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it can be very hard to discern when your
baby has diarrhea especially for
breastfed babies that go to the bathroom
often however if you notice that your
baby is going to the bathroom more often
than normal you have to start writing
down how often and when they're going to
the bathroom you can call your doctor
and speak to them and if they think that
at that point the baby has diarrhea you
have to do a few things to make sure the
baby's okay
the number one key to making a baby
comfortable during diarrhea is to make
sure they're hydrated this is of crucial
importance for a young newborn you need
to make sure that their electrolytes are
balanced and a doctor may recommend that
you introduce something like a Pedialyte
to help the baby sustain themselves
through the diarrhea if your baby is
sick and having diarrhea you want to
chart again how often they're going when
they're going and if there's large
amounts of volume if the baby is going
very often they may develop diaper rash
so if they are having diarrhea it's
crucial that you change their diaper
often in a prior applied liberal amounts
of diaper cream lots of added bath
during the day will also help keep the
baby comfortable free of diaper rash and
just help the baby through this
uncomfortable time because diarrhea is
so dangerous to a child you need to be
in constant contact with your doctor
should this happen to your baby they may
get diarrhea from spoiled formula on
virus from a sibling a virus from a
neighbor you need to figure out what is
wrong with the baby and how to treat it
so logging the information for the
doctor and keeping in constant contact
will really help sometimes during
diarrhea babies will not even be able to
tolerate their own mother's milk or
formula they may have to be placed on
something called hypoallergenic formula
and that is the most mildest formula out
there this needs to be determined by
your doctor so it needs to be very
crucial that you love what's going on
with your baby in regards to how they're
going to the bathroom their comfort
level there crying level and really be
in constant contact for your doctor at
some point they may stop any type of
formula or breast milk and start only
Pedialyte
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