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What do you do for constipation?

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What do you do for LO to help soften bowels so they don't strain so hard?

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Re: What do you do for constipation?

  • garynjennmilesgarynjennmiles

    Our pediatrician recommended giving a teaspoon of Dark Karo Syrup in our LO's bottle.  It seemed to help him and worked pretty quickly.

    HTH!

    Jenn

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  • schmoodleschmoodle member
    I know this isn't technically constipation, but when our little guy goes a long time without pooping the pedi had us take his temp rectally the first time, but said not to do it all the time. Now she said if it's been 5-7 days to give him 1 oz. of prune juice in a bottle. So far 5 days is the max he's gone so we haven't had to do the prune juice yet.
    *** It's funny because I'm fat ***
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  • jam425jam425
    2oz of pear juice works like a charm!
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  • KtindallKtindall
    I use prune juice. Mix it in with the formula about 1 oz in every bottle for the day or a little less if you are going to be using it everyday
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  • EmilyBowesEmilyBowes
    suppositories. it's oil and just greases up the works, so to speak. it doesn't pass through their system or anything and isn't habit forming--newborns often don't know yet how to control their muscles down there so don't yet know how to push it out. they work within a couple of minutes--fabulous!
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