Bathroom Issues

My baby was about 3 or 4 weeks the hospital had her on semalac and it made her strain so bad. So i deluted apple juice he helped to get her going again and then i put her on nestles good start with comfort poteins without the dha and she straightened up and i never had any more problems.

I had the same problem with my daughter. She was on the enfimil w/lipil, so we started her on prosobee and she stayed fussie and had bathroom problems she was never happy. Then my sister in law told me about barley formula. I wasn't so sure at frist. so I tried it. She drink a half oz and fell out for aleast 8 hours. I couldn't belive it. She couldn't be anymore happyer.

I had the same prolbem with all 3 of my boys. I switched there formula on my own. I put them own nutramigen. If it doesn't get better give her some water in a bottle with a little bit of pear, apple, prun juice. One ounce of juice with 3 oz of water that will help her pass gas and use the bathroom with no cramps.

The first 2 months of our new baby's life were awful. He was so fussy and gassy and I thought that I would go crazy. He was on the regular Enfamil at that time. We swapped him to the Gentlease Enfamil and within a couple of days he was a different baby. He is now 5 months and doing great on the new formula. So, maybe give it a little longer. And, don't feel bad about calling the baby's doc. . That's what they are there for! Good luck!

I never had to switch my daughter's formula, but I did change her bottle. I started out using the Playtex "drop ins" because you just used the plastic inserts & could throw them away. But, then we discovered the Dr. Brown bottles. They are designed to reduce the amount of air that the baby swallows & in turn reduces gas in their little tummies. My daughter did sooo much better with the Dr. Brown bottles. They are more expensive, but it was worth it!

I breast fed my baby exclusively and had similar problems so it may have nothing to do with formula. Babies get confused about how to go- they have to push with their abdominals but relax their fanny and sometimes they get confused. Our Dr. recommended that when the straining is apparent you can take a Q-tip covered in vasaline and gently poke it in their rectum. This causes them to relax that area and wha-la. I know it sounds so gross but it works! Ask your Doctor or call the nurse at your ped. office before you try it and see what they say.

We also used Mylicon with not a lot of success. Lots of people recommended Gripe Water and we tried that with some success. Worth a try.

Babies are just gassy at first. And "colic" is supposed to peak at 6 weeks so it may have nothing to do with what formula you are using or the switch.

there is nothing wrong with trying different kinds of formula. they are all safe, and babies have individual responses. just keep your ped updated on whats going on, and ask how long you should give each kind a try before switching. They might give you some samples of the different formulas and brands so that you aren't having to buy so much only to not have it be the right one. You may end up having to switch to a soy or hypoallergenic formula if there could be a milk allergy issue. try more frequent burping during feeding, and pumping her little legs like riding a bike and massaging her tummy in a sunrise-sunset pattern to help with the gassiness and straining. make sure she gets lots of tummytime too. I'd sometimes put the mylicon drops into the bottle when my son was having gassy days. Another thing to consider is the type of bottle you are using and how you are holding her and the bottle during a feeding- she may be getting too much air with her milk and that would cause lots of tummy discomfort.
Good luck! Sounds like you have a lot on your plate - just keep following your instincts.

try nestle i had to change my son's formula from emfamil to nestle and it worked wonders. he use to strain but when i put him on nestle good start supreme he did great. my friend also found her daughter did better on the liquid emfamil than powder it seems to be lighter on their stomach.i also give my son camomile tea in between feedings to help his stomach.

I work in the medical field and i know from my work experiences and frommy oldest daughter who is now 6 years old that you can switch the formula and that the mylicon drops should work for the gas. When i had my first baby she used to throw up very forcefully and it looke like on the movie the exorcist, it would just shoot out and far enough to reach anything in front of her at least 2-3 feet away. Her doctor didn't want to change her formula because she was gaining weight and when she was about 4-5 weeks he tod e to start giving her cereal in her milk, but you don't need cereal in your baby's milk because of the complications when trying to use the rstroom. What i am getting at is that the cereal would constipate my baby so he told me to put a tablespoon of dark karo syrup for evey 2 ounces of milk and it will make the milk turn a brown color but it will make it easier for her to use it when she needs to and it really did work. If i was you i would start with the lite karo syrup first because it may work just fine since your baby is not on cereal, and if that doesn't work then try the dark karo syrup. I don't know how it works butit does. You can get it at the grocery store and yes it stinks, but it works. It is the kind that you use to make pecan pie. But try it out or you can even ask your doctor if you don't think it is safe but i know it is because i used it and it worked wonders for my baby.

S., I would call your pediatricians office. I recently had a couple of constipation issues with my 7 month old, so I called my pediatrician. They told me that I can give him diluted prune juice, but if he seems in pain that he needed to come in. I would call your daughters pediatrician and find out what he wants you to do, plus it would give you the peace of mind to know that you are doing the right thing.

Good luck!!