Re: Poops are nonstop!

ChitaShines wrote:
My 16 MO DS started exclusively on table foods (no more baby food) last week. Since he started, his pooping has been out of this world! He's going at least 3 times per day with the consistency mostly runny. The colors are pretty psychedelic too! This didn't happen with my DD. Is this normal?

Pooping from about once every 3 days to three or four times a day is perferctly normal, even for adults (there are a lot of adults who poop after every meal).

As long as he doesn't seem to be bothered by this (like he isn't in pain and pushing too hard), this is probably perfectly normal for him.

Do I need to bulk up his intestines with stuff like rice and cheese?

No. His bowels sound perfectly normal.

One thing that might be affecting him is that if he is drinking a lot of juice, the sugar in the juice may not be well absorbed, causing more water to remain in his intestines. But not for long (you can find out how long the next time he eats corn). If you decrease the empty sugar calories from juice (juice is just sugar water), this may decrease the number of his poops and make them a little more solid.

Jeff

Thanks!


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