How to Get a Child with Diarrhea to Eat Food

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Wait for your child to have more than one loose stool movement.. Have your child eat small meals throughout the day.. Offer your child her favorite foods.

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Wait for your child to have more than one loose stool movement.

Step 1

Wait for your child to have more than one loose stool movement.

2

Have your child eat small meals throughout the day.

Step 2

Have your child eat small meals throughout the day.

3

Offer your child her favorite foods.

Step 3

Offer your child her favorite foods.

4

Allow your child to gradually return to her normal eating schedule.

Step 4

Allow your child to gradually return to her normal eating schedule.

5

Make sure your child gets enough fluids.

Step 5

Make sure your child gets enough fluids.

6

Prepare bland, starchy foods.

Step 6

Prepare bland, starchy foods.

7

Remove seeds and skins from food.

Step 7

Remove seeds and skins from food.

8

Go for snacks high in salt.

Step 8

Go for snacks high in salt.

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Give your child popsicles and jello.

Step 9

Give your child popsicles and jello.

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Include low-fat yogurt in your child's diet.

Step 10

Include low-fat yogurt in your child's diet.

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Avoid spicy or fatty foods.

Step 11

Avoid spicy or fatty foods.

12

Bring your child to the doctor if there is mucus or blood in her stool.

Step 12

Bring your child to the doctor if there is mucus or blood in her stool.

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Talk to your child's doctor if diarrhea lasts more than two to three days.

Step 13

Talk to your child's doctor if diarrhea lasts more than two to three days.

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Get your child to a doctor if she shows any signs of severe dehydration.

Step 14

Get your child to a doctor if she shows any signs of severe dehydration.

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Discuss treatment options with the doctor.

Step 15

Discuss treatment options with the doctor.

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