Anyone add Benefiber to LO's bottle for constipation?

g8orell

DD is doing better with the Happy Bellies brand of cereal b/c of the probiotics, but is still constipated. Karo syrup and pear juice didn't work. I may try prune juice, but I ran into a friend who is a pediatric GI nurse practitioner...she said to add 1 tsp of benefiber to DD's bottles 1-2x day. Has anyone done this?

kaylenpar1

I haven't... I've just been sticking to the apple prune juice when needed.  I would be afraid to, honestly!

g8orell

Yeah, me too...that's why I was asking if anyone has done it. When do you give DD the prune juice? I know it's only 1 oz, but I don't know when to do it...i'm afraid she won't drink her milk if I give it to her.

aelyngstad

Pear juice didn't work for us either. Prune did though. I haven't heard of doing benefiber before.

kwann.81

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aelyngstad

g8orell:

Yeah, me too...that's why I was asking if anyone has done it. When do you give DD the prune juice? I know it's only 1 oz, but I don't know when to do it...i'm afraid she won't drink her milk if I give it to her.

I give DD 1/2 ounce of prune juice (1 oz made her have the opposite problem) usually in the morning when she is the hungriest. Then it isn't an issue getting her to take her formula.

kaylenpar1

I had to give it to her at about 2 months she was blocked up so bad.  I just did 1 oz juice and 1 oz water and it worked. I only have to give it to her every once in a while now, so her taking a bottle hasn't been affected.

mickey84

I havent but it sounds like a really good idea!

I've only ever used glycerin suppositories for his constipation (which was 2X)

bulldog_mama23

g8orell:

DD is doing better with the Happy Bellies brand of cereal b/c of the probiotics, but is still constipated. Karo syrup and pear juice didn't work. I may try prune juice, but I ran into a friend who is a pediatric GI nurse practitioner...she said to add 1 tsp of benefiber to DD's bottles 1-2x day. Has anyone done this?

My pedi has recommended we try this, if we wanted to when we went for a follow up at 3 months for constipation issues.  DD is now 4 months and still has issues from time to time so I am considering this.  I've only done the karo syrup and haven't tried juice yet.

futuremnm

We just gave DS apple-prune juice today (1/2 oz with 1/2 oz water) after a feeding. He hadn't gone since Sunday and finally did this afternoon about two hours after the juice. Of course, it was a massive stinky explosion, but hooray!