Staying Hydrated
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Diaper Rash with Diarrhea
Asked by M.N. from Phoenix
on December 26, 2009
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My 13 month old daughter has her 1st diaper rash, which is bright red and seems to have small opening in her skin. It is mostly on the buttock area right below her gen...
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- My doctor recommended using hydro cortisone cream 1% on the rash and it should clear up. That is as long as her diarrhea is gone. Use the BRAT diet for that Bananas, R...
- My 22month old son has had severe diaper rashes and the only thing that i have found that works wonders is auquaphor. made by eucerin. its awesone a little expensi...
- It might possibly be a yeast infection. The same thing happened to my son, and he would just scream & cry all day because he was in so much pain. Our ped. gave us some...
Diarrhea.. When Do I Seek My Pedia?
Asked by C.C. from Los Angeles
on September 30, 2010
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My 21month old son has a diarrhea for 4 days now. He hasn't lost his appetite and is still eating and playing just like when he's not sick. He only has wet b.m. in the...
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- I would call and talk to a nurse at your pediatricians office and see what they say.
- My son used to get this for almost 2-3 weeks at a time. Our pediatrician said once the gut gets irritated, it can stay irritated for a long time after the initial sou...
- Just watch his hydration. My pediatrician had told us to do the "pinch test"- gently pinch the skin on the back of the hand. If it immediately bounces back, you're o...
Daughter Refusing Liquids
Asked by J.B. from Boston
on March 6, 2008
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My 9 month old daughter is refusing to take liquids and I am of course worried about dehydration. It has been a progressive refusal over the last few weeks, she was t...
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- Try giving her cut up watermellon; it has a high content of water. Does she have Thrush down her throat?
- J., A very large percentage of our fluid needs are actually met in the foods we eat. If your daughter is still wetting frequently then she is not dehydrated. Have...
- I breastfed my daughter until she was 11 months, but when I weaned her I had the hardest time getting her take formula (or any other liquids). She just turned one and ...
Pregnant with Green Diarrhea
Asked by A.W. from Huntsville
on December 30, 2010
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I am 29 weeks pregnant and always calling my doctor for something. I figured i would ask the mom's on here. I have been having a green or dark stool which turns into ...
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- the iron pills definitely cause a dark colored stool. The diarrhea could be unrelated or maybe the iron might just be upsetting your stomach. I know they tore my sto...
- I am a midwife. You need to find out if you truly are anemic. Your hemoglobin level normally drops around the 28th week of pregnancy, due to your blood level doubling....
- Yeah, welcome to iron pills ... it is not fun, keep those cottonell flushable wet whipes in your purse and in the bathrooms at home I nearly got an infection from the ...
What to Feed a Child with Diarrhea?
Asked by C.T. from Milwaukee
on December 21, 2008
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My 20 month old had the stomach flu on Thursday and Friday, was still lethargic on Saturday, and fine today, but she had diarrhea this afternoon and still isn't eating...
14 Mo Old with Diarrhea
Asked by J.W. from Richland
on May 29, 2008
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Hi, My 14 month old keeps having diarrhea. It's usually only once per day and she doesn't seem sick or dehydrated. I cut juice out of her diet and tried constipatin...
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- yes it could be from that
- It probably is teething my daughter only got diarrhea when she teethed. Doctors say is not related but, I have a very healthy daughter and that was the only time she h...
- Yep- Both my kids had runny stools when they were teething. I wouldn't worry about it much. It's a good idea to try the lactose experiment though, that's very common....
Toddler with Chronic Diarrhea
Asked by E.K. from Dallas
on January 10, 2012
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My daughter is 14 months old and has had diarrhea for the last 3 months. It's about 90% of the time and can be so violent that we have to change her. It's gross and ...
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- Have they treated or tested for giardiasis. My son had it for 15 months before they figured it out! They kept treating it with a regular antibiotic which makes it wor...
- Ask the doctor if your daughter can do a fecal calprotectin test. It's a simple stool test that is very accurate in detecting inflammation in the intestines. We did...
- Hey - I scanned the answers and you are getting alot of good responses. But, I did not see anyone suggest the "Brat" diet to stop the diarrhea. "Bananas, Rice, ap...
Diarrhea in 10 Mo. Old
Asked by J.M. from Dallas
on November 10, 2007
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My 10 month old is teething and I know that diarrhea is a common side effect of this, however this has been on-going since Tues. He's been out of daycare since early ...
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- Try the brat diet! Give green bananas help too! Banannas, Rice, apples and tea or toast Also might want to try dry jello! He will like that one! Also drinking jel...
- I have a 10 month old who also got the virus just a month ago. all you have to do is switch his formula to the lactose free formula. I used Enfamil Lactose free. I usu...
- BRAT Give hime the BRAT diet. B - Bananas R - Rice A - Applesauce T - Toast These are all binking substances and will help bring it all together for a more solid...
Diarrhea and First Year Molars?
Asked by A.M. from Atlanta
on August 31, 2008
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Anyone else's children have really bad diarrhea when they were getting their 1st year molars? My 16mo daughter hasn't had issues with teething...until now? She has n...
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- Okay, I am going to rip this word apart, but get Acidopholis. Drs recommend this for babies/children that have diarrhea, esp when they are on antibiotics. It will not ...
- Totally normal!! The reason for the diarrhea is because of all the saliva that goes into their tummies. The tummy gets upset trying to digest it (makes it more acidi...
- my daughter always had nuclear diarhea at the start of teething. I don't know if the teething caused it or if it was the motrin we gave her, but either way, I hear th...
Diarrhea & Awful Diaper Rash
Asked by A.K. from Atlanta
on March 4, 2007
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My son has had constant diarrhea since friday. My husband and I just got over what we think was a stomach virus so we think he might have a stomach virus too. Since h...
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- It seems to be going around. We just went through the same thing. The diarrhea lasted about 4-5 days with us, so maybe it's almost over for you! My son's rash was so b...
- We dealt with the same thing about a year ago. Everything I used made it worse. It got so bad at one point that he would scream every timehe pooped. I called the do...
- We have also used the "Butt Paste" in the past, and it is truly amazing!
