BRAT diet: Enfamil
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Goat Milk or Soy Milk or Rice Milk???
Asked by L.S. from Minneapolis
on August 15, 2008
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My daughter has suffered from GERD most of her little life. With medication and time we were finally able to contain the symptoms and ease her pain. As a result she co...
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- my son had failure to thrive issues after he turned one and we intoduced cows milk. due to positive allergy tests he was put on Elecare Vanilla. it, like Enfamil Neu...
- Go with whole goats milk if she can handle it. It has all the vitamins of cows milk and the recommended fat/cholesterol for 1yr olds. Soy milk would be the next be...
- My daughter is allergic to milk. She cannot handle any dairy products except yogurt. I have found that my daughter has a tendency to get constipated on the soy milk,...
Changing Formulas
Asked by A.W. from Atlanta
on May 28, 2007
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My son has GERD and is on prevacid twice a day. He is extremely fussy with feedings, the dr. recommended nutrimagen as is thought the formula may have been the proble...
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- My daughter went through something similar. The first three months were filled with screaming and crying, she would throw up every drop of formula we put in her, it w...
- Hello A., I had a similar situation with my son who is now 9 months old. I tried every formula out their until i tried "SOY" based formula. I, my self, drank soy base...
- My son who is now 18 mos was diagnosed with gerd at 3 mos. He also is on Prevacid. We used Enfamil A.R. the added rice formula with him and it seemed to work well. It ...
1 Year Old with Diarrhea
Asked by B.F. from Los Angeles
on June 17, 2011
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Hi ladies,
my one year old son has had diarrhea for 3 weeks now. because of this, I haven't switched him to cow milk. He got better after week 2 but has it again, m...
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- I'm surprised nobody thought of teething. When babies are teething, they get the runs sometimes, because their mouths are sore and they are making and swallowing more...
- My son had diarrhea for almost 6 months at about 2 yo. The doctor thought it might be a case of toddler's diarrhea, but just in case he had a full blood workup aneţsa...
- fiber him up some that should help his stools get firmer.
Daughter Sick- Need Advice
Asked by J.H. from Pittsburgh
on March 16, 2007
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Sorry this is so long. My 11 month old daughter has been suffering from diarrhea on and off for 2 weeks. It would last 1 or 2 days and only happen once or twice a day...
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- Have you tried giving her a BRAT diet? Its very effective. The BRAT diet takes her off everything except easy to digest foods. Bannas Rice Applesauce Toast (dry toast ...
- I definitly would consult your doctor, and don't take no for an answer. My son suffered with the same symtoms for three/four weeks. Everyone told me there was nothin...
- if she is lactose intolorant which it might be because augmintenton doesn't have lactose in it but lipil does....so that could be the cause. I would call the doctor a...
Need Advice, My Daughter Hasn't Pooped in over 36 Hours
Asked by J.O. from New York
on July 23, 2008
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She is 6 months old and hasn't pooped (this is the second day). I'm worried. At first I figured it would pass. But now I'm concerned. I've been giving her rice cer...
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- Two things: 6 months is still very early for solids. If you are breastfeeding 9 months is pretty much the number for solid foods. constipation is a sign of an imm...
- Hello J., also give her pears for the next couple of days. next time (like in a week or so) you give her rice cereal, mix it with baby pears. the fiber in the pears...
- its definately the rice cereal since this has never happened before, Switch to OATMEAL its a natural laxative and much easier on the digestive system as far as what...
Milk Alternatives
Asked by Q.W. from Austin
on April 3, 2009
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Hi! I have a 13 month old son who was just told to lay off milk for a few days to see if it helps with his painful stools. He is in agony every time he poops and we've...
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- I kept both my daughters on soy milk until they were like 3 each. I have issues with humans drinking cow's milk. You can get calcium & vitamin D through other source...
- Pediasure (store brands are much cheaper) is lactose free. I use to give it to my son in a bottle and he loved it. I keep hearing that soy is not good for boys.
- I would try goat's milk. My daughter did better once I switched her from cow's milk to goat's milk, I believe she has a mild allergy to cow's milk protein. Like co...
Switching from Formula to Milk
Asked by K.B. from Stockton
on January 12, 2009
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My son is 11m old and I have been trying to switch him from formula to milk. He has been on Enfimil AR because he had a problem with spitting up, the added rice starch...
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- Instead of giving him supplements and aloe vera water, try the bananas, rice, applesauce, toast diet to help with constipation. I'm wondering if the aloe vera water a...
- Hello K., Baby’s digestive systems aren't ready to process milk until they are a year. My daughter has been constipated pretty much her whole life. Our pedi had u...
- I added 1 oz of prune juice to my daughter's 6 oz bottle of whole milk once a day to ease the constipation. (We called it her chocolate milk :-) Worked like a charm! ...
8-Month-old Son Has Had Diarrhea for Almost 7 Weeks
Asked by L.S. from Chicago
on October 8, 2008
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I think the subject line pretty much says it all, but here is more background:
On Aug. 24, I took my then 7-month-old son Michael to the ER with what turned out to ...
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- Any chance you're going to be seeing Dr. Grant Geissler at Children's Memorial? My son saw him and he also operated on my son when he was 5 days old for an intestina...
- First off...my heart goes out to you. Really..... 8 month old babies don't have to be this challenging. Secondly, Bacitracin Zinc is one of the ingredients in Neo...
- Wow, my son had intussuption as well! He had it at 3 months old. He had the barium enema and then the surgery. He's always had loose stools but both my sons have. I ...
Diarrhea in 10 Mo. Old
Asked by J.M. from Dallas
on November 10, 2007
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My 10 month old is teething and I know that diarrhea is a common side effect of this, however this has been on-going since Tues. He's been out of daycare since early ...
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- Try the brat diet! Give green bananas help too! Banannas, Rice, apples and tea or toast Also might want to try dry jello! He will like that one! Also drinking jel...
- I have a 10 month old who also got the virus just a month ago. all you have to do is switch his formula to the lactose free formula. I used Enfamil Lactose free. I usu...
- BRAT Give hime the BRAT diet. B - Bananas R - Rice A - Applesauce T - Toast These are all binking substances and will help bring it all together for a more solid...
Baby Has Hard Poops
Asked by S.T. from Denver
on September 5, 2011
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My nine month old is pooping regularly - once to three times a day, but his poops have been HARD. Poor guy. I've been giving him all the stuff to eat to try to help hi...
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- Red Seedless grapes are a natural laxitive too and you can try those. Just peel the skin off and chop it up in small bites for him. Poor little guy. Prune Juice shoul...
- I second the Karo syrup suggestion. My pediatrician suggested that I start using it when my little guy was 4 months old. I put about a tablespoon in 4oz of juice or fo...
- AAAWWWW!!!! I'm sorry!! this is sad!! i remember when my guy had a hard time pooping!!! You see them grunting and hurting... :( water, pears and prune juice... N...
