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Offline ryan's mum

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Your lo constipated? Try this!!
« Reply #30 on: October 04, 2005, 19:24:18 pm »
apricots work really well too.pureed if you're lo's are still young.2 cubes of apricots and 1 of pear worked well for ds
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Your lo constipated? Try this!!
« Reply #31 on: October 04, 2005, 19:48:52 pm »
forgot to add that a yoghourt actually helped ryan.it's danone activia yoghurt prune flavour.when ds was 9mths we used to mix it in the pot ( prunes at the bottom and yoghurt on top ) and then sieve it so he didn't get too many bits.half of the adult size pot a day worked really well.we used this up untill a few months ago.ryan got a bit bored of the flavour!!things are better for us now.although he has been constipated for a very long time,he doesn't strain now and goes everyday.custard works now but didn't when we were desperate.
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Re: Your lo constipated? Try this!!
« Reply #32 on: February 27, 2006, 05:41:11 am »
I still do the Flax seed oil - Flax seed is what works for adults, too.  I mix it in a batch of prunes or bananas or carrots (whatever I am making that week).  It works like a charm every time!  ;)
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Re: Your lo constipated? Try this!!
« Reply #33 on: February 28, 2006, 08:33:56 am »
My grandmother has been telling me to do this before I even had my LO.  She said if he ever gets constipated, use the soap.  I thought it was silly, but she did it to my niece who was very constipated and she had a BM almost immediately.  When my LO became constipated I didn't dare stick a soap in him.  I wasn't sure what to do.  In fact I'm still not sure.  From reading this post I'm assuming you make it like a suppository and insert it all the way in?  Then my LO will poop it out?

I'm just wondering because I've tried just about everything.  Nothing seems to work for my LO.  He gets very constipated.  I have seen the kind of stools the poor boy has been trying to push and I feel so bad for him.  I've tried glycerin suppositories for infants, that kinda worked.  The first time I stuck it in he pooped immediately.  The second time, a few weeks after he didn't poop so that got me worried.  What happens if I use the soap and he doesn't poop?

I've also tried giving him lots of water but he won't have it.  I would be lucky if I could get an oz in him for the entire day.  I've tried mixing water and prune juice, grape juice and apple juice.  No luck.  I started the whole formula thing today though, and he did have a BM and he was not constipated.  Not sure if it's the fact that I kinda diluted his formula.  But I heard that's not good for the baby either because it cuts off their nutrition.

Sorry for babbling, Im kinda known for doing that.  So soap and insert all the way in?
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Re: Your lo constipated? Try this!!
« Reply #34 on: March 26, 2006, 14:36:24 pm »
I have the same question as Kyan's mom...Do you insert the soap ALL the way...and what if they do not have a BM...then it's stuck in there?????

Well - it's typical of me to do first and ask later - but here goes.  I read all of this last night as I was stressed that my BF dd had not had a BM all day and she had just started the (evil) rice cereal.   Anyway, this AM, I tried the Q tip with vaseline.  That seemed safe.  No poo.   A few minutes later I went and got the soap, cut up an end and (here's where I interpreted the posts and NOW I ask) inserted it and pulled it out - never left it in.  I probably inserted it about 3/4 inch or less a few times and then she poo'd.   I should have been more prepared for success - but I was quite happy.  She had another on her own a few minutes later.    Darn rice!!!

So if you hare hesitant about leaving it in....try that - it worked for me, but I can't say wether it was the vaseline or the soap - or just Mother Nature.   Good Luck.
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Re: Your lo constipated? Try this!!
« Reply #35 on: April 12, 2006, 19:51:56 pm »
Hi Gippie,

I can't answer the second part of your question (i.e. if they don't have a BM), but I did just do this today, and did insert the soap pellet all the way until he'd swallowed it up. He had a pretty surprised look on his face, let me tell you! But bingo, he started passing gas almost immediately, then straining. My poor little guy.... He was crying and having such a hard time. He was trying so hard that he was making himself pee too.

In the end I combined advice, set him on a towel, took off the diaper and got ready for mess. I held his feet up in the air, and using a cotton bud, I nudged the little pellets out as he tried to push, otherwise they would disappear back in. We got about four inches of poop out that way (as well as the original piece of soap).

I then bf'd him as it was time for his feed. I did the soap thing first in case he needed comforting after. I felt him straining again, and when I checked afterwards there was this entire softer dark mass of poop in there -- the prunes chaser that I sent down two days ago!!

Hopefully we're back on the right track now. But I had to say that the soap trick totally helped us out in a pinch.

I never thought that being a Mom would see me a) doing some of the things I do or b) talking about them in such explicit detail!

Katy
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