Baby diarrhea: Diarrhea at a Dangerous Age
Diarrhea in babies and small children can be dangerous. Infants are easily Dehydraied ,and they lack the abLlity to tell you exactly how they feel

Reach for the right stuff.
Water and fruit juice are not the best fluids for dehydration a baby. Rehydration solutions are good for infants toddlers during tghe acute phase of dehydration . You can make your own dehydration solution add 1 tea spoon of sugar and a pinch of salt to 1 quart of water ,but if you make a mistake' you can overload the baby with salt. tf you can afford the commercially available ones you are much better off. There are available at drug stores without prescription."

Continue feeding...
You should continue to feed a child,, "but you should probably avoid milk .for a day if the diarrhea is severe. What you feed a child depends on the age of the child, but for infants it is recommended rice cereal, apple sauce, and bananas for a day or two. These foods tend to be a bit binding. For older children stick with plain dry toast, dry crackers, chicken without the skin, and other bland food.

Know when to quit
"The biggest mistake most people make is in not knowing when to quit treatment. "children may have loose stools for quite a while after initial illness-perhaps one or two watery stools a day for the next couple of weeks. if they are otherwise okay, it's not necessary to keep them on a restricted diet. Only do that for a couple of days'"

Try the carrot cure
some people think strained carrots are the greatest Thing in the world for a child with diarrhea. You can include these in the diet if you wish,.,, (cariots may help enhance recovery by replacing electrolytes and minerals lost during diarrhea)

Put bacteria back in
'After the first couple of days' yogurt tends to repopulate the bowel with good bacteria,, "lt isn't a bad idea to feed it to them' Three ounces a day should do it