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Baby constipation

marbear81marbear81
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My pedi recommended water then pear juice and prune juice as a last resort.. What have you done that has worked? TIA
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Re: Baby constipation

  • ElloPoppetElloPoppet

    tummy massage, leg pumping, & lots of horizontal time works for Max.

    I think Soyager was overly successful with the thermometer/pinky in the bum trick.

    Is he/she/they screaming in pain or are you just missing some poop? Max has gone 48 hours or more without a poop before without issue - it's just an ocean when it comes out finally. BF babies get more use out of their food, thus less waste.

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  • sabrinafairsabrinafair
    We've had some big issues with this too. Our pedi told us to do 30cc water with 1 tsp sugar and give him 10cc of it. Then repeat if no bm after 12 hours. But then again our boy is a preemie and still really young so you may have more options
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  • marbear81marbear81
    imageElloPoppet:

    tummy massage, leg pumping, & lots of horizontal time works for Max.

    I think Soyager was overly successful with the thermometer/pinky in the bum trick.

    Is he/she/they screaming in pain or are you just missing some poop? Max has gone 48 hours or more without a poop before without issue - it's just an ocean when it comes out finally. BF babies get more use out of their food, thus less waste.

    They are supplemented with formula so the pedi said that 4-7 days is too long without a BM.. I will try leg pumps/tummy time
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  • marbear81marbear81
    imagesabrinafair:
    We've had some big issues with this too. Our pedi told us to do 30cc water with 1 tsp sugar and give him 10cc of it. Then repeat if no bm after 12 hours. But then again our boy is a preemie and still really young so you may have more options
    My twins are also preemies.. They were born at 34 wks 0 days.. I'll keep the sugar/water in mind Thanks!
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  • krt100706krt100706 member

    Troubles here too!  Pedi suggested apple juice (between 2-4oz per day), can be in bottle/sippy cup or mixed into cereal or can do combo of both.  Seems to help but DS gets normal for a while then we have issues again.  If is frustrating to say the least!

    I think pear juice would work just the same.  Hope your LO gets some relief soon! :)

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  • MeganBrianMeganBrian
    A warm bath and tummy rubs always helped Julia when she was younger.
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  • blissfully_caffeinatedblissfully_caffeinated
    The only time LO was constipated I went for the thermometer trick. Just be sure to lube it up if you do that. I tried horizontal time, tummy massage, and gripe water first.
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