AKA possibly the weirdest thing I've posted.

So E's been having some digestive problems. Namely, diarrhea of flash flood proportions. We thought maybe it was a lactose issue, so we (with daycare) cut dairy last week. His poop got close to normal, so we reintroduced last Thursday. His poop stayed semi-normal. Not as dense as normal, but it was at least holding a shape. He never complained of pain or seemed uncomfortable, so we thought probably not a lactose thing, maybe just a bug or something he's almost over.

Until today, when he pooped 8 times over 12 hrs. His daycare teacher said after his nap he was "swimming in it". No form to it at all. His last before bed included food that he had at lunch (that I could clearly make out) and some mucous.

I don't know what to think, except that today was a really shitty day (pun unintended), and I'm feeling very defeated. It seemed like whatever it was had run it's course, but it's back and worse.

ANYWAY. He has a doctor's appointment tonorrow, and the nurse I spoke to last week said they'd probably want a stool sample, which I assume I'm to provide.

I have an unopened pee sample cup for my next OB appt. Can/should I just scoop some from his morning diaper into it? Try to catch it from the source (eww!)? Bring in the whole diaper in a ziplock bag? The receptionist I talked to today didn't say anything, but I'd like to be able to expedite figuring out what's going on, if possible...