I "THINK" we're over the constipation. At least I'm given a break in some department. I've stopped the iron supplements at 7 weeks of use (they were supposed to be given for 2 months). After about 6 days OFF the iron, yesterday we had a HUGE BLOWOUT and another after that of actual NORMAL poop!! Until now, we had not seen one single normal poopie diaper in almost 2 months!! It was actually mush and normal colors, not black, not the size of a pea!! HAHA...anyhow we're happy about that. I also gave him some prune juice yesterday. Today we had a normal size, normal color (carrots lol) poopie again. I think this is a good sign for the poop department anyhow. At least it's something.

That is great to hear!! GOod pooping Zac!!! :P

It shouldnt be a big deal that you took him off the iron, since he's eating solids now anyway. Baby cereal has a ton of iron in it....I had to get low iron prenatal vitamins since they were doing the same thing to me as Zac :oops:

Sarah, that's wonderful news. Happy pooping for Zac! What a relief, huh?

Definitely a relief! Just glad at least that cleared up before this new teething battle began! One thing right after another, you know! These babies really have it all planned out accordingly for us don't they?

Don't they ever! If it's not one thing, it's another.

Again, I'm glad Zac is pooping. That's a relief that's very much needed for you right now.

Yeah Zac! :D

Good job, Zac! It is horrible to deal with poop issues. Maybe Zac is having some gastro issues as a result of constipation. The longer they are constipated the more "pockets" of poop form and the more likely you are to have a blowout. It is a terrific sign that he had the icky stools followed by the normal stools. Just peachy!

Leigh

well...we seem to be back to the little balls again. time for more prunes :?

Little balls better than stuff exploding down the legs.... :wink:

Prunes. Yum. (oh, do I hate prunes!) Poor kiddo.

This to shall pass... :shock:

If it is any consolation, Iain has yellowish and whitish balls of poop right now. Rather disconcerting for me as it is not normal. I know he must be contipated, too. Must be something in the air with our GERDlings of late.

We can be "poop" buddies. :idea:

Leigh

Emma's constipated too.... :cry:

My MIL gave her a jar of stage 1 bananas I had in the cabinet the other day....I was out shopping with my mom and DH was watching her when the lovely MIL stopped by.....I had bought them in a fruit combo pack on sale and never planned on giving her the bananas b/c they tend to plug people up...(I was going to eat them, actually :oops: )

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR......

I hate MIL's.... :x

I mean, constipation. (sorry I let that slip)

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR......

I hate MIL's.... :x

I mean, constipation. (sorry I let that slip)


:lol: Yeah, it was an honest mistake! :lol:

Want to be a poop buddy, too? :roll: There seriously must be something in the air for the board GERDlings of late. Iain's poops are disturbing right now. Icky, yucky, poo.

Hope Emma is better soon!

Leigh

Thanks! I hope these kid's start pooping! :D

LOL "poop buddies"...well I'm "down" with it. HAHA

Oh yes, zac actually had a "poopie" diaper for the ped to see...she said "oh yes that is too hard"...well...ummm wtf do i do about it? LOL
J/K really, i know i have to push more water/prunes if i have to.
Amanda (my fellow poop buddy) Zac has YET to be able to taste bananas or apples or rice because i'm afraid of the "binding" effect it can have on his system already constipated. :(

Owen gets constipated with some foods that I tried too, I added about 2tsp of prunes to his breakfast and dinner cereal and he has been doing better now.
I also can't give him rice cereal since that makes him constipated too. He does drink the german baby tea, it has fennel in it and that seems to help his system too.

german tea...where do you find that?

we are in germany right now, so I can get it in any store were they have baby food. If you would like to try it out, I could send you some.

DUH, didn't even see that. Sorry! Is it the fennel that is supposed to help constipatoin? If so I can search for items w/that ingredient for him.

Here is a link to a website that sell german products in the states. This is the tea that I use for Owen. If you try it out, I hope it helps little Zachary.

http://www.germandeli.com/hifeteebfete.html

Thanks! Says its sold out but will look around for stuff.

Hi Sara -
Certain forms of gripe water (like Baby Bliss) have fennel in them... :)