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argh constipated baby
All you wise souls...
My almost 12 month old boy is still breastfeeding well, around 4 times a day and 3 or so times a night. He drinks about 200ml of water a day with food, too. He's not ever been a big eater, but lately he's been a really cr@ppy eater. A teaspoon or two of breakfast (porridge with fruit puree mixed in, or a bit of EBM or cows milk if I have none out; or some toast - usually less than 1/4 of a piece). Lunch might be whatever I'm having or left over veges from the night before, and dinner is usually what we're having again, which is usually meat/chicken/fish and veges. I notice his food intake is much worse when he hasn't pood for a few days, but when he goes it isn't usually *that* solid, it's still a bit nice and squishy. He eats less than 1/4 of what the other babies eat in my mother's group. Lately he's been eating a bit more cheese, but not even a full slice a day, and not every day; and a bit more pasta. Are these foods constipating? The last 3 poos have been more like adult solid poos, and todays was small, smelly and hard. I seem to remember a special anagram for the diet that you give to babies/kids to stop diarrhoea (which includes cheese and banana?) - but is there one to do the opposite? Should I just try prunes and stop the cheese? Anything else that is constipating? Thankyou Jo -- Woman, Wife, Mother, Midwife |
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he doesn't sound constipated to me, even a small amount of solid food starts
the transition to adult looking poo, it's a time thing, in terms of the variation of bacteria in the gut, as well as a what goes in thing. I definitely would do anything to counteract what is going on, though if you are still concerned, stopping the cheese for a few days won't do any harm. Anne |
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On 2006-05-07 22:02:33 +0800, "Anne Rogers" said:
he doesn't sound constipated to me, even a small amount of solid food starts the transition to adult looking poo, it's a time thing, in terms of the variation of bacteria in the gut, as well as a what goes in thing. I definitely would do anything to counteract what is going on, though if you are still concerned, stopping the cheese for a few days won't do any harm. Anne Thanks, Anne. It's just that it is so different than it has been for the last 5 months on solid foods. He hasn't been straining (that I've seen) or in pain, it's just hard dark and small. Might just try a sip of prune juice and no cheese Ta Jo -- Woman, Wife, Mother, Midwife |
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Pasta is constipating for my little ones. Ramen is the worst. Whole
grain pasta with no oil is the best. Cheese is constipating. Are there berries in your fruit puree? Berries are extremely constipating for my children. I made the mistake of serving oatmeal with dried currents. Only my oldest who has never been prone to constipation could handle it. --Betsy |
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argh constipated baby
Things that seem to help us:
Goat yogurt Oatmeal with ground flax added after cooking Teeny tiny bit of chlorophyll (be careful with this...it really only takes a tiny amount to have a Significant Effect...and the Significant Effect will be quite alarmingly green) Extra fluids Pears Probiotics Shiny gets constipated pretty easily--she's not as active as most babies her age and none of her muscles are as coordinated as one might wish, so it takes some conscious effort on her part to poo, even if she's not constipated. The biggest effect I've seen is from the goat yogurt and probiotics. She was never constipated until she had antibiotics for a bad chronic sinus infection/ear infection... never thought I'd miss that freakish movie-theater-popcorn smell of her poos before, but after the abx, they smelled like grown up bad breath. Seriously out of whack. Now that she eats some seasonings (garlic, onion, herbs, etc) and meat and some dairy, I don't expect her poos to smell the same as they used to, but sheesh, they don't have to smell like bad breath. The probiotics and chlorophyll were the most helpful in setting her right after the antibiotics. The yogurt also helped a lot. Jenrose |
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