Bowel Movements: Toddler, Munchkin

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How Much Milk Does a 16 Month Old Need?

I have 16 month old triplet boys. They are still drinking out of a bottle. I have been have difficulty getting them to learn to hold their own bottle, let alone get used to useing a sippy cup. I attributed this to their prematurity, born 2 months early, but I think they should have caught up by now. Anyway, my husband and I feed them 3 meals a day, with an 8 ounce bottle of whole milk after each meal. Plus another bottle before bed, and if they wake up at night we offer more milk. I think that during the day we don't need to give them so...

Constipation

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11 Month Old's Decrease in Fluid Intake and Constipation

Once again, I am tapping into the collective knowledge and experience of this awesome group! My 11 month old girl is not taking in as much fluid as she used to and is constipated. She used to take about 14 ounces of formula a day, plus what I mixed in with her and her twin brother's cereal. I also offer water in a sippy cup, which she only takes a couple sips of. Lately, her formula intake has declined to about 8 to 10 ounces a day. She is having at least 1 BM a day, but she cries/wails when she does it. It is a lot firmer than her...

Diarrhea

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8 Month Old Teething?

My daughter is a little over 8 months old and still no teeth. For the past two days though she has been showing some of the "traditional" signs of teething- putting everything in her mouth, sucking on a cold washcloth, irritable, eating very little. The one thing I have been surprised about is how much she is sleeping so now I am concerned that this may not be teething. She is taking 3 or 4 naps of about 1 1/2- 2 hrs each and still getting her 10-12 hours at night- this just seems like way to much sleep for an 8 month old but this has...

Green Poop

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2 Year Old Has Very Hard Bm's

Hello again.. my son has had very hard poops for the last couple of weeks, I started increasing his amount of juice of course, and it hasn't really been doing much. The last couple of diapers have been like little "pebbles". I called his ped. and she said to get suppositories.. I was hoping someone might have suggestions before I go this route - lol. Prune juice work for little people?