I feel weird asking a question but I am
hoping that someone has gone through this
before and may have some advice as I am
all out of ideas. I ahve a two year old
son who is very active and eats healthy
but quite some time ago he started having
soft bowel movements. They have seemed to
get worse and his doctor seems to avoid
the question when I am there. He eats a
variety of foods so I don't know if he is
eating something that is causing this. He
has started into the potty training stage
and the constant soft bowel movements have
seemed to discourage him from going in his
potty. Well any advice would be greatly
appreciated thanks a bunch
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rooted
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Posted: 01-24-08 13:39pm
Maybe try increasing his intake of banana?
This can firm up a bowel movement.
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gilmar
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soft bowels Posted: 02-03-08 06:19am
have you considered the possibility that
he may have picked up an intestinal
parasite? Giardia is common in kids and it
results in loose bowels. Google it.
hope it helps
maria
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persian1
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soft bowels Posted: 08-14-08 15:09pm
My 23 month old son has exactly the same
problem as in constant soft bowel
movements. I have taken him to the
doctors who initially thought that it
might be a food intolerance but before we
go down that route he suggested that we
get his stools tested.
I will update once i get the results from
this.
I also have a daughter and i never had
this with her so i know that that this is
not normal as he has a good diet and eats
exactly what we do. Plenty of fruit and
veg and also he loves bananas which
dispels that theory.
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Children and soft bowels Posted: 08-16-08 15:02pm
Right. Bananas and plantains work for me
(an adult). Also, dysentry could be
another possible cause. And this is also
diagnosed via stool sample.
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mominashoe
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Posted: 08-18-08 07:33am
Parasite is a possibility. You can keep
him free of those by giving him
diatomaceous earth food grade for humans
...more info on that at the freshwater
organics website.
Also foods such as cheese and tortillas
will help harden them, just make sure you
don't give him too much and end up
constipating him.
