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

[trying43]

Also corn could be the culprit as well as certain dyes in foods.  Good luck.

[SunWorshiper_26]

Good luck. I hope the allergist is able to pin point what this is. Common allergens include: dairy, soy, wheat, berries, nuts, eggs, shellfish and pork.  Maybe try avoiding all of these things and see if she's better. If so you can wait a few weeks then add each item back into her diet one at a time waiting two weeks between introducing a new food until you find the offending food. It may even be that she isn't allergic but highly sensitive. This would be something you can do at home. My daughter is allergic to soy, wheat, dairy, eggs and peanuts.  Allergies tend to run in families. My family has a lot of food allergies so it would be more likely that Ellie would have several food allergies. But it isn't necessarily the same allergen. Anyway I hope that helps.

What does she drink in terms of milk?  I know you said no cows milk.

[rccresswell]

she's been off normal milk since about 6 months if i remember correctly.  sun i have her on a waiting list now but my doctor said it would take months.  we're in the process of getting the money together to take her to an allergist now.  will keep you updated

[SunWorshiper_26]

I would request allergy testing through blood and skin test. It sounds like there is an allergy triggering this. Please keep is posted on how the dr goes.

[Majikat]

did they ever do an ultrasound to see if anything was going on? cause when Ezra was 4 months i think his was like blobs of jelly and thats a sign of intussusception. that didnt end up being the issue... they wanted him oln soy formula which i refused to after learning about the bad side effects... have you tried taking milk out of her diet? there are many different kinds of milks like almond and hemp, rice... i wouldnt suggest soy tho

[trying43]

To me it sounds like irritable bowel syndrome.  I didn't realize but after reading about it, its common in children.  You can have bouts of diahrea and bouts of constipation.  From what I read its triggered by certain foods.  For some people its fatty foods others its sugar.  Some its carbonation or dairy even.  I read that diet rich in whole grains fruits and veggies are good.  Also add a probiotic and a zinc supplement.  I think there's gotta be something that's triggering hers.  It could be something simple.  Keep a food diary and see what the common food may be.  I found several good sites with info about ibs in children easy to find just google the subject.  Also my friends little boy who's 9 has it and his is triggered by mozzarella cheese and chocolate.  She figured his out by food diary.  I hope this helps.