Earlier in the week my son Mylo began pooping several times a day again. It was reminiscent of the newborn stage when he pooped up to a dozen times per day, but different because even during the newborn stage he would stay dry in between diaper changes for a longer period of time. This time he was only dry long enough for the next diaper to get on!
My poor baby had diarrhea. A little worried, I took him to the doctor who said there was nothing to be concerned about. He was bright-eyed and happy. Not dehydrated and most likely not a result of some foreign parasite. A relief, but why all the excessive pooping?
But then, just like that, the poop stopped and the tooth popped!
One day before Mylo was about to turn 5 months old, we lay canoodling in bed, him chomping away on my fingers as usual, and “ouch,” there it was. His first tooth. The texture and size of a lone grain of dry, basmati rice, the tooth percolated through his bottom gum and stared me in the face. (And there is a second one coming in close behind.)
The grill begins...
What To Expect.com says that diarrhea is a symptom of teething but that doctors are divided on the subject. They also note that some parents swear that their teething babies have bouts of loose poops.
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I am now one of those parents, are you?!