What to do if your 8-month-old baby has frequent bowel movements

Frequent stools in 8-month-old babies may be related to excessive eating, indigestion, intestinal infections and other factors. In the treatment, it is mainly improved by medication and home care. 1. Eating too much: babies who usually eat more, resulting in the intestinal tract temporarily unable to fully digest, may cause an increase in the number of stools, this symptom usually does not have other accompanying symptoms, so no special treatment. 2. Indigestion: 8-month-old babies usually eat too much milk or more frequent, easy to increase the burden on the intestinal tract, in this case you can take drugs to promote digestion, such as compound pepsin, such as probiotics such as Bacillus subtilis bacillus. 3. Intestinal infections: some infants with the above symptoms, if accompanied by abdominal distension, refusal of milk, poor mental state and other phenomena, may be related to intestinal infections and other factors, such as bacterial infections can be given such as cefixime, cefdinir and other antibacterial drugs, as well as antidiarrheal medications to improve the diarrhea, such as montelukast to stop the diarrhea. Viral infections require no special treatment. It is recommended that 8-month-old infants with frequent bowel movements seek medical attention to determine the cause of the problem. The above medications are recommended to be used under the supervision of a doctor, and should not be taken on their own.