Poop Talk...Passing on educational info to parents

[mickyc]

Yes good questions - why IS this child on formula?! No reason for an 18 month old to be on formula. I usually like all daycare kids weaned off the bottle/formula no later than 16 months

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Yes good questions - why IS this child on formula?! No reason for an 18 month old to be on formula. I usually like all daycare kids weaned off the bottle/formula no later than 16 months

I'm sure you remember my older post about child still having so many bottles at 17mths because I just read back on it so as not to contradict myself and be refreshed on where the thread went and you were one of few who agreed with me that he didn't need so many bottles or nearly as much milk.

The simple answer to this question then is that this child is on formula because his parents tell me to give it to him. I have people on one side saying I should not cross the line on my beliefs and on the other side people telling me a child can be kept on formula till 2 years. I really couldn't care less about the milk, dairy or otherwise, I do however care about the child's wellbeing and that is why I am trying my damnedest to help find the route of the loose stool and occasional diarrhea. He has a very clear and obvious intolerance to dairy but his formula contains a component of dairy. The childs dr says it is a more digestible form of dairy protein but there is always an exception and this may be for the majority, but not everyone. Also for those who get loose movements from to much fruit, it isn't just the dietary fibre but mainly the sugar content that causes it. This formula also has a great amount of sugar in it so it is obvious to me that this is a dairy issue likely causing an increased response to the sugar content also due to a no doubt leaky gut. Yes that is only a hunch from a daycare provider, but unless someone else can come up with an alternative cause, and back it up with facts that make sense, I'm just gonna stick with the dairy problem. He has such a wonderful appetite and eats everything so if the formula was eliminated it wouldn't do any harm