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Intake-Output Chart
Use the Intake/Output Chart to record every drink, every wee (including wetting) and every poo (including soiling) your child has/does. The chart is available in the PDF file above.
Instructions for parents completing Intake/Output Chart
- Choose a day when your child is going to be home all day – not a school day!
- Your doctor or nurse will tell you how many days they would like to be recorded. The most important thing is accuracy – it doesn’t matter if the days are not consecutive.
- Write down every drink, every wee, including wetting, and every poo, including soiling. Write by the nearest hour – you don’t have to record the exact time.
- Please measure drinks and urine in mls.
- If it is not possible to measure the occasional wee, please tick in the box to show the child has passed urine.
- Do not send your child to the potty or toilet – try and record a normal day and let them go when they want to.
- Some children will be able to wee straight into a measuring jug. If they can’t, younger children can wee into a potty which you can then empty into a measuring jug. Older children might prefer to wee into a plastic bowl in the toilet – but make sure you catch all the wee! Tip into a measuring jug to measure.
- In the Stool Type column, write down the number from the Bristol Stool Chart that best describes the poo (see below).
- If your child gets up at night for a wee, they can just use the toilet normally. Tick to say they have been. Tick if they wet the bed/nappy/pull-up.
ERICs Poo Checker
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