Extract from wholesomebabyfood.com
What foods should you feed baby when she has diarrhea and what foods should you avoid when baby has diarrhea?
Please offer your baby small meals when he has diarrhea. Offering smaller meals will allow baby's digestive system to work slowly. The tiny intestines and still fragile digestive system will take a bit of time to get back on track and healed. Don't worry if it takes 3 to 4 days for your baby's stools to get back to "normal"; healing takes time.
B.R.A.T - When baby has diarrhea, remember B.R.A.T!
Bananas - Rice - Applesauce - Toast
The foods that make up the B.R.A.T diet are those foods that will help cause the bulking and hardening of the stool. These foods include grains, and certain fruits. Below are more foods that will help firm-up and bind baby's stools when diarrhea occurs.
Bananas
Rice and/or Homemade Rice Cereal
Breads - specifically toasted breads
Pastas
White potato
Yogurt
applesauce
Foods to Avoid with Infant Diarrhea
Avoid any foods that are used to help alleviate constipation and certain fruits as well. Below is a list of foods to avoid when baby has diarrhea:
all dairy products (yogurt is the exception due to its helpful bacteria - consult your baby's pediatrician about feeding yogurt with diarrhea)
Fruits that begin with the letter "P" such as peaches, pears, prunes, and plums
apricots and other "Stone" fruits are typically known to help loosen stools so avoid those fruits as well
High Fiber foods
Applesauce vs. Diluted Apple Juice
As we mention on our page about Infant Constipation, please keep in mind that Applesauce is actually a binding food. Applesauce is the whole of the fruit. It contains a higher level of pectin - which firms up stools and may thus lead to constipation.
Apple juice contains more of the sugars found in the apple and it also contains more actual liquid; hence apple juice is a good remedy to help relieve constipation.