it could be that it just delayed in getting through his system and his body needs to get used to it.
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  • Ceridwen77Ceridwen77 member
    Your baby is still mostly BF so how do you know it's diahhrea? My DDs stools are always liquidy, which is normal.
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  • nycmommy13nycmommy13 member
    @Ceridwen77 - They changed drastically to be completely liquidy on Saturday (the consistency of soup instead of lotion is the best I have to describe it.) It also looks exactly like the pictures of baby diarrhea on Google and runs out the sides of the diaper when it happens.
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  • LydianGLydianG member
    I had this problem too, i quit pumping and switched to fomula and it stopped. No idea why. Maybe just save your BM and try just formula for a few days and see what happens.
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  • MargaretC5MargaretC5 member
    nycmommy13 said:

    @Ceridwen77 - They changed drastically to be completely liquidy on Saturday (the consistency of soup instead of lotion is the best I have to describe it.) It also looks exactly like the pictures of baby diarrhea on Google and runs out the sides of the diaper when it happens.

    When babies have diarrhea the frequency of pooping increases. When DS had it I think he had 3 or 4 poops an hour. If it is just runny and the frequency has not increased it is not diarrhea. Like the PP mentioned it can be normal for baby poop to be runny.
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  • dramaphiledramaphile member
    This is the season for stomach bugs, but it's hard to know which is which.
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  • helsbels222helsbels222 member
    Is he spitting up a lot more than normal and are the poops 3-4 times in an hour like pp said? My LO was up all night screaming her head off with an elevated temp. She is EBF and was throwing up solidified milk as soon as she ate. She also had liquid poops every 10 mins to the point her poor tushy was red and iritated. Pretty certain she caught the stomach bug I had last week.

    If he is pooping more often, he probably caught something. You should probably call your pedi.
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  • Kmohney1Kmohney1 member
    So I don't exactly know where to put this but I'll start here...
    We have just started to transition to formula over the last three weeks or so, adding in one bottle of formula a week. For the past 3 days he's gone down to two poops a day from about 3-5, and they are looser. How long did your LO's tummies take to adjust? He has an appointment next week but I thought I'd start here first. Also, doesn't seem unhappy or uncomfortable, maybe a tad extra gassy.
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