Diarrhea

[Inspired by Reggio]

In centre care it was defined as 'two or more abnormal bowel movements'.

At home for me I go on a combination of things .... what is 'normal' for that specific child, is it an 'increase' in actual movements compared to normal, AGE of the child and could it be teething related and over all behavior and other symptoms and if there is a 'bug' going around where diarrhea is a symptom ~ all these factor in to my decision to exclude a child.

So if a child had 3-4 bowel movements which was more than 'normal' but they were not 'loose or liquid' and the kid seemed otherwise fine I would not necessarily send them home but I might CALL and ask the parents if something changed in the kids diet or if anyone else in the home had been 'sick' just to give a heads up that something was 'off' about the kid .... maybe they overate treats the night before or they had a dinner of crap the day before, maybe they tried a new food or what not .... and than go from there to decide if the child is brewing something of concern or just 'full of it' that day so to speak