Sunday, March 13, 2011

Poor little tummy!

As we have started adding more solid food into Jacks meal time we have also run into a small problem.....Constipation! UGH!
A small note of warning, this blog may be a little TMI (to much info) for some. But it's our blog so it's going in here!
As a person who once had problems with this as well at one point, I felt horrible for the guy! For the past week or so in the morning after his bottle Jack would pass gas, and make horrible faces as though he were pushing a large stool out. But when I would go to change his diaper, there would either be no poop or hard log type poop....not good. Babies may not poop everyday, but when they do it should look something like mud. Jack's did not :(

So after doing a little research, it seems that constipation is actually pretty common in toddlers who are moving into more food groups, and having solid food more often. At times the digestive system has a hard time catching up to the new food, causing constipation. I also found out that this is very common in older kids (2-4) whom are in the potty training process. In this situation it is due to being told to " hold" their poop, pee ect. Something to remember for when we are at that stage!

So after a few days of this, and changing Jacks diet to more prunes, pears, spinach, ect. and still no luck, off to the doctor we went. The Doc said this is pretty common, and that we should put jack on a 1/2 teaspoon of Mirilax for a week. If his poops do not go back to normal within a week that we would need to take him back in for a more invasive approach...no thanks!! Thank goodness after two days of being on the meds, we had a good poop!!!!!!

A little something to remember for the future!!

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