Diapering Diarrhea

When my son got the flu I would put him in just a tee shirt and diaper, and set him on a towel. That way the mess was more contained and easier to clean up. I would also use Vaseline on his butt, it keeps you from having to rub to get him clean and will protect against rash.

Good luck

Time for real diapers with plastic protecting panties. Nothing like the real things. I don't know how you do with out the protecting panties.

I'll tell you my story. I had my son in disposables (be fore they were elastic edged). He was maybe 2 months, so he was still breast fed. Very loose stools. I was on my new couch. He strained and I could tell a big one was on the way. I put out my hand because it was a choice of my hand or my couch. Not a easy choice. My husband just laughed. He said the look on my face was priceless! I bet.

I then went to diaper service.

Oh, how I love these days. I swear when my kids got this it only happened in the very very hard to clean high chair!

I first quick want to say is make sure you are still taking good measures to keep yourself from getting sick because you can get it again we had this last year right before Thanksgivings it starting with our son 8 months at the time with diarrhea then hours later my daughter 2.5 started throwing up I was up all night with her and by morning was throwing up. two days later Thanksgiving I was feeling better then my husband became sick halfway through the day helped him with cleanup and later that night I was sick again for a full blown round two!! So be careful.

As far as containment I have tried tightening the diaper (which just leads to the poop traveling farther up the back and into hair) doubling diapers with a smaller then bigger helped a little to contain but still a big mess to cleanup, and doubling the outfits so as to not get furniture...dirty helped a little but no matter what I always had way to many poopy messes to clean up and about two extra loads of laundry!

Oh and don't let the husband help because they just freak out lol. My hubby went to change a bad bad diaper and freaked and decided to just run our son up to the bathtub to clean him off and well didn't put a diaper on him to do so...lets just say it is very hard to steam clean stairs!

Keep good spirits this will all be over soon!

My heart aches for you, and so do my jaws, from laughing. Sympathetically, of course. Thank God this doesn't happen every day. The only solution I can think of to help contain the mess is to tear a terrycloth towel into strips just longer than his waistline and wrap it in a single layer, extending a couple of inches into the top of his diaper, and extending a couple of inches up under his onesie. It may absorb enough of the moisture from escaping poop to slow the upward flow.

I have a baby-vomit story that may give you a giggle. The Night of the Bean. My daughter was about 4 months old when we spent a night, on short order, at the home of some friends of my husband. Sparsely furnished room, no horizontal surface suitable for changing a baby except the bed, and a bathroom way down the hall with no counter surface. (It was not my choice to stay there, but my ex was insistent). We had no spare baby clothes, and only a couple of extra diapers.

At dinner my ex (could have been me, but we'll just say this was his bright idea, too) fed my daughter ONE bean, which she liked. She had no solids yet in her diet, just breast milk. An hour or so later we were upstairs getting ready for bed, and she started squirming and fussing. I picked her up to comfort her, and she suddenly puked an impressive fountain right into my very long hair. Left shoulder, I think, as an opener.

So I switched her to my right shoulder, and she produced an even more impressive fountain. Hair, clothing, me (front and back), her, the rug. I carried her down the hall and mopped us off as well as I could with a single guest washcloth and hand towel, having to hold her in one bedraggled arm at a time. Took a long time, and neither of us got exactly clean, or dry.

Got back to the bedroom to clean the floor (ex-hubby, disgusted by the mess, was unhelpful during all this). I said I wanted to go home, he said no. I said I was going to go ask for more towels, he was aghast - what would his friends think? That I couldn't manage caring for a baby?

So I leaned down to set my daughter on the bed, and the moment she was horizontal, she let loose with another fountain, at least 6 inches into the air, and my hair. And the bedspread. And her already wet clothing. Back to the bathroom with its soggy washcloth and hand towel.

That was the final barf-up, thank goodness. My daughter was fine. My ex was having tantrums for the rest of the evening, but stubbornly refused to leave. I don't recall what, if anything, we said to our hosts in the morning, but they had a large, new stain on their old bedspread. At least we were all dry by then, and heading for home and fresh baby supplies. I'm so glad I find the story amusing now. At the time, not so much.

I don't have any good advice, but I do have a story.

When my nephew was about 10 months old, he had horrible constipation. We were all on vacation together and he didn't poop for 3 days. My brother and SOL called the pediatrician and they gave him a ton of fruits, veggies and prune juice.

They boarded their plane home with their little boy still not having pooped in 3 days.

Once airborne, my nephew "let it all out" and three days worth of poop sneaked up and down his diaper, it went all the way up his back and out the back of his shirt, and it went all the way down his pants' legs. It got all over my SOL, the airplane blanket and the airplance seat. They had no extra clothes for him and they had to ask the flight attendant for a garbage bag to stuff the dirty clothes, diaper and all the wipes they used to try to clean up. They stank of poop and the people around them were not pleased.

So, there's a poop story and I hope it made you smile!!!

Hope you guys are feeling better soon!

Poor you!

No there is nothing that I can think of to help you - but will be checking back - I only note that jeans seemed better for the kiddo to wear - as far as clean up goes - but really it's just gross and not a lot to do about it.

One word about vinyl pants - they contain it until you have to take it off. Change in the bathtub!

It surprised me to read your 1 year old is in size 5 diapers. My girls never got to that size!! My 10 month old is 22 pounds and in cloth, but the occasional disposable size 3. Do you think maybe the size 5 is too big, so everything just comes right out? Also, depending on the brand, some diapers are pretty repellent if they are dry when the poo hits. I would say spend the extra $$ on one pack of Huggies Supreme or Pampers Cruisers for your sanity. They both have different inner material that helps "trap" solid material.
The other advice about the plastic pants is good, too. Even if it overflows the diaper the plastic pants will contain it. Then you can change him in the bathtub or a more fabric-free place to minimize the damage!
As far as him getting better, you might want to get some acidophilus with FOS from the refrigerated section of a health food store. It's a powder you can sprinkle over his applesauce, yogurt, mashed potatoes, etc that he will never notice, but will restore some good bacteria in his tummy to help get over the runs faster.
Blessings.

Hi there. I sooooooo know what you mean about containing the soupy diarrhea. In April of this year I came down with this horrible stomach flu (possibly rotovirus) and was shaking violently and my husband had to carry me upstairs and undress me and get me into my PJ's. As soon as I was in bed, one of my twin boys starting throwing up in his bed. My husband spent the night on the couch with my son who was throwing up in a pot. The next morning, my son was acting pretty ok and even said he was hungry. I woke up the next day and felt like I was dying. My husband is looking at me like "why aren't you back to normal like our son?" All I can say is that a couple of days later, he was back to being really sick again and I think the very next night, my husband was on the couch with the other twin who was throwing up in the pot. What happened was that both boys (who were just over 2 years old at the time) had this horrible stomach virus thing and they ended up having this soupy diarrhea for like 2 weeks by the time we were done with it. It took me about an entire week to get back to normal and my husband (BLESS HIM) wasn't feeling that great himself the whole time that he was taking care of all of us. The best part of the story (and the part I'm sure you'll appreciate) is that at one point in the recovery process, we decided to go to a parenting class that we had committed to on a Monday night. My neighbor said that she could come by and hang out at our house after the boys went to bed in case anyone woke up and needed anything. Well.... about an hour into the evening she hears "POOOOOP!" from their bedroom. she goes in and quickly smells the problem and identifies which of the twins has poop. She lifts him out of the crib and onto the changing table. He's wearing this "wearable sleeping bag" thing and she unzips it and there is runny poop all over the place. it had managed to get out of the diaper, out of his pajama pants and all in the sleeping bag. He is half asleep and freaking out because my neighbor is trying to help him. She says "we are going to need to get you in the bath tub." He starts screaming and kicking violently and is spraying her with poop as he kicks it all over her. She manages to get him into tub and clean him off and get him back to bed. She then has to call her son to bring her a change of clothes. She puts all the poopy clothes in a trash bag because she didn't want to overload my washing machine with so much poop. when we got home, she told us all about what happened and I felt soooo bad. I spent the next hour or so rinsing out all the poopy clothes in the toilet. I ended up throwing away the socks because they just weren't coming clean. That neighbor actually ended up taking care of my twins 1 morning a week for a while after that. she was such a trooper and we all just have to laugh about it now.

Just wait until you start potty training.... I had one of my twins who had the other's poop on his foot and on the outside of his pants. we realized at the top of the stairs that the other twin had gone in his underpants and it was all down his leg. Once we got them both cleaned up and situated for naptime,k I went downstairs to survey the damage. All I have to say is THANK GOD that I have hardwood floors in the downstairs. I saw a pretty big turd sitting by the front door and about 50+ poop smears all over the floor downstairs. My husband and I spent about 3 hours cleaning the entire downstairs floor that day. I was down on my hands and knees smelling the wool rug to see if there was any poop on that. luckily there wasn't. Now my boys have been pooping in the toilet without accidents since September. Oh the rapture!!! Actually I take that back, one boy tried to pass gas recently and "got more than he bargained for." He said "I poop my pants." It was so cute and it was pretty contained so it wasn't too bad. we just threw those underpants away. :-) Hang in there. One thing that we did with our boys when they had diarrhea was to give them probiotics (mixed the powder in their milk). This is the good bacteria that is in yogurt and other fermented foods and it is really good when you have a digestive disturbance. Also, if you can get your child to drink this, try taking a capsule of activated charcoal (you can buy this at whole foods or health food store). Open the capsule and mix it with water. The water will be black and if you can dilute the capsule enough and desguise the water (in a non-see-through cup), you might be able to get your child to drink the water through a straw. the charcoal is probably the most helpful thing for diarrhea but it is hard to get kids to take it. we could sometimes get a few sips in before they realized what it was. I take it myself when I have digestive problems.

it sounds like the rhino virus... ughh.. i feel for you and both my girls have had it at the same time.. not much u can do about the diaper and leaking situation.. but this is such a nasty virus that i would wash everything in the hottest water possible.. use color safe bleach or bleach.. also when done with your washer run a empty load with a cup of vinegar or some thing to clean the washer.. maybe put old towels in the car seat and in the crib.. i remember some clothes were so bad like the oneies that i just tossed them. for us the diarrhea last sometimes 10 days but every day a little better.
Best of luck :)
Lenc
Lenc

This is a funny dog poop story (at least to me). I was talking to an acquaintance about her dog, who is her bad but beloved child. They put him in their bathroom, and he ripped the carpet and carpet pad off the step in there. So they put him in the guest bathroom, where there was no carpet, thinking that was safe. Well he pooped in the guest bathroom . . . then he ate it . . . then he threw it up all over the walls! He showed them! She was laughing telling me about it, and I laughed too. I hope you all feel better and that you find a good diaper solution.

Best,
L.

I don't have any advice but I do feel your pain. When my twins were that age, they both had the flu. We literally had it coming out both ends. I would change one and then turn to catch the others vomit. After that was cleaned up, the other would poop or vomit. I went back and forth every five minutes for a week. It was awful then, but quite funny to remember now. You will get through this!

Try giving him some pumpkin or squash to help solidify his poop. I don't know why it works (fiber maybe?), but I've had doctors and vets both tell me that it works well for solidifying diarrhea. For containment, try putting a waterproof lap pad down on his seats/bed/etc. You can also buy "chucks" pads at any medical supply place (maybe even the grocery store) and use those under him when he's stationary. To get stains out, we've found the Shout Triple Action gets out EVERYTHING!! Maybe try sticking a feminine pad in the butt part of his diaper for some extra absorbency?

this might sound odd, but have you tried a smaller size, or larger size diaper? Maybe they are too loose for loose bowel movements...Also, you could try rubber diaper covers like some people (used to) use for cloth diapers...sorry you are going through this! Another thought, just have him naked and in the bathtub all day!!!

I don't really have any advice, but I remember when my diapered boys both got the flu. The diarrhea was so bad, it would fill the diapers, literally to the max and the only way I could change them was to put them in the bathtub! that way it wasn't getting all over, I would just wash the poop down the drain and wash the kid at the same time. We all know who stinky diarrhea makes them! I am trying not to gag and the kids are gagging because it was grossing them out. What a nightmare. Thank goodness when it was over.

I've used a regular maxi pad at the top of my son's diaper and it seemed to work, or at least help.

The only thing that I found to contain big runny poops were Pampers cruisers! They just fit so snug around the waist and leg holes, they're great. I can't tell you how many "poop explosions" it took before I started asking around and trying new diapers.

I put my daughter in layers.maybe a this pair of pj pants under whatever else she wouldve been wearing.i also went to a thrift store and bought regular panties for her to wear because it would help contain some of the mess.U could also buy some of those plastic pants, they only require being rinsed off/bleached and help too.

Good Luck!

Hey if this doesn't resolve really soon, please go see another doctor. It sounds like it's pretty bad. My pediatrician is amazing & does natural medicine. We had this problem last week & she really helped the little guy not get dehydrated. Dr. Wiggin ###-###-####, she can solve anything. Try some cloth inserts like kissaluvs, they can soak up lots, you'd still have to do laundry, but it will hopefully end soon,

They have these vinyl pants that go over cloth diapers that may help. You can buy them at Walmart. A little messy but not as bad as the furniture or rugs.

OH dear, I am so sorry dear heart--- . Here's my story ( have no ideas except to be sure your babys' doctor is content to let his body ''ride it out'' -)

16 years ago - my mother was gradually loosing independence -my son bought a horse AND we got a puppy.

Occasionally, my Mom would call and say ''' I have a problem''' I quicky learned that meant- get your rubber gloves and get down here- I can't clean this up alone ( which she certainly couldn't)

Occasionally I would go out to the stable where my son had his horse boarded and help shovel out --

Occasionally, with my being gone a lot- the puppy would leave me lumpy surprises. And then I realized - JUST what my future in heaven would look like. I'll arrive at the pearly gates- St Peter will announce happily ''''' J. dear - we've been waiting for you- -look, I have a bright shiny new pair of rubber gloves - and over here - a big-------------'''

( sometimes you just have to laugh)

Blesssings,
J.

You haven't seen poop and puke till you've had two 8 and 9 month old with the rotovirus! One of my closest friends had driven down from Fairbanks to Anchorage for a visit. We ate at Burger King, we ALL got it! Luckily the 4 older kids didn't get it bad and only a couple of days, as did 2 out of the 3 adults. But the BABIES!!!! It was cold out, so we had them in zipper sleepers (thankfully). Never in my life had I seen puke fly across the room. We soon found out that red Gatorade stains very cream, very expensive couches! We also learned that poop can come out so violently that it fills up the footed part of the pajamas and comes up out of the neck! And of course, they weren't eating anything, so it still gets me where all the poop was coming from. Lucky us, it didn't last for the normal 5 days or so, we did this for 14 days!!!! As soon as we would get them bathed, changed, another load of laundry of towels, clothes, blankets, sheets, and any other thing the poop and puke found it's way on (and a steam clean of the carpet a time or two), it was time to do it all over again! My friend ended up staying a week longer than she planned since there was no possible way to drive 6 or so hours with a puking, pooping baby! LOL It took another 2 weeks at least for the smell to disappear from my house! Nearly 3 years later, we are now able to laugh about it, and tease one another when one of us is brave enough to eat at Burger King again! (We know it came from BK since a couple of my hubby's soldiers ate there the same night and were sick too.)

Now I have infant twins and there is a rotovirus vaccine, which these two are ready for their second dose tomorrow! Hopefully I'll never have to go through that again! (I am sitting here giggling about it now, it really is the only thing you can do to stay sane! LOL)

As for something to contain the poop, the thing that seemed to work the best was the Carter's fleece pajamas, it doesn't soak through too fast if you get to it right away, just have the washing machine set on REPEAT! LOL Carter's also makes waterproof crib pads about the size of a changing table mat, which would help keep from washing the sheets or whatever else he may be sitting or laying on. It will end... eventually! LOL

I hope if nothing else, you got a good laugh, and just to know it WILL end, hopefully sooner for you than us (and you have just one little one sick instead of 5! HAHA!). Best of luck!

K.