Hi J is 11 months old now and at the beginning of November started full time nursery as I went back to work.
He got a tummy bug at the end of Nov (which after being tested, was proved to be Adenovirus - bit vague but there are 50 types seemingly!) and was sick for two days and had diahorrea. The sickness went away and he has been fine but the diahorrea has continued.
Took him to the docs obviously and they reassured us and said as long as he was drinking, thats good. He drinks a lot - maybe 6 or 7 - 8oz beakers of watery juice/water a day (no formula), which again, we have been reassured is fine. After two weeks the diahorrea was still on the go, so we took him back to different docs and got the same story. The poo sample came back clear for any bugs.
Some days it can be like water and some days it can be er....consistency of pate...
This is now a month on and we've been back to the docs again and been having him weighed at the baby clinic. he's lost 2lbs but they said thats probably a combination of starting nursery and being more active (very true lol!) and being ill and he's still well within the normal, healthy weight range. Their advice was to cut out dairy (lactose - which we had already done), veg and fruit and stick him on a high starch diet for another two weeks. This doctor reckons he usually gives this sort of thing 6 weeks to clear up.
Throughout this all he has remained, 95% of the time, chirpy, active, smiling and laughing and eating like a horse and drinking plenty fluids. We've been guided by two seperate doctors and both said the same thing. NHS 24 also gave same advice. According to doc today, his villi are flat inside his intestine which is letting food straight through when they should be like bumpy, this is caused by the bug and mother nature just needs a chance to make them bumpy again.
Anyway - so what I need to know - mostly for reassurance/advice as we were just starting to not-panic-so-much until husbands parents voiced their concerns over his (our) parenting ability tonight
- has anyone else had a baby with long lasting diahorrea? How long did it last? Would you be doing anything differently?
TIA
Jo
He got a tummy bug at the end of Nov (which after being tested, was proved to be Adenovirus - bit vague but there are 50 types seemingly!) and was sick for two days and had diahorrea. The sickness went away and he has been fine but the diahorrea has continued.
Took him to the docs obviously and they reassured us and said as long as he was drinking, thats good. He drinks a lot - maybe 6 or 7 - 8oz beakers of watery juice/water a day (no formula), which again, we have been reassured is fine. After two weeks the diahorrea was still on the go, so we took him back to different docs and got the same story. The poo sample came back clear for any bugs.
Some days it can be like water and some days it can be er....consistency of pate...
This is now a month on and we've been back to the docs again and been having him weighed at the baby clinic. he's lost 2lbs but they said thats probably a combination of starting nursery and being more active (very true lol!) and being ill and he's still well within the normal, healthy weight range. Their advice was to cut out dairy (lactose - which we had already done), veg and fruit and stick him on a high starch diet for another two weeks. This doctor reckons he usually gives this sort of thing 6 weeks to clear up.
Throughout this all he has remained, 95% of the time, chirpy, active, smiling and laughing and eating like a horse and drinking plenty fluids. We've been guided by two seperate doctors and both said the same thing. NHS 24 also gave same advice. According to doc today, his villi are flat inside his intestine which is letting food straight through when they should be like bumpy, this is caused by the bug and mother nature just needs a chance to make them bumpy again.
Anyway - so what I need to know - mostly for reassurance/advice as we were just starting to not-panic-so-much until husbands parents voiced their concerns over his (our) parenting ability tonight
- has anyone else had a baby with long lasting diahorrea? How long did it last? Would you be doing anything differently?TIA
Jo
