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Constipated baby or hemmorhoids Posted: 04-14-08 10:18am
My son is three months old & last week he
was constipated. He passed his bowel
movement after a lot of straining & it was
quite hard & dry. I gave him a bit of
prune juice that same day and switched him
back to his regular formula (tried giving
him Enfamil and went back to Similac
Advance) He pooped twice on his own that
day. However, ever since that episode
last week, he hasnt had a movement on his
own!
Ive been paranoid about him having to go
through that again, as he was in a lot of
pain and his little bum was all puckered
up afterwards (do babies get hemmorhoids?)
anyways, I've been using infant
suppositories every night to make sure
that he poops. I've tried just massaging
his tummy as well as pumping his legs, but
that only makes him fart. Im wondering if
I should just wait until he passes on his
own again or if he'll just get bunged up
if I stop doing this? Should I switch to
a lower-iron formula? Im a little scared
to do that as I always read that
iron-fortified is the best, anyone else
have any of these problems?
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Posted: 04-14-08 16:31pm
You should talk to your doctor, but
switching the formula to the low iron is
the best way to go. He isn't going to
have problems because you switched, they
wouldn't make low iron formula if it was
going to be bad for the babies. All
because the iron-fortified formula is the
best, doesn't mean that it is the best for
your baby. You have to do what is right
for your baby as an individual.
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