karo syrup

esperanzasmith

has anyone used this for baby constipation? this is what my dr has recomended...

the bottle my husband brought home says karo dark corn syrup... is all karo syrup corn syrup?? 

and has this been effective for you lo?

 

JustDoIt62009

We've been using this for almost 2 weeks now. DD hadn't had a bowel movement without a suppository since she was 6 days old so pedi recommended the dark Karo. She now has 1 BM every 2-3 days. She still seems to be in pain in days she doesn't have a BM, but at least we aren't having to give her a suppository anymore. Oh and we put 1 tsp 3 times a day into her bottle.

mom2hay

We have used it but I found that putting an ounce of gerber prune/apple juice in his bottle one to two times a day works a lot better. I doctor said we could try both. One bad thing about the karo is babies can get used to it being in their bottles and refuse to eat without it. This happened to us with my daughter.

bisabelm

We did it a couple of weeks ago but we were told to use light Karo Syrup which is actually clear. To answer your question- yes it is all corn syrup. Our pedi told us to put 1/2 teaspoon in his bottles. I actually put in a little less and only did it in one bottle. I felt weird giving him corn syrup in his bottles even though it's the number 1 ingredient in a lot of formula. Either way he pooped the next day. Don't know if the Karo syrup did it or if he just went on his own.

Arielle123

All karo syrup is con syrup. It works great for us. We use 1 tsp twice a day and she has a soft but formed stool evey 1-2 days. The dark is the one you want. I didn't know there was a difference but the dark is the one you need.

1BabyFritsch

Karo syrup is corn syrup. It does not make the baby go it just make sit easier for them to go. It dosen't matter whether you use dark or light.