Question
My baby is ten months old, and he had diarrhea for a month when he was nine months old. After a few days of recovery, he started having diarrhea again, and now it’s been a week! I’ve checked his stool and there’s no inflammation, and he’s in good spirits and eating normally. I suspect he might have caught a cold. How can I treat this quickly? He has diarrhea five to six times a day with watery stools!
Answer
If a child has had diarrhea for a week, it’s important to consider possibilities such as weak spleen and stomach, abdominal coldness, or improper addition of complementary foods. It is recommended to increase the dosage of Montmorillonite powder to one packet per time, three times a day, and use the Navel Patch to warm the middle and dispel coldness. At the same time, continue to use Chinese herbal preparations like Xingpi Yang’er Granules and Baby’s Essence to regulate the spleen and stomach function. If the baby is on formula milk, you can temporarily switch to diarrhea formula milk and then switch back to regular formula milk after the stool returns to normal.