Re: loose bowel and apraxia

[Guest guest]

Do you have your son on soy..there may be a sensitivity to soy or corn which

replaces alot of the wheat/dairy.

Just a thought

Michele

[Guest guest]

Have you tried probiotics? Culturelle seems to be a very good product. My

friend's son who is sensitive to gluten and casien had loose bowels. This

fixed it for him. If you decide to give it a try be certain that you get

the one that contains 20 billion cells. I think that Kirkman labs.

distributes it. If you order direct from Culturelle you get the lower dose

for the same price (go figure!)

Good luck,

Bert

[Guest guest]

did your doctor talk to you about adding fiber to his diet? Fiber can also help

with loose stools, as well as constipation.

~K

[ ] loose bowel and apraxia

Hi there,

You've been posting about constipation and laxitives. My son 2.5 has

loose bowels and we are at wits end as to what to do. We've seen

two Gastros and took multiple tests and got no clear answers Perhaps

intollerance to dairy and wheat which he was already not eating...

We went to an accupressurist and things improved a bit with the help

of herbs and kuzu( a japanese root). He is also off Dairy, refined

sugars and wheat.

Any imput would be appreciated..

The thought of potty training him is frightening because he goes so

often...

[Guest guest]

Since your child is under the care of an MD for this -has your

child been tested for celiac? They are saying it's more common than

once thought. It's also not uncommon in the world of autism

and 'related' disorders. (welcome parents of late talkers)

http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ1W61C2CD & sub_cat=2

That was me as a baby and a child -in my case it ended up I had

celiac disease just like my older brother. Diarrhea can be very

serious in a young child as you know-a strict diet is what saved our

lives. (no sugar, wheat, or oil) Does your child also have signs of

anemia? I was almost always borderline anemic as a child -and

spent too much time in the hospital as an infant I was so sickly before they

knew I too had celiac.

(and go figure I have a child that has the opposite problem with

constipation!)

Here is some info on diarrhea -

http://familydoctor.org/flowcharts/534.html

What did my mom feed me when I was really sick to try to keep me out

of the hospital? Bland plain foods -rice -baby rice cereal mixed

with bananas (to replace the potassium etc.) also known as the BRAT

diet -Bananas, Rice or Rice cereal, Apple sauce and Toast. (oh the

memories of childhood!) Then again even though my brother and I

survived -and this did help us each time like a charm -the BRAT diet

too like senna in tea now comes served with controversy.

http://www.injuryboard.com/view.cfm/Article=332

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[Guest guest]

my son also is using probiotics gold from kirkman. must be refrigerated upon

receiving. he was likewise always constipated, (we went the suppository and

lots of prune juice route.) went on gf/cf diet and he started to have very

loose bm, now after the probiotics it has made his bm more formed. one cap a

day

mixed into his sippy cup. it retores the natural bacteria to your intestines

that antibiotics could have killed. and being he has had 2 surguries he has

many antibiotics.

lori

[Guest guest]

Hey Lori: How long did it take when using your probiotic before you

saw improvements? We started on Floragen 3, a probiotic and

he has been quite whiny/irritable/loose stools still...I heard this

could go on for about 1-2 weeks, then you see the good child re-

appear. Is this similar to what you experienced? I want my

back!

Kim

> my son also is using probiotics gold from kirkman. must be

refrigerated upon

> receiving. he was likewise always constipated, (we went the

suppository and

> lots of prune juice route.) went on gf/cf diet and he started to

have very

> loose bm, now after the probiotics it has made his bm more formed.

one cap a day

> mixed into his sippy cup. it retores the natural bacteria to your

intestines

> that antibiotics could have killed. and being he has had 2

surguries he has

> many antibiotics.

> lori

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