Sleep and Poop

[sunnydays]

Ugh...I am going through something similar. I have a 22 month old in my care who has started pooping 3-4 times per day and sometimes very much like diahrea...it has been going on for months and parents say they don't want to take him to a doctor as he will just suggest eminating foods. They think it is normal and just shrug their shoulders "he just poops a lot". I have tried so many times to say that it does not seem normal. He is also very grumpy and did not used to be...wakes up during naptime...cries over little things. Finally they are trying lactose free with him to see...forgot to tell me, but now that I know I am not giving him dairy either...today was day one and he only pooped once. I will wait a few days to see if it is a coincidence, but I am hopeful that we have found a solution as I feel sorry for the little guy! My own teenager is lactose intolerant and now we have just figured out that our 4 year is too...he was always so gassy and we stopped milk and voila...no more gas! It just seems so hard to get parents to realize there might be an issue...they just think it's normal and no big deal...but when a child can't tell us how they feel, we don't always know if they are experiencing pain!

Ugh! I have a little guy who wakes up in the middle of naptime screaming like he's dying too, but it's because he already pooped. I change him and he won't stop screaming, expecting that naptime is over. Thank goodness the other children are sound sleepers. The days he sleeps two hours before he poops are delightful.

I had a little boy start over a year ago who screamed all day every day and even though he was 1 year old his poop was yellow and the consistency of a newborn's. He was in pain. I mentioned to the parents that the poop concerned me but they said the doctor said it was fine. Then I asked them if they thought of food allergies like lactose or gluten and the Dad told me he was lactose intolerant. Headsmack. Still the doctor said, oh no he's fine. After 3 months of this or so I was ready to quit on them and they decided to try lactose free products. Well, guess what, he stopped screaming and his poops changed. Headsmack!