Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 I’m reading the toddler diarrhea posts with great interest. My kids drink milk, water and occasionally a pitcher of juice (Minute Maid). When my Son started Kindergarten the first week of August, I started giving him juice boxes (Juicy Juice) in his lunch. The first two weeks went fine. We started having problems on the third week. He had severe diarrhea all week. By Thursday, he was crying in pain (very unusual for him to cry) and had a little blood in his stool. I took him to the doctor where they took a stool sample and blood sample. The doctor didn’t seem to have a clue what was wrong. I still haven’t received the results of the tests. Since the juice was the only new food introduced since starting kindergarten, I decided to take it back out - just in case. The next day, he immediately started doing better and three days later he was completely back to normal. The company verified the juice was GF and he’s never had any problems with fruits or juices in the past. So now I’m left wondering: 1. Is the juice really GF? 2. Can stress cause symptoms like this for people with CD? Though he doesn’t show it, I’m assuming these first few weeks of school have been very stressful for him. New environment, new children, teachers keep changing, they’ve been trying to feed him forbidden food, the bus schedule/number/routes keep changing….I think all of that would be stressful for a child who has been home with Mom for the past 3yrs. 3. How is toddler diarrhea diagnosed? If anyone can provide some insight, I would be most appreciative. It has been a very stressful and worrisome week for me. Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 I've never bought Juicy Juice, so I'm not familiar with the ingredients, but I doubt it contains gluten. I would guess apple juice is near the top of the ingredients? As I understand it, and this is from memory about 3 years old, apple juice is high in naturally occuring sorbitol, which can trigger diarrhea. A google search could probably find you the details of how that works. Maybe it the increase to daily juice that was too much for your son? Also, I still water my son's juice down about 2 parts juice to 1 part water - we use reuseable Rubbermaid juice boxes. As for diagnosing " toddler diarrhea: " Soemtimes I think that's pediatrician-speak for " Your kids has the poops and I'm not sure why. " ;-) > I'm reading the toddler diarrhea posts with great interest. My kids > drink milk, water and occasionally a pitcher of juice (Minute Maid). > When my Son started Kindergarten the first week of August, I started > giving him juice boxes (Juicy Juice) in his lunch. The first two weeks > went fine. We started having problems on the third week. He had severe > diarrhea all week. By Thursday, he was crying in pain (very unusual for > him to cry) and had a little blood in his stool. I took him to the > doctor where they took a stool sample and blood sample. The doctor > didn't seem to have a clue what was wrong. I still haven't received the > results of the tests. Since the juice was the only new food introduced > since starting kindergarten, I decided to take it back out - just in > case. The next day, he immediately started doing better and three days > later he was completely back to normal. The company verified the juice > was GF and he's never had any problems with fruits or juices in the > past. So now I'm left wondering: > > > > 1. Is the juice really GF? > > 2. Can stress cause symptoms like this for people with CD? Though he > doesn't show it, I'm assuming these first few weeks of school have been > very stressful for him. New environment, new children, teachers keep > changing, they've been trying to feed him forbidden food, the bus > schedule/number/routes keep changing..I think all of that would be > stressful for a child who has been home with Mom for the past 3yrs. > > 3. How is toddler diarrhea diagnosed? > > > > If anyone can provide some insight, I would be most appreciative. It has > been a very stressful and worrisome week for me. > > > > Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 I've never bought Juicy Juice, so I'm not familiar with the ingredients, but I doubt it contains gluten. I would guess apple juice is near the top of the ingredients? As I understand it, and this is from memory about 3 years old, apple juice is high in naturally occuring sorbitol, which can trigger diarrhea. A google search could probably find you the details of how that works. Maybe it the increase to daily juice that was too much for your son? Also, I still water my son's juice down about 2 parts juice to 1 part water - we use reuseable Rubbermaid juice boxes. As for diagnosing " toddler diarrhea: " Soemtimes I think that's pediatrician-speak for " Your kids has the poops and I'm not sure why. " ;-) > I'm reading the toddler diarrhea posts with great interest. My kids > drink milk, water and occasionally a pitcher of juice (Minute Maid). > When my Son started Kindergarten the first week of August, I started > giving him juice boxes (Juicy Juice) in his lunch. The first two weeks > went fine. We started having problems on the third week. He had severe > diarrhea all week. By Thursday, he was crying in pain (very unusual for > him to cry) and had a little blood in his stool. I took him to the > doctor where they took a stool sample and blood sample. The doctor > didn't seem to have a clue what was wrong. I still haven't received the > results of the tests. Since the juice was the only new food introduced > since starting kindergarten, I decided to take it back out - just in > case. The next day, he immediately started doing better and three days > later he was completely back to normal. The company verified the juice > was GF and he's never had any problems with fruits or juices in the > past. So now I'm left wondering: > > > > 1. Is the juice really GF? > > 2. Can stress cause symptoms like this for people with CD? Though he > doesn't show it, I'm assuming these first few weeks of school have been > very stressful for him. New environment, new children, teachers keep > changing, they've been trying to feed him forbidden food, the bus > schedule/number/routes keep changing..I think all of that would be > stressful for a child who has been home with Mom for the past 3yrs. > > 3. How is toddler diarrhea diagnosed? > > > > If anyone can provide some insight, I would be most appreciative. It has > been a very stressful and worrisome week for me. > > > > Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Hi Jill, The way I understand it, Toddler Diarrhea is just idiopathic(meaning of unknown origin) diarrhea in someone under 4. Many times it is due to juice consumption, because of the sugar content. Many Doctors will tell you to take your child off of all juice, and switch to water instead. If that alleviates the problem, you can assume it was the juice. They thought my daughter had this when she was younger, so I removed all juice from her diet. It made absolutely no difference. That was before she was diagnosed with gluten intolerance. I also know that some kids are sensitive to apple juice. I hope this is helpful. Good luck. Suzie RE: toddler diarrhea I’m reading the toddler diarrhea posts with great interest. My kids drink milk, water and occasionally a pitcher of juice (Minute Maid). When my Son started Kindergarten the first week of August, I started giving him juice boxes (Juicy Juice) in his lunch. The first two weeks went fine. We started having problems on the third week. He had severe diarrhea all week. By Thursday, he was crying in pain (very unusual for him to cry) and had a little blood in his stool. I took him to the doctor where they took a stool sample and blood sample. The doctor didn’t seem to have a clue what was wrong. I still haven’t received the results of the tests. Since the juice was the only new food introduced since starting kindergarten, I decided to take it back out - just in case. The next day, he immediately started doing better and three days later he was completely back to normal. The company verified the juice was GF and he’s never had any problems with fruits or juices in the past. So now I’m left wondering: 1. Is the juice really GF? 2. Can stress cause symptoms like this for people with CD? Though he doesn’t show it, I’m assuming these first few weeks of school have been very stressful for him. New environment, new children, teachers keep changing, they’ve been trying to feed him forbidden food, the bus schedule/number/routes keep changing….I think all of that would be stressful for a child who has been home with Mom for the past 3yrs. 3. How is toddler diarrhea diagnosed? If anyone can provide some insight, I would be most appreciative. It has been a very stressful and worrisome week for me. Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Hi Jill, The way I understand it, Toddler Diarrhea is just idiopathic(meaning of unknown origin) diarrhea in someone under 4. Many times it is due to juice consumption, because of the sugar content. Many Doctors will tell you to take your child off of all juice, and switch to water instead. If that alleviates the problem, you can assume it was the juice. They thought my daughter had this when she was younger, so I removed all juice from her diet. It made absolutely no difference. That was before she was diagnosed with gluten intolerance. I also know that some kids are sensitive to apple juice. I hope this is helpful. Good luck. Suzie RE: toddler diarrhea I’m reading the toddler diarrhea posts with great interest. My kids drink milk, water and occasionally a pitcher of juice (Minute Maid). When my Son started Kindergarten the first week of August, I started giving him juice boxes (Juicy Juice) in his lunch. The first two weeks went fine. We started having problems on the third week. He had severe diarrhea all week. By Thursday, he was crying in pain (very unusual for him to cry) and had a little blood in his stool. I took him to the doctor where they took a stool sample and blood sample. The doctor didn’t seem to have a clue what was wrong. I still haven’t received the results of the tests. Since the juice was the only new food introduced since starting kindergarten, I decided to take it back out - just in case. The next day, he immediately started doing better and three days later he was completely back to normal. The company verified the juice was GF and he’s never had any problems with fruits or juices in the past. So now I’m left wondering: 1. Is the juice really GF? 2. Can stress cause symptoms like this for people with CD? Though he doesn’t show it, I’m assuming these first few weeks of school have been very stressful for him. New environment, new children, teachers keep changing, they’ve been trying to feed him forbidden food, the bus schedule/number/routes keep changing….I think all of that would be stressful for a child who has been home with Mom for the past 3yrs. 3. How is toddler diarrhea diagnosed? If anyone can provide some insight, I would be most appreciative. It has been a very stressful and worrisome week for me. Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 The problem with the juice could be the sugar or if it is included in the ingredients, food dye. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 The problem with the juice could be the sugar or if it is included in the ingredients, food dye. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 The problem with the juice could be the sugar or if it is included in the ingredients, food dye. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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