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Does Your Child's Poop Look Like This?

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salexander421 Enthusiast
salexander421
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Just curious, I've heard a lot of talk about diarrhea and light colored poop from celiac or gluten intolerance but my girl's "glutened" poop is a little different. I call it constipation for lack of a better word because, with our oldest it's like she can't get it all out at once and goes small amounts several times a day, and with our youngest she'll go a few days without going. They both have the same kind of consistency though, it's usually dark brown and really sticky and grainy, like it has sand mixed in it. It takes several wipes to get it all off of their little bottoms. It's EXTREMELY smelly! A lot of times it will smell up the whole house and when we change them it's just a little bitty amount. Sometimes it has mucous in it also. Just wondering if any other parents have experienced this kind of poo with their little ones.

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divamomma Enthusiast
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My daughter was going about 4x a day but very small amounts each time. It looked like a couple of dark brown rocks/marbles. I would not say it was smelly or sticky though.

salexander421 Enthusiast
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My daughter was going about 4x a day but very small amounts each time. It looked like a couple of dark brown rocks/marbles. I would not say it was smelly or sticky though.

Yeah, it's the weirdest thing. Her poop isn't hard like constipation normally is, it's soft and sticky but it's like she can't get it all out or something. When she was gluten free (going through gluten challenge) she went normally. Her GI has her on miralax but it doesn't really do much for her.

dilettantesteph Collaborator
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When I read the title I thought there would be a picture and had to click on it. LOL Stickiness is a big sign for me of glutening. Also, the lots of little pieces thing. Hope things get better for her soon.

salexander421 Enthusiast
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When I read the title I thought there would be a picture and had to click on it. LOL Stickiness is a big sign for me of glutening. Also, the lots of little pieces thing. Hope things get better for her soon.

I considered posting a pic but wasn't sure if that would gross people out :P

shopgirl Contributor
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I considered posting a pic but wasn't sure if that would gross people out :P

Especially for those of us who read the forums over morning coffee. :o

As for your little one, the sandy thing has definitely been mentioned here before in the Parents of Kids or Babies forum. Maybe a search for it if you haven't already? I know there are a couple other moms who have started threads on it in the Kids and Babies forum.

salexander421 Enthusiast
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Especially for those of us who read the forums over morning coffee. :o

As for your little one, the sandy thing has definitely been mentioned here before in the Parents of Kids or Babies forum. Maybe a search for it if you haven't already? I know there are a couple other moms who have started threads on it in the Kids and Babies forum.

:) I'll do a search, thanks!

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CrunchyChristianMama Newbie
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My DD's is really loose. She is potty trained and uses a little potty that I have to dump out. It's almost always a mess to clean out because it's not solid like it should be. We just recently went 100% gluten-free with no cross-contamination, so I'm hoping that will get better soon.

As gross as it would be, pics might be helpful so we could all compare and figure out what's normal! :P

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As gross as it would be, pics might be helpful so we could all compare and figure out what's normal! :P

Just give the rest of us fair warning in the thread title so we can appropriately prepare ourselves (i.e. removing food stuffs from mouth). ;)

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GraceKJ Newbie
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I've been experiencing the same issue. Its quite frustrating because I'll get up to go to the bathroom and it's not even enough poop to be considered poop. Let alone it's VERY soft and it looks like someone squirted light brown toothpaste out of the bottle. It's awfully smelly and I have been getting very frustrated with my frequent trips to the bathroom.

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This is a TV segment which shows what poop should look like posted in a different thread.

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