Diarrhoea, or loose watery stool, is the body’s way of clearing viruses, bacteria or toxins from the digestive tract.
It is usually treated automatically by the body within a day or two without any medical help and is called acute diarrhoea but if loose motions last longer than four days, then it is chronic diarrhoea and you have to take your child immediately to the doctor after 36-48 hours of the condition.
Diarrhoea, dysentery or loose motions can make the baby dehydrated.
A child may experience seven to fifteen episodes of loose motions annually. The most common causes are viruses, antibiotics, medications, bacteria, parasites or dietary changes. And one of the most common reason could be teething in babies. It can also be caused by rotavirus which adversely affects the intestine and prevents absorption of nutrients from the food consumed. Therefore it’s important to vaccinate against Rotavirus and other diseases in a timely manner.
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Best Home Remedies For Loose Motion In Infants
1. Cleanliness & Hygiene
The first cure to loose motion is to ensure that whatever the baby puts in its mouth should be disinfected.
Wash all the toys, tether etc. in a mild soap solution or dip into a disinfectant. Wash the toys in running water and then you can give to your child. Also, check whether for the baby’s playing area. Do not allow shoes where the child crawls and plays. Disinfect the floor and make it safe for the baby to play.
2. Kunjee for Rehydration
You can go for making rehydration solution at home like rice kunjee which turns out to be an excellent baby loose motion home remedy. Cook a half a cup of rice powder with enough water for ten minutes. Add a teaspoon of salt and some more water to make it up to 1 liter. Give your baby some spoonful of this liquid to fill up any lost salts or fluids.
3. Oral Rehydration Solution (Homemade/Commercial)
You can also make a solution with half a small spoon of salt and six level small spoons of sugar dissolved in one liter of safe water(boiled & cooled). This is the method which has been used since ages and is very helpful in treating loose motions. This(ORS) is the best loose motion medicine and is even recommended by the World Health Organization.
You can also go for using a commercial oral rehydration solution if you are not able to make one at home. Don’t hesitate and do the best for your baby. Go to market and look for various solutions. Read more about ORS here.
4. More liquids but no force-feed
You do not have to force-feed the baby. A diarrhoea-stricken person needs more liquids than solids. Hence, allow your child to have feeds with his own desire. Remember that your child needs to eat or drink anything slowly. He should not gulp the food.
5. Healthy foods
Babies who eat solids should continue with their normal foods. In fact, doctors now recommend starchier foods like oatmeal, whole-wheat bread, and crackers so as to help restore all the lost sodium. Foods that are rich in soluble fiber like oats, carrots and bananas good during this time.
Bananas – Bananas are easily digestible and is rich in Potassium. During loose motions when the body loses liquids and electrolytes, it is one of the best foods that will help.
Oats – Being high in soluble fiber, oats help to firm up the stools and sweeps past the digestive tract, taking along with it the toxins and other waste materials.
6. Breastmilk for infants
Breastfed babies should be given breast milk only as it has anti-infective factors and all the necessary nutrients that will help your baby fight against bacterial or viral diarrhoea. And, also breastmilk will help ease the symptoms of the disease. Do not try any other remedies for your newborn baby or if your baby is below 6 months of age(without consulting your doctor first).
7. Light foods & semi-solids
You must give light-foods to your babies during this time as they cannot absorb much of the stuff and light foods could be absorbed easily. Usually, a light preparation of dal khichdi can be given to the weaned babies. No unnecessary diet alterations should be done. Some light foods you can give during loose motions are-
- Dal ka paani (Dal water)
- Dahi or curd – Easy natural treatment
- Khichdi (cook with more water to make it soft)
- Bananas (Works great)
- Coconut water – helps in re-hydration too.
8. Probiotic foods (Curd & others)
Probiotics that are found in curd/yogurt can help restore the healthy bacteria in the digestive tract. Fresh curd is the best gut friendly food during the phase. Probiotics are also found in other homemade foods like curd, cheese, and lassi(Note: do not use sugar for your baby before 1 year of age).
9. A Strict NO to Antibiotics
Do not use any kind of antibiotics or stool binding medications for your baby by yourself. Loose motion in babies can be sometimes viral in nature and antibiotics would do more harm than help in the treatment. Antibiotics should not be given to the babies unless and until any bacterial infection is suggested.
If your doctor prescribes medicines, do ask for its side effects, if any. And, if the doctor has given you some anti-vomiting drugs, make sure that you do not feed your baby right after giving them, wait for at least one hour and then you can feed your baby.
Try home remedies for cold, cough & loose motion in babies before running to your doctor.
10. Need for doctor
Last, and the most important, you should take your kid to a pediatrician for proper diagnosis and treatment. Home remedies work, but when your child is suffering from loose motions for so long, self-medication is not an option that you should consider.
Make sure to keep your child hydrated as dehydration is more frequent in babies than adults.
11. Rest
It’s hard not to be anxious when the baby is suffering from loose motions but even after following all these remedies, it’s important to give your baby sufficient sleep and let her rest. If diarrhea still persists after 1 or 2 days, do not hesitate to take her to the doctor and get professional help.
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i am suffering from loose motions since 2 days,kindly help me in this regard.
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MY BABY IS 45 DAYS OLD AND NOW 2ND TIME HE IS PASSING WATERY STOOL AFTER EVERY FEEDING FROM YESTERDAY. AND HE IS FEEDING NOT PROPERLY AND NOW RED RASHES HAS COME ON HIS POOTY WAY. WHICH IS GIVING TROUBLE TO HIM WHAT SHOULD I DO. HOW TO CURE MY BABY. IS THAT NORMAL IF MY BABY PASSING WATERY STOOL AND SOME TIME LITTLE GREEN POOP
My baby 8th month old 20 days continue motion every day 6 to 8 times please sujetion me
My 7 month 10 days old baby is suffering from loose motion like dysentry for 6 to 7 days and cant take any food what can i do
thank you for the pdf file
my baby is 10month and he have a loosemotion and its going to dehydration
I m going to hospital and stay one night still its not good yet and he doesn’t eat anyfood only vomiting when he eat/drink I’m worry about my son what can I do???
As per my knowledge, zinc supplement should be given as body loses zinc during loose motions.
This article is very information. More home remedies for loose motion can be read here http://www.hoorainnazakat.com/home-remedies-for-loose-motion/
Hi my baby is 5 months old. He suffering loose motion 6 to 7 times in day . From 1 day .may be due to teething . Plz suggest something. My baby is on top feed.
Thank you for the free advice and the free PDF!
Glad that you found it Helpful.
Happy Parenting. 🙂
I was looking for the remedy for loose motion for many days, so thanks for sharing and I will try these because my baby often have to face this issue. Can you please share the foods for the baby’s health?
Thanks for your Feedback. You can refer to this article to get some idea about Healthy Foods for your baby – https://www.babygogo.in/11-best-foods-boost-kids-immunity/
Happy Parenting. 🙂
my 5 months old baby was suffered lose motion in greenish colour
My baby 10 weeks old he is haveing constipation more then 5 days any advice to cure
My baby is 2 month fourteen days and he is suffered from cough and cold and motion plz suggest
My babe is 3 month , fever, lose weight but drops stool 5- 6 times a day.
Hi Ella,
At 3 months it is best to consult with a paediatrician when your baby has a fever. It is not recommended to treat any illness at home at this young an age. Continue with breastfeeding.
Hi,
My daughter is 4 months old. She got cold and cough few days back. So doctor prescribed antibiotics. From 3 days she is passing loose stools. Antibiotics has to be given for 6 days, twice daily. Now 4 days complted. Should i continue ? Please advice.
Hi Supreetha,
Yes you should continue with the antibiotics. All antibiotics should be taken in its full course without stopping it in the middle. Loose stools are normal during the course of an infection. It will subside on its own. You can give ORS to avoid dehydration.
My baby 4 days old he doing lotion 5 time please suggest me what to do please
Hi Arun,
If he is regularly breastfed and the stool is soft there is no need to be concerned. If the stool is profuse and extremely watery then you need to consult with your paediatrician. Passing stool more than once is normal for babies.
Well it’s not a problem…. Give baby enough milk better is breastfeeding… Its common in new born baby… Also expose baby to sunlight in mornings
Hello mam my sister child is 5 month old and he is having loose motion .the poo is little greenish in colour . It has past 2 days . He is on medication of zinc dry powder for suspension. He poo 2 to 4 time in a day and spotting 5 to 8 time. What should i do?
My daughter is only 26 days old her potty is watery 5 to 6 times a day please help me what should I do?
Hi Saher,
5 – 6 times is okay as long as the stool is soft. Feed your baby regularly. If it is in excess of 10 times and only watery then consult with a paediatrician.
my baby is of 6 months is suffering from loose motions almost everymonth he needs doctor ,plz help nd tell me the reason why it happen again again .and plz tell me what to do in this situation
The article mentions that while teething, loose motions increase in children. Is it true? My baby just began teething this week.
Yes Dear. Do read our other articles to understand better about various things related to your baby. Happy Parenting. 🙂
My baby is 4 month old . She suffering loose motion from near about 1 month please tell solution to me . Her potty is so wattery
8months my son 14 days to here is doing loose motions please tell me
Hi Teja,
Did you try any of the solutions mentioned above in the article? Did it help?
My daughter is suffering from diarrhoea from past 4-5 days . She is six months old.. can somebody please suggest me a remedy
My baby is 4 months old boy he is doing losemotion form 12 days pls suggest me I went to clinic but then to bed going lose motion
give rice water in bottle…2 table spoon rice souk in 1glass water then cook it till boil then discard rice only give water.
hai this is najma … my baby suffering loose motion from 3 days…plz suggest me…
My baby is 6 weeks old
She goes to motion for 4 to 5 times is it normal
Thanks for the guidance, I was looking for it and it will help me with many other mothers searching for home remedies for loose motion because they don’t want to treat the issue with medicines.
My baby is vomiting and loose motion and its been a 4days so please help
even a mother has loose motion so what we have to do please help
My baby suffering from loose motion from 6 days. May be due to teething.. he is 1.5 years old.. plz suggest something
Very good suggestion..
My baby is suffered with vomiting and after that when pedrician prescribe anti vomiting mouth spray …he suffered with loose motion.
I want to know that as his mother also suffered with loose motion from past 2days ..can it spreads through his breast milk.???
My baby 7 month old have dirrhoea with bloody stool for 6 days still not cure seen by Dr and given aniobiotics please suggest something
Good suggested by you…. its helpful …
good suggestions are given. we are able to apply for my children.