my baby is 7monts 3days old. I have stared giving her semisolid food in the form of rice puree, carrot, pumpkin, apple and mango puree( all cooked). Yester night she passed 7 episodes of yellow loose stool. today morning passed 2 episodes of blach loose ones.please advise.
Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor. It seems your kid is having viral diarrhea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 days to completely get better. Unless the kids having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry. There is no need to use antibiotics unless there is blood in the motion. Antibiotics might worsen if unnecessarily used causing antibiotic associated diarrhea. I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D Chat Doctor.