Stiffening legs while grunting and crying in pain...but

beachybride1 · July 2009

...it's not constipation since he has green diarrhea.

Anyone else's baby have this probem or have had this problem in the past? I feel so bad for my little guy. He goes through episodes where he stiffens and grunts and groans and screams/cries, and then 5 mins later he is ok. I spoke to the nurse earlier in the week and am going to call my doc again tomorrow.

Could this be an after effect of the rota vaccine?

htomeo · July 2009

Does he arch his back when he grunts? Could he have silent reflux?

jl_nc · July 2009

i would definitely call ped about it. i asked bc DD was throwing up a lot more than usual (she got the rotavirus last monday) and they said diarrhea was more the side effect of the vaccine...i would keep an eye on him and have the ped see him tomorrow

beachybride1 · July 2009

htomeo:
Does he arch his back when he grunts? Could he have silent reflux?

I don't think it's reflux, although I guess it could be. I kind of notice it more when I can tell he's trying to go to the bathroom that's why I initially was thinking it was constipation. poor guy.

beachybride1 · July 2009

jl_nc:
i would definitely call ped about it. i asked bc DD was throwing up a lot more than usual (she got the rotavirus last monday) and they said diarrhea was more the side effect of the vaccine...i would keep an eye on him and have the ped see him tomorrow

I had asked the nurse about this earlier in the week when I talked to her and she totally brushed me off about it being a side effect to the vaccine, I will definitely talk to pedi tomorrow rather than just a nurse. I just feel so bad for him, and so helpless, I just want to make him feel better.

jl_nc · July 2009

beachybride1:
jl_nc:
i would definitely call ped about it. i asked bc DD was throwing up a lot more than usual (she got the rotavirus last monday) and they said diarrhea was more the side effect of the vaccine...i would keep an eye on him and have the ped see him tomorrow

I had asked the nurse about this earlier in the week when I talked to her and she totally brushed me off about it being a side effect to the vaccine, I will definitely talk to pedi tomorrow rather than just a nurse. I just feel so bad for him, and so helpless, I just want to make him feel better.

i totally understand. i HATE when the nurses brush you off. there is one nurse who is understanding but no nonsense and now i always ask to speak to her personally.

Ridgebackmom · July 2009

Could it be a dairy or soy allergy? Not allergy but a reaction to something you ate. My LO gets stiff legs and cried w/ dairy & soy ;( makes me want to cry.

katiekate1974 · July 2009

Diarrhea can be a side effect of the roto vaccine. And my pedi said that a lot of babies deal with the cramping by doing exactly what your baby is doing. But I'd still call again! Better safe than sorry, right?

Nolegirl0923 · July 2009

DD does this often during the day, but has for about a month. It only lasts a few minutes and then she's fine. She was diagnosed with silent reflux. Our pedi prescribed Zantac for her but it made her throw up, which she was not doinf prior so now we just deal with it. Gripe water seems to help a little.

beachybride1 · July 2009

RidgebackMom:
Could it be a dairy or soy allergy? Not allergy but a reaction to something you ate. My LO gets stiff legs and cried w/ dairy & soy ;( makes me want to cry.

I was wondering about this, but I haven't changed my diet at all and have been eating the same types of foods for almost 12 weeks now....unless he's just recently developed it, which is certainly possible.

beachybride1 · July 2009

katiekate1974:
Diarrhea can be a side effect of the roto vaccine. And my pedi said that a lot of babies deal with the cramping by doing exactly what your baby is doing. But I'd still call again! Better safe than sorry, right?

ugh - I am definitely calling again tomorrow!!

beachybride1 · July 2009

Nolegirl0923:
DD does this often during the day, but has for about a month. It only lasts a few minutes and then she's fine. She was diagnosed with silent reflux. Our pedi prescribed Zantac for her but it made her throw up, which she was not doinf prior so now we just deal with it. Gripe water seems to help a little.

This is good to know - I will keep this in mind when I talk to the pedi.

MarriedBestFriends · July 2009

I am really sorry that I can't remember exactly what I'm about to refer to so it's going to sound vague and I don't want to alarm you but I read a blog that was posted on here recently regarding a child who didn't make it due to a condition of something in the GI tract (that almost everyone survives though with treatment!!)- the symptoms were exactly what you are describing. I am only posting this so that you demand to talk to a pedi and not your idiot nurse about what this could be...I'm sure it's nothing though! (we didn't do rota so I can't help you there)??

Nolegirl0923 · July 2009

MarriedBestFriends:
I am really sorry that I can't remember exactly what I'm about to refer to so it's going to sound vague and I don't want to alarm you but I read a blog that was posted on here recently regarding a child who didn't make it due to a condition of something in the GI tract (that almost everyone survives though with treatment!!)- the symptoms were exactly what you are describing. I am only posting this so that you demand to talk to a pedi and not your idiot nurse about what this could be...I'm sure it's nothing though! (we didn't do rota so I can't help you there)

Whoa. I know you're just trying to help but the symptoms that the OP is describing can also be colic (which peaks between 2-3 months) or reflux. If you can't remember the story you are vaguely referring to, you shouldn't post something like that, imo.

beachybride1 · July 2009

MarriedBestFriends:

I am really sorry that I can't remember exactly what I'm about to refer to so it's going to sound vague and I don't want to alarm you but I read a blog that was posted on here recently regarding a child who didn't make it due to a condition of something in the GI tract (that almost everyone survives though with treatment!!)- the symptoms were exactly what you are describing. I am only posting this so that you demand to talk to a pedi and not your idiot nurse about what this could be...I'm sure it's nothing though! (we didn't do rota so I can't help you there)

OMG - Thanks for posting, any idea what the blog link was? Interesting that you opted against the rota - we actually went back & forth about not doing it and finally decided to do it...

MarriedBestFriends · July 2009

beachybride1:
MarriedBestFriends:

I am really sorry that I can't remember exactly what I'm about to refer to so it's going to sound vague and I don't want to alarm you but I read a blog that was posted on here recently regarding a child who didn't make it due to a condition of something in the GI tract (that almost everyone survives though with treatment!!)- the symptoms were exactly what you are describing. I am only posting this so that you demand to talk to a pedi and not your idiot nurse about what this could be...I'm sure it's nothing though! (we didn't do rota so I can't help you there)??
OMG - Thanks for posting, any idea what the blog link was?? Interesting that you opted against the rota - we?actually went back & forth about not doing?it and finally decided to do it...

?

This is what I was referring to- so sorry that I needed to find it while I was pumping this morning. I'm SURE it's colic, but I did want to pass this on:

https://kidshealth.org/parent/newborn/problems/malrotation.html#?

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