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TropicalBride06

Hello ladies,

I need your help! My baby started rice cereal about 3 weeks ago and now we've moved on to oatmeal cereal in the morning and sweet potato for dinner plus BF. However, my baby went from pooping 3-5 times a day before solids to pooping once a day when we began cereal, but now he hasn't pooped in 2 days since we began the sweet potato. I'm afraid he's constipated. Anyone else's LO go through this poopy change?

AMYfromKY

That's totally normal.  If he doesn't go in the next 3-4 days just call your pedi and ask them how long you should let him go before intervening.  

lkich

OH yes, rice cereal made my DS constipated. I had to give him 2 oz of prune juice 2x a day and that really got things moving. I haven't given him rice cereal in a while and he's just been bf-ing. I'm scared to do it to him again. You can try the prune juice but pears are supposed to help too. GL

TropicalBride06

Did you buy regular prune juice or "baby" prune juice made from Gerber or some other baby food company??

egsquared

This happened to us too.  She still only poops about once every 4 days now.  We called the pedi and were just told that it's normal and to watch her mood or see if she shows signs of discomfort.  If she seems fine, don't worry, was their advice.  It's definitely a change from when she was just BFing and pooping 1+ times a day.

ryry1977

Oh yes.  DS hasn't gone nearly as often now.  But he does eventually go:)

Mrs.DeliaMarieP

Yep, he used to poop right on time when he woke, again in the early afternoon and again early evening.

Now, it's more like one big gi-gundo-poop once/day.  He did skip a couple of days, but he's always gone the next day.

I did make sure to introduce a fruit so that I have something to give him if he seems stopped-up (pears are apparently great for constipation).  If you've done enough days of sweet potatoes to be able to move on, maybe you could give him pears next.

Mrs.DeliaMarieP

lam2lak:

OH yes, rice cereal made my DS constipated. I had to give him 2 oz of prune juice 2x a day and that really got things moving. I haven't given him rice cereal in a while and he's just been bf-ing. I'm scared to do it to him again. You can try the prune juice but pears are supposed to help too. GL

our pedi told us that if rice was binding him up, to switch to oatmeal.  We did, and haven't had any problems since

water-fairy

It's normal. Be prepared for the poop explosion... most probably a very smelly one too!

PediNurse03

DS did the exact same thing when I first started him on cereal and veggies. The cure was to give him fruit with his cereal in the morning. I wanted to wait awhile to start fruits, but obviously his body needed them to keep him in balance. That got him back on track again. Prepare for a big blowout! I'd probably go ahead and give him a few oz of pear or apple juice now to get him back on track.