leslie13510

JenandChris06

Thanks for your reply to my rice/formula post.  Have your cuties suffered from constipation as a result of the rice?  Were you told to use karo syrup to help it or something else?  And do you use the rice in every bottle?

I briefly mentioned it to my pedi before about using rice ( I had tried it for a day but I think constipation was starting so I stopped), but he didn't elaborate on it, just said that I could try and then asked me how much Zantac they were on and switched them to Prevacid.  I'm going to reapproach it on Friday and get more specifics on how to do it.

Thanks again for the info!

leslie13510

No prob.  My daughter is the only one with reflux issues bad enough for the rice cereal.  (In fact my son is on a totally different formula because of his eczema.)  She's had a few times where she was a little constipated for a day or two but never bad enough to need to give her anything for it.  I've heard karo syrup works for that but I have no idea.  We use the rice in every bottle.  The other good thing about it in her case is the extra calories it adds.  Her reflux is so bad that most days she only takes 2-4 ounces every 4 hours because it hurts her so bad to eat.  Without those extra calories there's no way she'd be gaining enough weight.