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21 Month Old Blood in Stools
Read all 17 responses: "I just changed a diaper and my baby has blood in her stools. ... blood eye · give blood · certified cars · internal hemorrhoids ...
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- If the blood was bright red (fresh) in appearance and on the exterior of the poop, it is probably from some minor tearing due to the size of the BM. I wouldn't worry u...
- I agree with calling the doctor to let them know. It most likely is from hard stool but just the same calling to inform is never a bad idea. My suggestion would be to ...
- My daughter tends to get constipated. I have started using benefiber, you can get it at most stores, every morning and it really helps! Her pediatrician recommended ...
Baby Blood Cord Banks
Sep 5, 2009 ... For more info please contact a local blood banklike LifeSource or Heartland Blood Centers for info on how to donate cord blood ...
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- C., I would encourage banking it. I never woudl have thought that my daughter woudl be dignosed with leukemia at the age of 28 months old. This was 12 years ago. Cord...
- Donate the Cord Blood. If more people donated, we wouldn't need to store our own. It's free and you feel good about it. Also, you don't even know it's going on when...
- Keep in mind, some Drs get "kickbacks" so they'll push just about anything... that's my thought. It is extremely expensive. My Dr basically said it's very very expen...
Is It Okay to Give a 4 Month Old Baby Pedia-lyte
When I gave my two-year-old daughter pedialyte for the flu, she started having blood in her urine (a lot) and I would NEVER give it to her again. ...
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- Yes, absolutely! Give her about 1-2 oz. at first, and then 2-3 oz. when she has stopped throwing up for about 3-4 hours. You can gradually reintroduce the milk once ...
- Stick with breast feefing or formula.
- be very careful with pedialyte. I don't think you're supposed to give it to an infant so young, but, ask your doctor first. When I gave my two-year-old daughter pedi...
Cord Blood
We opted to donate her cord blood to a public bank. Because I am of hispanic origin, the cord blood has a good chance of being a good match for not one, ...
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- hi L., of course its a personal decision, but IF you can afford it, i dont see why you wouldnt do it. just my opinion, of course....probably and hopefully you will nev...
- I did not bank either of my daughter's cord blood. I feel that if you have cancer or other diseases in the family then it is to your advantage. Otherwise, I feel it'...
- I am surprised at the people who don't see the value of this including the medical community. I have known so many children who have died at young ages from cancer and...
Cord Blood
Also they do not use cord blood that is more than 10 years old, at this time. For us we are donating to a public bank. You can contact MD Anderson if you ...
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- Cord Blood is saved to preserve stem cells. These cells can be reproduced and have been found VERY helpful in curing diseases in children like luekemia. Because the ...
- Are you pregnant and deciding whether or not to store? Wasn't too sure in your question. If you are, here goes. Cord blood storage has been going on for a few years...
- I don't think it helps neurological issues (I have four children with autism, I would have been saving their chords if I thought it might help!)
High Levels of Lead in Babies Blood
I discovered that I was low on iron once when I went to give blood and the nurse told me to eat some raisins and it raised it enough for me to donate. ...
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- I wouldn't trust WIC's tests. Our WIC program is dismally incompetent. I actually had a nurse inform me that my son was shrinking in height and wondered if I fed him...
- Please take your darling baby into see her doctor and have her tested. So many times these test that the WIC offices use can give a false positive. I also googled fo...
- I'd read this before - so just googled and came up with a number of things - toys... and car keys Prior to the recent toy recall (all those Dora toys, etc) - I'...
When Can I Start Giving My Baby Apple Juice?
When you start to give you baby cereal Sometimes they will get harder stools... At this time I was told to give my .... give blood · American Pediatrics ...
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- I have always waited until they have a good feel for baby food and even then it is very rare. Juice is generally is very acidic as you know and it can cause issues if...
- I would encourage you no matter how exciting it is to watch your baby experience the eating solids milestone to wait until your baby has started producing digestive en...
- this is something iwould like to know too.
Blood in Stool
Give her apple juice, i think they also make apple juice for babies by ... Hi, I don't know what the blood could be from, but I do know a great way to ease ...
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- Hi A., I experienced something similar to this with my youngest girl when she was about 5 months. I changed her diet by putting a little cereal in her formula. Ther...
- Our daughter had similar issues. If they get constipated, they can get anal fissures which are small tears in the anus. Our ped had us put Aquaphor around her anus and...
- Hi, I don't know what the blood could be from, but I do know a great way to ease constipation. My 6 month old has been having constipation problems, and her pedi said...
Anyone Else Had to Give Iron Drops to Their Baby?
My daughter had her 9mth checkup yesterday and the ped said her blood test .... I also had to give my baby Poly-Vi-Sol drops at 9 moinths and Icar drops ...
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- I also had to give my baby Poly-Vi-Sol drops at 9 moinths and Icar drops which is pure iron. He was on the Icar for only 2 weeks but he is still on the other. He als...
- I had to give them to my daughter when she was 8 weeks old..She never had any problem with them..Oh, and that was the same brand that I used..
- Iron is naturally a mineral that constipates. It also causes gas, and other gastric issues. However, your DR. said your daughter needs it. I spoke to my son's dr fo...
Lovenox
My doctor recently put me on Lovenox due to a blood clotting disorder. ... Also did they give you a form on what types of food you can/can't eat that will ...
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- Hi C., It sounds like you've gotten lots of good advice here. If you're interested, there's an online support group for those of us with clotting disorders and dea...
- Hi C., I too have a blood clotting disorder and have had to take Lovenox previously and had to take Heprin (another blood thinner) while I was pregnant with my daught...
- You must be factor five lieden/leiden, (don't recall how it's spelled)...is that right? I found out six years ago I was, turns out my mother and sister are too - it's...
