Diarrhoea

Last Thursday evening, Ian's nanny informed us that he was having a diarrhoea. My brother told us that it was normal as Ian was teething again (his 9th and 10th teeth). But after we brought him home, he did not pass any more stools.

On Friday morning, when Hubby was changing his diapers, he discovered that Ian had pooed again. On the way to the carpark, Ian did it again. We decided to let his nanny observe for the day before bringing him to the PD.

At about 1pm, his nanny called me to inform me that Ian seemed to be in pain while passing motion. She thought that he was having an upset tummy. I took urgent leave and rushed back to bring Ian to the doctor. Dr Goh diagnosed it as a viral infection and told us to be careful not to catch it, by watching our hygiene and washing our hands after changing his diapers. She mentioned that a diarrhoea due to teething would have a more pasty stool than the watery one that Ian was having.

Though Ian continued to pass loose stools a few times that day, he did not cry like what his nanny described. It was a war with him to make him drink the medicine. He did not like the hydralyte that the doctor had prescribed either. In order to help with his diarrhoea, we added more water to his porridge and made it more watery than usual. He seemed to love it.

He passed loose stools one more time on Saturday morning. It appeared that he had recovered from his illness as there was no more diarrhoea on Saturday and Sunday. However, his appetite did not seem too good and he weighed only 11.2kg this evening. He had lost 0.5kg since Friday! Hopefully, he will gain back his weight and resume his chubby self.