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We Have a Pooping Problem! 4 Months
1 Aug 2009 ... My almost 4 month old is BF only so I expect loose stools. ... rice cereal might help the stools. I started my daughter on cereals at around ...
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- rice cereal might help the stools. I started my daughter on cereals at around 4 months at her doctors suggestion. Formula might also make a difference. My daughter co...
- Congrats K. on nursing! 7-8 times a day does seem a bit on the frequent side of "average"... if you're wanting to trouble shoot... -first thing I'd look at is your ...
- Triple Paste works wonders for diaper area inflammation. Good luck with those BM's...not fun ;p
Similac Alimentum Stool/Bowel Movements and Increased Gas on Prevacid?
(We were originally on Enfamil Nutramagen and around 4 weeks old he had blood in his stool, so the doctor switched to Neocate and it cleared up. ...
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- Hi J., I know you will be bombarded by emails, and some will probably be the same as mine, so sorry for any repetition. Have you had any second opinions? My nephe...
- The side effects of Prevacid is "Side effects may include: Abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, dizziness or headache (more common in children), nausea" this is di...
- I can't really give you any advice on the stools/bm. However, if you're concerned about it talk to the doctor. As far as the prevacid - any antiacid has a tendancy t...
Daughter with Green Stool
Read all 27 responses: "Okay, I am not trying to be gross or too graphic here, but I have a question about my daughter's stool. She is 2 1/2 and has had ...
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- has she had any sugar ? too much sugar can make it green too, least it does for my kids. or do you have a missing green crayon? my daughter used to eat crayons and wha...
- Have you introduced avacados to her diet?
- A few things that have done this to my son: fruit roll ups or anything else with a lot of dye in it, and spinach, the rare times I have gotten him to eat it.
Blood in Baby's Stool
Read all 25 responses: "Dear Moms, I noticed a tinge of blood with my baby's (5 month old) stool. Since I'm breastfeeding, the doctor put me on a strict ...
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- This happened to me and my Dr. handled it differently. It was right after my 6mo. visit and she sent the stool to Children's Hospital lab for analysis. My son had diar...
- R., Although I did not peronally breast feed for long (I dried out), I too experienced that problem with my son. It actually turned out b/c there wasn't enough ...
- I hear a lot of babies put on formula instead of breastfeeding as if formula can some-how be superior to mother’s milk. Before they put your baby on formula ask them...
Pale Stool Color
Read all 9 responses: "My 2 1/2 year old daughter has been having pale color stools. They are not running, but very pale. She is acting normal in every way, ...
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- she may be injesting something that doesn't completely agree with her or maybe it's the food she's eating. Light in color foods I mean. Chicken, turkey, fish, light co...
- J., I would add a probiotic to her daily routine - the ones found in yogurt, sadly aren't quite enough. Osco has probiotic in chewable form - strawberry flavored ...
- my kids have gotten that from either an overload of dairy (they both have hereditary sensitivities to dairy) or from a virus. since it doesn't sound like there were ne...
Blood in Stool
Read all 9 responses: "My daughter will be 9 months next week and when I picked her up from daycare yesterday they showed me a dirty diaper that she made ...
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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...
4 Year Old Having Loose Stool for Weeks
Read all 15 responses: "Approx 5 weeks ago, my 4 year old complained of a stomach ache. She was crying and kept saying she wanted to puke.
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- Try removing dairy from her diet. She may be lactose intolerant. My 9 yr. old is, we discovered it after she had an upper GI. She used to lay over the edge of the sof...
- She may have Celiac Disease. Celiac Disease is the inability to digest, wheat, rye, barley and oats. Gluten is in practically everything, while I would suggest to el...
- Ask your GI Doctor about using a Probiotic. Our family has been using it for years and have seen wonderful results. It isn't only until recently that there has been lo...
Little Blood in Stool
Read all 21 responses: "I'm currently breastfeeding and my little one(2 months old)had a diaper that had trace of blood. We went to the doctor and she ...
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- I haven't read ALL of the other responses, so this might have been already said...but here you go. I am currently in the exact same situation with my newborn. At a...
- I think you got very, very bad advice from you doctor. Breastfeeding has lots of benefits for your baby! It would be better to try and eliminate foods from your diet f...
- Get a new doc ASAP. Your current ped is CLUELESS. Breastmilk is a million times easier to digest than formula. Honestly, your doc does not know what she is talkin...
Blood/ Mucus in Babies Stool
Read all 9 responses: "Last night my 4 month old had a small stool that was regular yellow for a breastfed baby. But there was also a bit of mucus w/ ...
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- We went through the same thing with my first son. And like previous posts mentioned, my son was allergic to dairy and soy, but also every other food you could imagine....
- My daughter had the same thing and it was a milk protein allergy. No dairy for me and she was fine. she grew out of it and by the time she was 1 she was ok with milk. ...
- M., Congratulations on breastfeeding your baby! It's the singular most healthy thing you can do for her. A bit late, but allergy is not going to be fun for baby...
White Stool After Stomach Flu
Read all 6 responses: "Hi everyone, I am hoping someone has heard or dealt with this before. My 18 month daughter just got over what her pediatrician called ...
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- I have never seen a white or really light stool before and have been around babies my entire life. I would take him in, my concern would be that there is a secondary ...
- You should definitely call back. I just took my son in because his stool had black in it. This ended up meaning there was blood. probably from a scratch. It went aw...
- if you're worried(i would be concerned) call them as many times until as needed,or at least maybe whats going on.when my son is sick i'm always calling.
