jojo2324
03-07-2004, 10:50 AM
What's your child's poop like? Because Gannon's is, for lack of a better word, sludgey. Soft is perhaps nicer to say. I have never had the luxury of "log" poop with him, so no rolling off the CD into the toilet! Must scrape and swish...
Do others experience this? I just thought that since he's older, his poop would mature too. Every once in a while, it will be firm, and I'll try to think back over his food intake that day...But since he eats very little, there isn't much room for variety.
Another thought is that he's not getting enough liquids, but he sucks back both milk and water. (Water with meals, milk with breakfast and before sleep times - I'd say about 18 oz milk, and the same for water, a day.)
But Neve, I can relate to your worm story. Yesterday I changed his diaper and was quite disgusted and horrified as I extracted (yes, extracted) a string about 6 inches long. Of course my first thought was that it was a worm - he has a weird rash on his chest and we just started a new playgroup, with moms who didn't seem too concerned about bringing their sick children and letting them snarf all over Sorrel. So I called the ped, and while I was on hold realized it actually WAS a string. He loves string. And is usually able to pull them from the bottom of our sofa. She laughed and reassured me that there would never be a worm 6" long in a healthy child.
DH made fun of me all day...He kept saying, "Joanne, what happens when you eat something? It's gotta come out." Or, "Joanne, ever hear of kids eating pennies? Where do you think they go?"
I concurred that yes, what goes in must come out...It just never occurred to me that he would eat string!! Because why on earth would you? Maybe if I ate string, I wouldn't have thought it was a worm. But I've now realized my views on what's appropriate are vastly different from those of Gannon. I am not a toddler. Regardless, it was really nasty.
Do others experience this? I just thought that since he's older, his poop would mature too. Every once in a while, it will be firm, and I'll try to think back over his food intake that day...But since he eats very little, there isn't much room for variety.
Another thought is that he's not getting enough liquids, but he sucks back both milk and water. (Water with meals, milk with breakfast and before sleep times - I'd say about 18 oz milk, and the same for water, a day.)
But Neve, I can relate to your worm story. Yesterday I changed his diaper and was quite disgusted and horrified as I extracted (yes, extracted) a string about 6 inches long. Of course my first thought was that it was a worm - he has a weird rash on his chest and we just started a new playgroup, with moms who didn't seem too concerned about bringing their sick children and letting them snarf all over Sorrel. So I called the ped, and while I was on hold realized it actually WAS a string. He loves string. And is usually able to pull them from the bottom of our sofa. She laughed and reassured me that there would never be a worm 6" long in a healthy child.
DH made fun of me all day...He kept saying, "Joanne, what happens when you eat something? It's gotta come out." Or, "Joanne, ever hear of kids eating pennies? Where do you think they go?"
I concurred that yes, what goes in must come out...It just never occurred to me that he would eat string!! Because why on earth would you? Maybe if I ate string, I wouldn't have thought it was a worm. But I've now realized my views on what's appropriate are vastly different from those of Gannon. I am not a toddler. Regardless, it was really nasty.