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Offline aimeeL

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Silly question re: poop and starting solids!
« on: April 17, 2009, 00:37:57 am »
Ok - so here's an inane question... but one that has me concerned!  My LO has recently - in the last month - started pooping only about once every 3-5 (the longest was 6) days..  our dr said that it's normal for bfed babies to go 7-10 days!! - so I'm not too worried (although I do start getting anxious around day 5... ;D)  ANYWAYS... I've read that rice cereal can cause constipation... and currently, my LO is on day 3 of no poop...  I was planning on starting solids this wkend - which will be day 5 or 6.. if there's no poop by then, do you think I should hold off starting the cereal?  Should I wait and start with a "clean slate" - so to speak?  What do you think?

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Re: Silly question re: poop and starting solids!
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2009, 00:59:56 am »
I was worried about rice cereal and constipation when I started solids, so I tried pears first with my LO.  They are easier to digest.  We did the cereal second and he never ended up getting constipated, although he will go several days without a BM since he's been on solids.  Now that he's been on them for a few months, I give him prunes every few days to keep things moving :) 

If he hasn't had a BM by the weekend then I would wait until he has one until you start the solids.  If you're worried about constipation when starting solids I'd recommend starting with something other than the cereal.  The pears worked really well for us, but I'm sure some other moms will have some ideas too on what worked well for them.
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Re: Silly question re: poop and starting solids!
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2009, 01:07:22 am »
In our case, once we introduced pureed fruits it helped with constipation....I remember that our dd didn't poop for 10 days...I was freaking out....evenutally they all gotta poop...lol !!!

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Re: Silly question re: poop and starting solids!
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2009, 05:33:16 am »
Darn those pooping issues.  We had the same issues before solids and since she's gotten used to eating, she poops everyday.  She is ebf and now 10 months.  What I was going to suggest is that because rice cereal can be constipating and we sort of ran into that issue, I was told to try barley.  She did much better on barley than she ever did on rice and barley has a bit of a better flavour than the cardboard flavour that rice has.  Also mixing pears or prunes in with cereal will help with getting the poop out, lol.  We did alot of prunes...Anyways good luck and it will sort itself out soon.  Oh and remember the poops are going to be different with the start of solids- different texture and the smell, oh the smell, lol.

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Re: Silly question re: poop and starting solids!
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2009, 01:04:59 am »
Woo-hoo! - she pooped yesterday! - so I went ahead and started with the rice cereal this morning...

Just wanted to let you all know.. since you were all so kind as to care enough about my LO's pooping habits to respond...!  ;D

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Re: Silly question re: poop and starting solids!
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2009, 02:11:53 am »
wooooooooooooooohoooooooooooo way to go LO !!!!!!!!!!!  :D ;D ;D :D

Just remember, when all else fails try pureed prunes...works everytime.... ;D

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