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? re: Iron drops
If your LO has been on them, did it change their bowel habits?
Sophie was put back on them in Dec. and just taken off them again yesterday--her hemoglobin was fine so they said she could stop the drops. Problem is, my child is weird and actually poops more consistently when on the drops. Iron is supposed to make you constipated, no? The poor thing was in such pain today while trying to poop and kept looking at me crying and pushing, and her tummy was so hard while she was pushing. 
Plus when she's on the drops her poop is mega mushy, and now its only been 2 days off of them and her poop is rock hard. I don't get it!?
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Re: ? re: Iron drops
ryan was a mess when he was on neosure and polyvisol. ick ick ick. once we stopped, things got much better. maybe it's just the fact that there was a change? we had good luck with prunes (for awhile), prune juice (for awhile), and karo syrup in the bottle.
good luck! hope she feels better soon - watching them struggle is so hard!
DD uses the iron drops (though I don't remember them every day) and they definitely make her poop less often. This has changed a bit since she's no longer on the NeoSure. Your situation does seem a bit backwards!