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Can Teething Result In Watery And Stringy Bowel Movement?

Hi, my son just turned a year old this week and has been drinking whole milk instead of formula for abkut a week now. His bowel movements today and yesterday have been very wierd. Yesterday, it was a huge, solid mass. The largest and most solid to date. Today, it was a bit watery, yellow, stringy, and had a bunch of small pellets like his food had not digested. He has also been fussy for about 4 says now, but his front gums are swollen, so I have assumed it is due to teething. The bowel movements have me concerned. Any idea what could be causing them and if they are normal?
posted on Fri, 15 Aug 2014
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Hi Dear
welcome to the HCM,
Child has got some stomach infection.
During teething gums are quite itchy. To release this itch children do put their unwashed fingers in their mouth. which is the usual cause of infection in the stomach.
Maintain the hand to mouth hygiene.
Avoid bottle feed.
Try to give him more of semi solids.
Hope the query is answered.
thanks
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Can Teething Result In Watery And Stringy Bowel Movement?

Hi Dear welcome to the HCM, Child has got some stomach infection. During teething gums are quite itchy. To release this itch children do put their unwashed fingers in their mouth. which is the usual cause of infection in the stomach. Maintain the hand to mouth hygiene. Avoid bottle feed. Try to give him more of semi solids. Hope the query is answered. thanks