Toddlers diarrhoea (‘cradle crap’)

Question 1

Features

Answer 1

Infants with:

• loose
• bulky
• non-smelly stool
• with fragments of undigested food
• in a well-thriving child
• solid in morning
• ‘runny’ in afternoon

Onset usually between 8 and 20 mths

Associated with high fructose intake (fruit juice diarrhoea)

Question 2

Diagnosis by

Answer 2

exclusion

Question 3

Treatment is by

Answer 3

dietary manipulation