Toddler with Runny Poos - At my whits end

To be honest I really have no idea what to say but...my DD went through almost 2 months of this at about 14 months I think and still occasionally has the odd week that its really bad. I actually have no idea what causes it but I know that for her dried fruit of any sort makes it worse, as does wholegrain bread, carrots and capsicum for some reason. I had her tested by the doc and nothing came back so I am really none the wiser but I did an awful lot of reading on the net and this apparently is a very common problem with toddlers. One of the theories I read said that when they go through a growth spurt sometimes their digestive system takes a while to catch up and can cause these types of issues. My DD also eats sand and dirt which doesn't help

I have her on probiotics (mainly to support her immune system) which I don't think made any difference to her loose poos. One thing I did try was making sure she didn't eat too much fruit (no more than 2-3 pieces a day) and subsituted veges for the more processed things in her diet like crakers etc. I also tried to make sure she was drinking enough water. One theory I read said that if a child is constipated then sometimes this shows up as runny poos as they have a blockage and the poo "overflows" round the blockage.

I don't know how helpful any of that is but I sympathise. I know what its like to be constantly changing disgusting nappies and washing clothes stained with poo and its horrible. Hope things improve for you really soon.

Sorry I don't have any advice but didn't want to read and run.  Hopefully you'll find what's causing it soon as it doesn't sound pleasant, for all involved.  Poor bubba. 

Tho if you want to test for Gluten allergies etc then you really should keep her diet the same until the test is done, if you cut it out and then have a test it can give a false negative.

Edited by kiwikid

hi, is her poo yellowish in colour... my daughter has dairy, egg, peanut allergy and lately develloped soy... she was getting runny poos so after she s drank soy...terribly.... i could count on her poo within cca 5 mins,
if you decide to do testing, just to say that Rast blood test neither skin pricks would show a reaction if it affecting bowel.
..you know what i mean?
when skin pric was negative, the dietitian told me this and we did trial swapping to rice milk.
Good luck.