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Immunizations and congestion/constipation

christinasullie37christinasullie37 member
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LO had her 4 month appointment on Thursday and since then she has been a mess.  She was a tad bit conjected but the pedi said she should still have the shots.  She wasn't running a fever and she did relatively well that night.  Friday morning she woke up screaming adn continued for three hours.  The congestion has gotten worse, and now she has a very phlemmy cough.  She hasn't pooped since Thursday and the little bit she did today was a hard dry lump like that of dark green clay.  She has been waking up during the night screaming.  Today she has barely eating.  I think she has had a total of 16 oz, when she normally eats about 35 oz.  All she does is cry and let out these very long grunts.  When I try to feed her it takes about an hour to get 2-3 oz down and then she want nothing to do with the bottle.  She is spending more time moving the nipple around than eating.  Fortunately she is not running a fever.  I don't know if I should take her to ER or wait it out one more night and call the pedi in the morning?  Please help.
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Re: Immunizations and congestion/constipation

  • abbiejo98abbiejo98 member
    Can you call the on call doctor?
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  • kg2828kg2828 member

    my little one has had the same poop issue a few times (not shot related) and i've found prune juice works wonders.  My ped reccomends 1oz juice 1oz water. 

    If she doesn't have a fever i wouldn't worry too much.  those shots do a number on the poor little guys.  she should return to normal soon.  

    good luck

     

     

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  • Sillygirl85Sillygirl85 member
    I would call your Doctor since she just had shots.
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  • Grk_NatashaGrk_Natasha member
    Poor baby. You definitely need to call your pedi and don't let him/her convince you that this is "normal" - you gut is telling you something isn't right. Your baby's screaming is telling you the same thing, so don't ignore her! I hope she comes out of this ok.
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  • christinasullie37christinasullie37 member

    I finally called the after hours RN and they told me since she wasn't running a fever, not to take her to ER or Urgent care but if I wanted to I could.  I put in a call to the doctor this morning and waiting to hear back.

    Thanks. 

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  • shannsa1shannsa1 member
    I'm a pharmacist. The symptoms you're describing are not related to any vaccine. This sounds like a case of constipation. More than likely your doctor will tell you to give maybe 2 oz of water (possibly add tsp of dark corn syrup) or prune juice diluted with water will help. If that doesn't work, they may tell you to give a glycerin suppository. I like the liquid kind. It has worked well when my child was constipated. (Works within minutes!) Good luck!
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  • opaque1997opaque1997 member
    We and several of my friends were told 1 oz of pear juice per month of age to clear constipation.. of course we've been doing that for three days and still no poop :(
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