miralax

ESM354

So DS has had issues stooling for awhile.  I think it is mostly related to the iron he is getting because when I stopped the vitamin with iron he was doing much better.  The Dr. said she really wants him to still get the poly-vi-sol with iron so we are going to try miralax now.  We have been trying juice and lactilose up to this point.  The nurse who called me back today about putting him on miralax said to mix 2 tsp with 3-4 oz of juice or water and give this to him 1X per day.  That seemed like a lot of juice or water to me so I asked her about it and she came down to 3 oz from the original 4-6 oz she told me.  Does this seem right?  I am nervous to give him that much juice or water all at once. Thanks!!

ougrad1

We are doing 1 tsp everyday for my daughter in her formula bottle and one 1tsp for Hudson every other day in his formula.  It's working wonderfully.

Leigh71

ougrad1:

We are doing 1 tsp everyday for my daughter in her formula bottle and one 1tsp for Hudson every other day in his formula.  It's working wonderfully.

this.

I just add a tsp. to my DD's formula as needed.  That's what our pedi told us.  It sometimes takes a day or so to see results, but it works great!. 

lemen99

We tried everything, and finally Miralax - it was better.  That said, he was very sensitive to the dosing and only needed half of what they recommended.  Found out the hard way.  I don't remember how much we gave him, I think he ended up needing 1 tsp or 1 Tbsp a day in his first bottle, but I don't know how big he was then.  I would air on the less side, and give more if needed.  Otherwise major water diarrhea poo.