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itsbabytime
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Cereals are constipating my very regular DS!!! Are there any cereal options out there w/o iron in them? Any other advice?
first we tried rice, then oatmeal - both earth's best brand. my son is ebf and usually goes 1-3 times per day. now sometimes it is taking him 3 days to poop! and it is making him not want to eat! the ped said to start giving him prune juice  but i don't want to! does anyone have any advice? tia!
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pink333
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Re: Cereals are constipating my very regular DS!!! Are there any cereal options out there w/o iron in them? Any other advice?
I have been putting rice in bottles for about a week now-for reflux.
We had same issues...but I put a small amount of prune juice in & DH doesnt notice & now we have all systems go!
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| Posted 3/6/08 12:25 PM |
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CellarDweller
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Re: Cereals are constipating my very regular DS!!! Are there any cereal options out there w/o iron in them? Any other advice?
I had a similiar problem. We've tried rice, oatmeal and barley for two months and finally got our ped's approval to stop trying cereal for now.
If you haven't tried barley, I might try that.
But our ped said that there's no real reason a baby has to have cereal so we can either stop trying the cereal altogether or wait a few weeks, and try again.
I opted for waiting a few weeks and trying again. I put a little in DS's bottle every other day to try to get his stomach used to it.
Good luck!
ETA - we started him on prunes and apple/prune juice and that didn't help until we stopped the cereal. But now, his favorite fruit is prune.
Message edited 3/6/2008 12:28:09 PM.
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| Posted 3/6/08 12:27 PM |
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itsbabytime
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Re: Cereals are constipating my very regular DS!!! Are there any cereal options out there w/o iron in them? Any other advice?
Posted by MrsBSD
I had a similiar problem. We've tried rice, oatmeal and barley for two months and finally got our ped's approval to stop trying cereal for now.
If you haven't tried barley, I might try that.
But our ped said that there's no real reason a baby has to have cereal so we can either stop trying the cereal altogether or wait a few weeks, and try again.
I opted for waiting a few weeks and trying again. I put a little in DS's bottle every other day to try to get his stomach used to it.
Good luck!
ETA - we started him on prunes and apple/prune juice and that didn't help until we stopped the cereal. But now, his favorite fruit is prune.
How old is your DC? My DS is 6 mos so not sure if putting off cereal is the answer...he eats it just fine but it is clearly wreaking havoc on his system :( maybe i will ask the ped if we can move on to fruits/veggies.
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Re: Cereals are constipating my very regular DS!!! Are there any cereal options out there w/o iron in them? Any other advice?
Same thing happened to my DS. Barley was best for us. Definitely stay away from rice! It also might just take some time for her body to adjust to the solids. When my DS would get constipated prune juice didn't work. Just giving him a couple of ounces of water did the trick for us. Sometimes I mixed in a little pear juice to get him to drink it.
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KartveliT
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Re: Cereals are constipating my very regular DS!!! Are there any cereal options out there w/o iron in them? Any other advice?
we LOVE oatmeal, the only thing that worked for my DD's tummy.
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| Posted 3/6/08 1:45 PM |
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KristinasMama
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Re: Cereals are constipating my very regular DS!!! Are there any cereal options out there w/o iron in them? Any other advice?
I was actually having this issue.
I started giving her rice in her bottle 2 nights ago due to reflux, and was feeling really bad for her all day yesterday cuz she couldn't poo at all...
I was just about to give her prune juice last night, but.......
*************BOOM**************
EXPLOSION CENTRAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank goodness.... I felt so bad watching her strain all day.
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lulugrrl
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Re: Cereals are constipating my very regular DS!!! Are there any cereal options out there w/o iron in them? Any other advice?
I just put a little bit of prunes mixed into the cerals, because my son was really getting backed up...all is good now.
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| Posted 3/6/08 2:27 PM |
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vegalady
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Re: Cereals are constipating my very regular DS!!! Are there any cereal options out there w/o iron in them? Any other advice?
yes this will happen at first. you shouldnt really worry about it. by suppositories if he doesnt go after 3 days. His body is adjusting to the change.
My son had this very same thing happen to him. Then one day all of sudden he started pooping 3 times per day. It usually takes a few weeks for the body to adjust.
Also try a little bit of prunes or the prune/apple juic they sell. Also pear juice will make them go too.
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pnm1654
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Re: Cereals are constipating my very regular DS!!! Are there any cereal options out there w/o iron in them? Any other advice?
Barley helped my son. I used to mix barley with rice every morning.
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| Posted 3/6/08 3:41 PM |
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Lillykat
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Re: Cereals are constipating my very regular DS!!! Are there any cereal options out there w/o iron in them? Any other advice?
Rice and oatmeal bind DD - but barley does the opposite. You could try barley and if gives him the runs you could mix it with rice or oatmeal to counter balance the effect.
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sunflowerdmsrn
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Re: Cereals are constipating my very regular DS!!! Are there any cereal options out there w/o iron in them? Any other advice?
a small amount of the prunes in the cereal did the trick for us.
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