Yellow runny and mucoussy ???

[Me.and.my.two.boys]

C is CMPI, he's 16mo and we have been reintroducing very very slowly. The only thing different he's eaten this week is biscuits which have skimmed milk powder in them. He hasn't had these specific ones before but has had food with skimmed milk powder before. He last had one of those biscuits yesterday morning. He had also eaten quite a lot of fruit up until Saturday too.

The last 3 days his bowels have been very loose - yesterday and today being the worst. His bum is very sore because of the amount of dirty nappies. It's very runny and yellow - like newborn poo? Sorry TMI?

Does it sound like the biscuits? Luckily we have a dietician appointment tomorrow anyway but tbh I get more help and advice here than from her

[Me.and.my.two.boys]

Anyone? I have a feeling it is the biscuits but wondered if anyone had any ideas? We've not really had any dairy 'accidents' so not sure how he would react?

[zeri]

I am not sure what CMPI is, but doesn't too much fruit produce that reaction? I know we have to watch DS with how much he eats (we call him 'fruit-bat'). If he didn't seem to be crampy, I would wait a few days and try something with powdered milk again, but watch his fruit intake in the meantime. If there is no reaction it could be something else in the biscuit.

[weaver]

No experience with children, Kelly, but I'm dairy intolerant myself and I do find skimmed milk powder can have quite an effect. Not in a good way. Poor little C, hope he's feeling better.

[Buntybear]

But he has had skimmed milk powder before with no reaction?? How much did he have in the run up to this episode? It can accumulate.

Teething can also cause tummy upsets as the mouth produces acid. Again too much fruit... Olly couldn't eat much fructose till recently as it gave him awful NWs.

[Me.and.my.two.boys]

I have completely stopped the biscuits. He had been having 1 or 2 per day for maybe 2/3 days - I honestly think it was the biscuits. The fruit he had been mostly eating this week is blueberries and they were making his poo dark and a little loose so I eased off but this is pale yellow and has mucoussy bits?

I wonder how long it will take to leave his system? I feel so bad I gave him the biscuits! Damn! Now I'm going back to square one for him 100% dairy free!

[Me.and.my.two.boys]

Ok so we've seen the dietician. She said it defo sounds like it was the skimmed milk powder. She suggested 100% dairy free for 3 months and then try again but not skimmed milk powder, trace milk in another form?

Bowel movement this morning was still soft but normal colour and no mucous so the worst seems to have passed thank goodness

Dietician did say that he is quite young anyway (16mo) and it could be another year at least before he can tolerate any dairy but she also said that 99% of her patients have grown out of the intolerance by the time they were 4 so I'm hoping he will but if not, it's not the end of the world.

[zeri]

I am glad you got it sorted! it is hard when our LO's are suffering and we don't know why

[weaver]

Ah poor wee guy.  Great to be able to identify what was going wrong so fast!  Well done Kelly!

[Me.and.my.two.boys]

Fruit has never upset C's tummy before but today he's had lots of dirty nappies and his bum is red raw. He won't even sleep I'm sat here next to his cot with my hand on his tummy and he's just crying

[weaver]

Oh dear!   

What do you think it is??  Any ideas or are you just too freaked out to think straight (I probably would be!)?

[Me.and.my.two.boys]

I think he's quite sensitive after his little dairy incident this week and I've given him too much fruit yesterday/today and it's caused loose bowels and the poos have made his bum so sore.

I've been trying to get him to sleep for over an hour

[zeri]

big hugs to you both! I hope your night improved and he was able to get some rest.

[Me.and.my.two.boys]

We were up all night! He has had 10 dirty nappies between 11.30pm last night and 9am this morning.

His bum is red raw I wonder whether it is defo something he's eaten? Could this be teeth? I think his canines are moving up but I can't be sure?

He's going to his grandparents today (his dad will be there from tomorrow) until Monday I need him to be ok!!

[zeri]

I found teeth to be a problem with my two, for certain, so it could maybe be that. Poor little guy   I hope the bum cream works wonders for him (we were told to use a bit of cortate on DD under the diaper cream when it got really raw - cleared it overnight and that he is feeling well for his visit and you can get some rest!