Teething?Diarrhea?
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Topic: Teething?Diarrhea?
Posted By: michsal
Subject: Teething?Diarrhea?
Date Posted: 02 May 2008 at 6:46pm
My DD is 13 months old. She has been quite unsettled at night for the last 2 or 3 weeks. Then 2 or 3 days ago she started having diarrhea. We took her to the Dr today but we were told that everything was fine. So basically we could get the answer for sure whether it is the teething and the relation to her diarrhea. She doesn't look sick when awake but just the night time is so you all know when she doesn't sleep.
Just wonder if anyone else has similar experience. Can't wait for her to go back to normal.....
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 02 May 2008 at 6:57pm
Jack has been teething for what seems like forever, and he doesn't seem to sleep well at all, day or night although we have the occasional good day or night. He hasn't had diarrhea but he has had some not quite normal/usual nappies during this time.
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Posted By: michsal
Date Posted: 02 May 2008 at 8:16pm
That sounds, teething of whatever the cause is, that night wakening at this age is still normal?! I guess I need to change my expectation again and accept this? I thought it would be ok to either go back to work or study when she is 1 cos I expected her to sleep ok from then but obviously I was wrong. How naive am I!
What could help them settle at this age? Holding? she keeps wriggling. Feeding? In fact she almost weans off bottle. She drinks so little now.
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 02 May 2008 at 8:27pm
I think that the diarohea is related to teething because of the extra saliva that their gums produce. All that extra liquid softens things up for them.
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Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 02 May 2008 at 10:01pm
Not only does the extra saliva soften things up, but it is more acidic than usual too when they are teething - and the extra quantities going through to their gut certainly doesn't help with the pooping!
Night waking at that age can definitely still be normal, under some circumstances, and especially for teething - DD is far more unsettled in the night when there are new teeth on the way.
Keeping up fluids is important though, even if DD wouldn't drink when we offered it (around that age) we always had a sippy cup handy for her to take if she changed her mind - and now it is not an issue.
Not every 'strategy' worked every time DD was teething so it was just a matter of trying a few different things and just rolling with the punches - from bonjela, to pamol, teething powder, frozen things to chew on, extra fluids, cuddles in the night, you name it we did it!
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Posted By: michsal
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 12:46pm
Luckily she is drinking water. So at least one less thing to worry about.
The night b4 she was better and only woke up at 6.30am with a dirty nappy so that wasn't too bad. Last night she woke at 4.30am and after while we had to give her a bottle even though she is only having 1x120ml in the morning and 1x120ml at night.
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