any advice would be great

[rccresswell]

Any advice would be very helpful!!

My daughter is 13 months old, walking and running everywhere.  She is full of beans, climbs up everything - heck she can even climb up a slide by herself so she has more than enough energy :)

From day dot she always struggled with her wind to the point where we had to move her legs to make her fart and rub her tummy to get her bowels moving because she would go days without doing a poo.  I would breast feed her until 4 months and decided to change to formula to see if she got better.

A few days later she was fine on formula and then her poos were like diarrhea with like I would say stringy or even like darker blobs.  I hope that makes sense.  I took her to the doctor twice within 3 months and after the second time she suggested lactose free.  I must include my baby girl was one of those that just NEVER stopped crying.  I put her on that and she was perfect!!!!!  I then introduced food at 5-6 months and it started again.  I took her off foods and she was fine and then she just went down hill again.  

At 13 months she had diarrhea for 2 weeks straight.  Her poos were real diarrhea and then back to the stringy stuff with a lot of undigested food.  She started getting rashes on her bottom and she will easily do up to 10 poos some days or at worse 3 or 4 within an hour and a half.

I have taken her back and forth to the doctor but I just can't do this anymore.  She can be a real darling but then most of the time she just wants me to hold her or she will just throw herself about and cry for no reason.  I have taken gluten, dairy and egg out of her diet but she in the last hour and a half she has done 5 poos and that was just from little farts rather than actually pooing.

Please any advice would be most appreciative.  I am going to the doctor on Wedneday and I am going to demand testing.  I know there is something wrong with her I just don't know what

[margypops]

It could be the two are unconnected , she may be so attached to you from all the attention about her 'bowels 'that's she knows that her yelling will get some of it.I am not saying she doesnt have a problem of some sort with the continual diarreha  I do think that if you persist and they can do some more testing ...you will at least find out if she is allergic to some food or drink ..good luck

[rccresswell]

she's been on lactose free formula since we changed it when she was a baby.  She has been eating fruit and veges since I changed her diet, rice crackers, gluten free pasta with a simple tomatoe sauce that I made.  She has had dairy free chocolate with easter as well.  

[margypops]

I agree with you about demanding testing, sounds like she may have tummy pain.So she is on formula and you have discounted any allergies to it.May I also ask what solid food she is eating I am wondering if she is in fact allergic to some food or milk ..?