DS poops question

MrsBrown2005

DS was a champion pooper for a long time, until recently. Well now he is only going every few days (maybe every 3 days) and they are just big turds. I can't say that the poop is hard, but it is a big clump and kind of playdough consistensy. His poops were normally kind of runny and would be all over his back and legs by the time he was finished, but these are now just big clumps. Again, they are not hard or anything, they just seemed more formed that what I thought a 3 month old poop should be.

 Doc recommended giving him Kayro Syrup in every other bottle, but I have only been giving it to him in 2 bottles a day. She also suggested to give him a little juice. I was giivng him pear juice, but that did not seem to be working,so today I sent apple juice to school with him.

DO you think he is constipated? He does not seem to be uncomfortable, when he is with us. But when he does go poop he does it at school, so I am not sure if he is sounding like he is in pain or not. He has always been a grunter when he poops, even when the poop is watery.

What do you think?

 Thanks

Janice

ErinnMike

sounds like it to me...we used prune juice and water for my DS...we would give him 1-2 oz of a mixture of water and prune juice in a seperate bottle.  Just prune juice in his formula didn't work for us....and we tried the Karo syrup too and that didn't work for us either....

MandC17

Constipation is when it's hard, like pellets.  DD was constipated and I knew because she hadn't went in about 4 days, her belly was hard and when she did go, it was very firm.  If he isn't having trouble going, then I would think he's fine.  Maybe you could ask the DC workers if he acts like he's having a hard time going.  The prune/apple juice worked great for us.