Toddler with diarrhea.. almost a week now...

[Magalag]

Is this the right place to post? I've also posted in the toddler section..

Since the weekend, my daugther, 23 months has had loose watery stools.. at first I thought nothing of it because there was only one on each day and she was fine. She went to daycare as normal on Monday and had another diarrhea in the evening, then on Tuesday daycare sent her home and she's been home since.

She's otherwise fine, doesnt have the best appetite, but wants to go outside and is laughing and playing and sleeping fine. Its Thursday today, her last loose stool was yesterday afternoon.. She's been drinking ok (mostly teas and white grape juice), peeing well but has almost no appetite today, she's had breakfast, mixture of rice, banana and applesauce and a cup of soy milk (i was told that that is ok as opposed to regular milk).

How long do I wait this out until making an appointment to the doctor? She's not dehydrated, probably just a bit weak now from not eating too much. And by this time yesterday she had already two loose stools, so maybe its going away?

Then I got to thinking and just before she had this diarrhea she was having problems with constipation kind of all of a sudden for about a week and a half... Does one tie in with the other? What can this be? Its causing me to worry the more it goes on...

[tanyalynn]

If it's a viral illness, I'd expect to see improvement, maybe not all the way back to better, but positive changes (less frequent diarrhea, less watery/more formed, like that).

Juice isn't great for diarrhea, the sugar can cause diarrhea all on its own--that's not a new addition to her diet, is it? Or a big uptick in amount recently?

You could add a probiotic supp and see if that helps--sometimes some extra help after a viral illness can help normalize gut health.