Poos poos and more poos
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Topic: Poos poos and more poos
Posted By: fire_engine
Subject: Poos poos and more poos
Date Posted: 27 October 2009 at 7:46pm
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Not bothering with a TMI warning cos the subject says it all.
Daniel is a prolific pooer - 7 today, 6 yesterday. His bum is red and sore and he (and we) dread nappy changes. Normal is about 4. Occasionally we have a day with no poos but spend the day dreading the poosplosion. I'm starting to wonder if he's got an intolerance but don't want to mess with his diet without seeing the GP. It feels a bit weird going in saying "Daniel poos heaps. Is he normal?"  He's sustaining weight but not putting much on though I think that's pretty normal at this stage. He's very active and his belly is a pretty solid thing.
What's normal for your toddler?? ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
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Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 27 October 2009 at 8:11pm
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Ummm, normal is 2 - 3 a day. Sometimes there are none (maybe twice a month) for a day, sometimes we'll get 5 dirty nappies if she's eaten lots of dairy. ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: hannibal
Date Posted: 27 October 2009 at 8:51pm
| I'd say we on average have two a day, for the bum I use vaseline to help if its sore. |
Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 27 October 2009 at 11:09pm
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For JJ, 4 nappies is a really pooey day. Normally it's 1 or 2, generally in the morning, sometimes (maybe once a week or so) he doesn't do any, sometimes he does 3. More than 3 is unusual for us. He never poos in his night nappy. ------------- 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 27 October 2009 at 11:15pm
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Put curash on his butt!
But you could be on the right track re diet. We go from only one poo a day to almost every nappy if I introduce something that doesn't agree! BUT consistency of it as well...is it a major mess or is it rolly offy IYKWIM. Rolly offy might just mean he's a pooer lol if not will possibly be something in his diet. For a start look at the amount of acidic ie tomato stuff he has. Or Dairy can be a culprit as well ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 28 October 2009 at 6:53am
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For Issy 1-3 is "normal" its 3-lots if she has been staying with Nanna and Poppa because they like to feed her crap ...
Crap in .. crap out ...  ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 28 October 2009 at 8:07am
we're 1-2 a day, sometimes none sometimes 3...but generally all roly-off  -------------  
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 28 October 2009 at 8:24am
| Daniel is 1 a day, sometimes none |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 28 October 2009 at 11:47am
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Jakes around one a day unless hes had something hes intolerant too then its a constant flow of crap lol sooo bad when I had MS!!!
GPs aren't much help when it come to food intolerances in my experience (and I've had ALOT of experience!!!) I'd recommend checking out the elimination diet or googling for extra info on what you should experimentally remove from his diet. If you're concerned about possible food intolerances then try keeping a food and poop diary and it might show you a pattern  GL!-------------   
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 28 October 2009 at 2:43pm
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Chloe sounds similar, she's around a 4 a day girl. She only gets REALLY rashy around teething time or if she eaten a lot of citrus or something, but we smother her bum in bepanthan after every change.
I don't think Chloe has ever had a rolly offy poo (is that the technical term, lol). Hers are always sticky and EVERYWHERE. (TMI!) ETA: She has a pretty fibrous diet though! A lot of fruit and veg and stuff. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 28 October 2009 at 6:56pm
8 again so far - I can't face changing the last one. Bad mother. He has a fungal rash so I'm using anti-fungals on it. I'll head to the dr on Friday cos it's beyond funny and they smell quite nasty.
He so needs to be TT before I get PG again. I couldn't face this with MS ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 28 October 2009 at 7:16pm
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LOL oh yeah I hear you there - Jake got an intestinal bug a few weeks back and had the worst nappies like 20 a day for almost a month and I had to change him with a bowl next to me so I could chuck up!!
Hope you find out whats wrong hun! -------------
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 28 October 2009 at 7:23pm
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Horrid cake mixture type poos can be a sign of an intolerance or allergy so talking to your gp about that is probably a good place to start.
Spencer generally goes once a day, his use to be rolly offy but since a stomach bug 3 months ago they have been, in my DH's words, "a river of sh*t" Apparently it can take months for their tummies to come right after a stomach bug am so hoping it happens soon cos even one a day is hideous to deal with.
If you cook with lots of tomatoes swap to the low acid ones and that might help with the sore bum, lots of bum off time as well (although a bit dangerous in your house when he goes so many times). ------------- 
 
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 28 October 2009 at 7:53pm
cake mixture is an excellent description. And stinky. I have to shower him twice a day 
I am so over this. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 28 October 2009 at 9:37pm
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My friend took her little boy to see our allergy paed just cos she was sick of the gross cake mixture poos and it turned out he is gluten intolerant, he's been gluten free for about a year now (is same age as Spencer) and he only does gross poos if he accidentally eats something with gluten.
He didn't have any other symptoms and the paed didn't think he had it but did a blood test just in case and his anti bodies were super super high. Not trying to worry you or anything but it is worth pursing it. They can skin prick test for things like dairy, bananas etc which is totally painless for them and only takes 10 mins and most of that is waiting for any reaction to happen and the gluten one has to be blood test which isn't very nice but Spencer had one and he was over it as soon as the needle came out, was just me who was left shaken -------------
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 28 October 2009 at 9:54pm
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Yeah, we have a number of ppl with coeliacs in my family so I wouldn't be overly surprised. Grrr. He doesn't seem to have any tummy pain. Dan's a pro at medical stuff (he asks to have his blood pressure taken - spent too much time in cardiology!) so neither of us are fazed by tests. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 29 October 2009 at 11:35am
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1 a day, sometimes none here.
I agree with cuppatea. i think it's worth talking to your GP and perhaps getting him tested. Before my daughters allergies were identified, every nappy change was a dirty one and required a clothing change. It's amazing what a difference cutting out dairy made! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: mumzrule
Date Posted: 29 October 2009 at 1:27pm
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At the start of this post it sounded just like Lilly. The day I had Willow she started doing poos, poos and more poos, and they were disgusting. She was a once a day girl.
But for Lilly I'm pretty sure it was just from her two year old molers coming through. Hopefully the doctor will be able to sort it out for you. -------------  
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Posted By: KiwiL
Date Posted: 30 October 2009 at 10:47pm
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Jackson is normally once a day, but there wasn't much going in so not much coming out, I guess!
He's eating a little better now, so we often get two a day. They're still everywhere poos.... he still consumes mostly formula and yoghurt, so I expect that's the reason. Four a day seems a lot, but reading through these replies it doesn't seem so unusual. I can see how you're over it though! |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 31 October 2009 at 11:48am
Went to GP. She's not worried about the weight but took bloods for coeliacs and poo sample for nasties. Wait and see! So far "only" 3 today (but I've made DH do them all  ) ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 31 October 2009 at 11:55am
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i did have a thought about something like cryptosporidium, but then where on earth would he have picked it up, and the poos would be mega-nasty too.....hope the tests show something, or even better that it spontaneously resolves (unlikely I know!) -------------
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 31 October 2009 at 12:52pm
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Hah, have you seen how much dirt this child eats! Nothing would surprise me. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: Twinboys2b
Date Posted: 31 October 2009 at 7:02pm
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Flissty: what did the Dr. say was 'normal' if there is such a thing or more like when did she/he say you should be concerned?
I thought Jacob was 'normal' in that department but now I'm not sure. He usually does 4 - 6 a day but I thought that was because he eats like a pig and 1 or 2 are always nasty smelling. I had a week of 6-8 a day which wasn't fun. They're never solid but I put that down to still having heaps of formula. Eli's usually doing 2-4 a day. I will be interested to hear what the Dr/ comes back with. ------------- 3yr old gorgeous ID twin boys. |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 31 October 2009 at 9:12pm
There is something called toddler diaorhrea (sp) where toddlers go through a phase of many runny poos. She said to get the tests done and come back in a week if he's still really pooey. She didn't really go into what was normal but did say that that amount of poos isn't normal (and his pooing has increased over the last 2 months which is why she wants to keep an eye on it). Only 6 today  ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: Twinboys2b
Date Posted: 31 October 2009 at 9:28pm
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Thanks for the info.
6!! Eeek, I hope your DH/DP shares the 'load' (mind the pun)? I hope it settles down for you. The worst part is the sore bum part, I would say do some nappy off time but that could get very interesting ------------- 3yr old gorgeous ID twin boys. |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 31 October 2009 at 9:48pm
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Yep, I let him have 20 minutes after each change and that's it - I'm not prepared to risk it past that! ------------- Mum to two wee boys |