Poop Talk...Passing on educational info to parents

[Fun&care]

I have been in a similar position as you brightsparks. I had a dcg who, no joke, would have loose poop 4-6 times per day. It was ridiculous and even though I hinted several times that I thought she was drinking too much milk he parents never did anything about it. And when I say too much milk, I am talking 2 8 oz bottles per day at my house and probably 2-3 more of those at home from what I heard. She was twelve months and really that is just way too much milk. Finally, I told them around 18 months that we needed to cut down on milk because it was making her a picky eater. I always serve food before milk but if she didn't like what was served, which was most of the time, she would sit and wait for her milk. So her diet was pretty liquid. Finally when we cut back the pooping dropped dramatically to 1-2 per day. It is SO frustrating though to be in a position where you KNOW something is wrong and have a pretty good idea why but the parents a) don't seem to care or b) are too lazy to do anything about it.

[bright sparks]

I have been in a similar position as you brightsparks. I had a dcg who, no joke, would have loose poop 4-6 times per day. It was ridiculous and even though I hinted several times that I thought she was drinking too much milk he parents never did anything about it. And when I say too much milk, I am talking 2 8 oz bottles per day at my house and probably 2-3 more of those at home from what I heard. She was twelve months and really that is just way too much milk. Finally, I told them around 18 months that we needed to cut down on milk because it was making her a picky eater. I always serve food before milk but if she didn't like what was served, which was most of the time, she would sit and wait for her milk. So her diet was pretty liquid. Finally when we cut back the pooping dropped dramatically to 1-2 per day. It is SO frustrating though to be in a position where you KNOW something is wrong and have a pretty good idea why but the parents a) don't seem to care or b) are too lazy to do anything about it.

I think in this case its not that the parents don't care or are lazy, although some are for sure, but simply that they have been brainwashed into believing everything in those baby books and the health guides that are funded and sponsored by for profit healthcare companies who get financial insentives as a result of people following their guidelines. This boy drinks about 36 oz of milk a day. I have raised this on this forum before to many responses of how its fine for them to drink lots of milk which just isn't true. Any and all research conducted on the benefit of consuming milk has been funded by dairy companies and those who have some financial shares in said companies. I couldn't care less how much they want to give him if they choose do do that then that is their perogative but when he is pooping such a lot and so loose for such a long time and nothing else has resolved this issue, then it's frustrating. I wish they would just cut out the bottles even if it was just for a week to see if it makes any difference. Even cutting out his daytime milk would like show a difference. Formula is mainly made of sugar and water along with altered proteins, some of which come from dairy. Cows milk is a common intolerance in children resulting in constipation, diarrhea and stomach issues. That's fact not opinion. It's not fair to expect me to just deal with this, its even worse that this child is potentially very toxic and ill on the inside and this will likely take its toll over time. I do think that there is no more I can do, but at what point after listening to mum complain week after week and be all oblivious and in denial every time I tell her the daily poop report, is it okay for me to tell her outright that I have given her numerous options to try and that she needs to start doing some of them if she expects to see any change. Unfortunately it seems that this is more of a problem for me and from my perspective and that parents in fact don't think its a problem. Who knows!!