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I have a 5 month old son that has had diarrhea
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I have a 5 month old son that has had diarrhea for the past 72 hours. I talked to my doctor and she said no more formula, give him cereal and bananas along with pedialyte. He has a good bowel movement that is soft after eating cereal in the morning and then gets pedialyte until his last feeding that is also cereal. Should I be feeding him more cereal/bananas? Is there anything else that can be done, other than giving him antibiotics. He is not running a fever, or pulling on his ears. He still enjoys playing, kicking and laughing.

 

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Female , Age: 5 months

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pedialyte as much as he'll tolerate, cereal morning and night, tried bananas on saturday twice and again today and he liked

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July 3 8:37 PM (6 minutes and 8 seconds later)
         
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If he appears hungry, feed him more. If he is content, I wouldn't worry about it. He will get fussy if he is hungry. You can probably try the formula again tomorrow evening if there is no more diarrhea.

YAY.

Kerry



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July 3 8:42 PM (5 minutes and 11 seconds later)
         
Reply to Kerry's Post: What if he still has diarrhea tomorrow? His diarrhea is just green mucus.
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Then keep up with giving her the pedialyte, banana's etc. You can also try rice cereal again. Sounds like that is doing the trick!

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