Whole milk is making my baby constipated, help please! TMI

GreenEyedGal · October 2010

We started the transition to cows milk last week and are doing 1/2 whole milk, 1/2 formula. Yesterday his poop was more solid and there was less of it. I figured it was because of the milk but since he had gone twice in one day, I didn't worry too much. Today I find one ball and it's dark brown, same thing happens a few hours later. I think my baby is constipated at this point. So I gave him an ounce of prune juice in his bottle and put diluted apple/pear juice in his sippy and a few hours later he pooped big time. This time it was watery (not like diareah, but like he had before the transition) and there was alot of it. My poor baby looked so relieved, lol.

His entire bottle isn't even whole milk yet so I'm worried what will happen when he gets to 100% cows milk and no mor formula. So my question is, how do I keep him regular when he's on cows milk?

CandKmomma · October 2010

DS gets a sippy of prune/apple combo every morning to keep him regular.

christmasdust · October 2010

i went back to 1/2 water 1/2 milk. when she wants milk, she asks for it.... on a whole she is a steady water drinker though.

MrsBeckO · October 2010

It took DD a couple weeks to get used to milk and regulate herself again, but she did eventually. We gave her apple/prune juice every other day or so to help her out, though. And we are sure she drinks plenty of water throughout the day as well.

sasa625 · October 2010

This happened to DD as well, and according to our pedi, it's totally normal. DD had some major constipation issues when we first switched her to whole milk. It lasted about 3 weeks, on and off. Then one day it just stopped.

The nurse suggested limiting other forms of dairy and giving her fruit juices, but we didn't really change her diet at all. Warm baths may help your LO, and definitely push the water intake. We bought some gerber prunes to mix in with some of her food, but we never ended up giving them to her.

Our pedi really wants DD to drink at least 16 oz of milk/day, so he said to stick with it unless the constipation issues continued beyond 3-4 weeks.

megd06 · October 2010

DS has chronic constipation, so he's actually on polythylene glycol (prescription form of mira-lax). We love it, it works great and isn't addictive, so we can stop it anytime and he won't have any side efffects for overuse of it. We also only give him 2 sippies of milk a day, and the rest are water, sometimes 1 sippy of juice (usually Naked juice, to give him some veggie servings). I highly recommend raisins, they help constipation, and most toddlers LOVE them (ds would eat several boxes a day if I let him).

GingerBabyJ · October 2010

We had the same issue for about a week maybe 2. I just have to be careful and make sure she is drinking plenty of water. I used to have to really push the water, but now she is loving it. Hang in there it ill get better!

lhlin99 · October 2010

We use 1 teaspoon of benefiber powder per sippy cup of whole milk. You might want to start with 1 teaspoon in one serving of whole milk a day and titrate upwards as needed.

cranberry27 · October 2010

DS eats one whole pear for breakfast every morning. I peel a soft pear, hand it to him, and he goes to town. He LOVES it and it's soft enough that I've never been worried. That said, I have also done pear juice or make applesauce from pears, which he also loves.

lwrigley2000 · October 2010

DS experienced this too when we transitioned to whole milk. Any "p" fruit whether in puree form in as real fruit will help such as pears, plums, prunes, peaches, etc... Kiwi is also very good at regulating. GL.

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