XP Rice Cereal+Formula=Constipation

daniellehartenburg · August 2011

I have read a lot that people who are adding cereal to the bottles are battling constipation with their LO. I have noticed that DD is more gassy but I don't think that she is constipated, yet anyway. If you do this, what did you do for the constipation? At 3 mos, is she too young for a little bit of pedialite?

MrsVictoriaB · August 2011

we switched to oatmeal because of rice cereal causing constipation. I was told to give some prune juice and when all else failed an infant suppository

MrsBoike · August 2011

MrsVictoriaB:
we switched to oatmeal because of rice cereal causing constipation. I was told to give some prune juice and when all else failed an infant suppository

I have heard this from many moms. So here is my possibly dumb mom question Why would you want the rice vs oatmeal or vice versa? If the rice causes so many babies constipation then how come more people don't just use oatmeal to begin with? Does that make sense?

MrsVictoriaB · August 2011

MrsBoike:
MrsVictoriaB:
we switched to oatmeal because of rice cereal causing constipation. I was told to give some prune juice and when all else failed an infant suppository

I have heard this from many moms. So here is my possibly dumb mom question Why would you want the rice vs oatmeal or vice versa? If the rice causes so many babies constipation then how come more people don't just use oatmeal to begin with? Does that make sense?

I believe our GI doc said (this was from DS1 so a few years ago) that rice is the most hypoallergenic so almost all babies can have it allergy wise so that's why it's the first to be recommended

MrsBoike · August 2011

MrsVictoriaB:
MrsBoike:
MrsVictoriaB:
we switched to oatmeal because of rice cereal causing constipation. I was told to give some prune juice and when all else failed an infant suppository
That makes perfect sense! Thanks!
I have heard this from many moms. So here is my possibly dumb mom question Why would you want the rice vs oatmeal or vice versa? If the rice causes so many babies constipation then how come more people don't just use oatmeal to begin with? Does that make sense?
I believe our GI doc said (this was from DS1 so a few years ago) that rice is the most hypoallergenic so almost all babies can have it allergy wise so that's why it's the first to be recommended

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