Here we go again!

[Anonymous]

i think so – hard to tell sometimes why she’s being fussy – not enough
sleep, teeth, etc. What symptoms did allergist tell you to look for?

[Anonymous]

We are trying melon this week, our dietitian wont let us try any stone fruits until after 12 months. Beef seemed to be a success so that should help with his iron levels.

Whenever Tyler goes through a rough patch and we give him the paci at night he gets addicted to it and ends up waking up every time it falls out. We just stop giving it to him and we have one bad night and usually by the next night he is ok. Other people have said to me that they put 8 or so paci’s in the bed so that the baby can find one easily in the dark!

With sweet potato Tyler was really fussy and crying all day, had a rash on his cheeks and was waking alot at night. I think once he just vomited it all out as soon as I put it in his mouth. All these problems went away when we stopped the SP.

I think if gas is the only problem then I would continue and see if things get worse. We usually have problems from day three onwards.

Tyler had a screaming fit from 11.00pm till midnight last night . I gave him some baby pain drops and he stopped crying and went to sleep. He has 2 more top teeth almost through, so I can only assume that was the problem. Its all such a guessing game.

[hellbennt]

amber, blackstrap molasses is full of iron & calcium- not sure how you’d give it to a 9 month old? mixed in w/ food, but I’m not sure what tyler is eating…

from here: http://www.daabonorganic.com/au/molasses.htm

Black Strap Molasses

Black Strap Molasses is made from Sugar Cane. The roots of the sugar cane grow as deep as 15 feet and therefore are able to receive a broad spectrum of minerals and trace elements normally lacking in the top soils. Blackstrap molasses comes from a third boiling in the sugar cane process. The sugar is removed, leaving behind the exceptionally rich mineral/trace element cocktail, with a good selection of vitamins. Health food followers describe all sorts of benefits to a diet rich in blackstrap molasses.

[Anonymous]

Yippee!! Full nights sleep! A full, blissful, 11 hours of peace:)! We de-elevated the crib and voila! He did start rolling right after our hospital visit so I think that has helped immensely. I’m not counting my chickens yet but he also napped in the afternoon pretty well so I’m guessing now that prevacid has kicked in again he’s feeling better there too. He doesn’t usually go to bed with a passy in his mouth because he’s too active at first, but we definitely think he needed comfort when he wasn’t feeling well during the night, he started looking for it. Still guessing but yahoo-full night!

Got results in and PH PROBE SHOWED REFLUX TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL!!!!!!!!! We were starting to get the feeling the prevacid was finally kicking in again and now it’s confirmed (after prilosec/erythomyicin disaster). Now, I’m thrilled, don’t get me wrong BUT at the same time when he started not eating about 2 months ago-I did tell them the WHOLE TIME that I didn’t think it was reflux and that the prevacid was doing it’s job SO why did my poor little guy have to go through that horrible endoscopy experience (which I still think ulcer show was coincided with stomach flu because he did have projectile vomiting week prior-best guess we have..) and this uncomfortable probe. I always said from the beginning it was a problem intiating lower…BUT I guess now MAYBE we can start looking at other things if we have issues again. So far, he’s eating. No poo yesterday but if he still has mucous, we should probably talk about it? Most likely I think allergist was right that his system is super sensitive and needs to mature and that’s why antibiotics affective dig tract so badly (not allergy)? Don’t want to put him through any more tests if not necessary-poor guy needs a break. If he starts to do weird bearing down thing again – I’m thinking that’s a big clue. Bottle feeds ARE still uncomfortable for him-taps his arm entire time to calm himself down as he wriggles but definitely wants to eat-gets upset when we try to stop and burp. Feeding clinic we hope will help with that-mid April.

So Sweet Potatoes 3rd day today. Crossing fingers. Still only going to give 1tsp to see and will give it at a different time of day. No rash, vomiting yet so we’ll see…

Amber congrats on Beef! On a positive note, sounds like Tyler’s getting a lot of teeth out of the way!

Tracy

[Anonymous]

Excellent with the sleep!!! Wish we had same. I think prunes had upset
Marisa’s stomach (was day 3 yesterday) – she was up at 5 am the past
two days with little pebble poops. So no more prunes – hopefully we
will all sleep more tonight.

And GREAT news with the probe. Yahoo!!!

[Anonymous]

Great news on the reflux being controlled Tracy! I guess that means that they did it on the prevacid (right?). Hope this is the beginning of him starting to feel better.

[Anonymous]

I’m just so darn confused!

End of day 3 sweet potatoes. Went really well-no fussiness, decreased gas (gave a little maalox), and really playful. BUT, he had another loose, watery bowel movement! He has not had a normal bm since the hospital and it’s driving me bonkers-especially as we’re trying to start solids! I was so excited today thinking GOSH-he IS able to eat something other than elecare! But I don’t think the SP did anything other then add fiber to an already bothered area. Tiny mucous-not much-actually decreased quite a bit. Ped was really surprised and said amoxocillin isn’t known for giving diarrhea (and he’s aware of Ian’s mspi) and it’s a over a week now off the antibiotics so what is causing this? Just elecare and prevacid. I know prevacid has lactose but he was fine on them until our prilosec trial-could it really be those? Hate to switch off when he’s finally feeling better. ARGHHH!

Should I stop food until this works out? However, allergist, gi, and ped have no ideas either…

Tracy

[Anonymous]

Laura, thanks for the info on the molasses, I will see if I can find somewhere to buy it here.

Tracy – I feel your frustration. As long as the bowel movements havent changed since the SP then I wouldnt stop. Just one thing I am wondering. Before the hospital visit, were you thickening every feed with ST or rice or oatmeal? Have you stopped thickening since the hospital trip? I just know that if all Tyler has is Elecare then his BM’s are mucousy but if I was to add anything to thicken bottles then the consistency would change. Just thinking that if he has always had the Elecare thickened maybe the BM’s look different now. Just a thought….

[Anonymous]

I agree with Amber and don’t think I’d stop unless you see other issues.

Also – didn’t you recently start probiotics? Could he be reacting to them?

[Anonymous]

Thanks k and a.

We stopped thickening about 3 weeks prior to hospital. He was having issues with pooping then-small and loose/watery but with all the gas he had on Simply thick and lack of pooping at all-we stopped..interesting thought though! However, this last poop was a tad more watery..

We also stopped probiotics-we were using 1/8 tsp but he was screaming so much that week, it was just one more item to take out of the equation.

Yes-sweet potatos look (skeptical, yes) but look like they may be ok. Don’t want to stop yet since fussiness/gas have gone way down and he’s enjoying it so much. Question is WHAT is causing these stools if it’s not elecare…I’m so paranoid to ignore it just because what if he is intolerant to something (whether it be prevacid or elecare EVEN if allergist says not very likely..). THIS will drive a person like me mad(I’m so a fix it kind of gal-this is definitely a learning exp).

Amber-did you talk to your dr. about the stools with mucous-any thoughts from them? Ian is eating a TON more then ever before so maybe increase of elecare has done this? Are Tyler’s watery or loose as well? THANKS my fellow elecare friend! Congrats on beef btw.

K-don’t prunes loosen things up? Or is that just juice? Hope she’s dong better today.

Tracy

[Anonymous]

Maybe restart probiotics then? Maybe he needs them after all the
antibiotics? What brand were you using? Antibiotics can really cause an
imbalance in the gut and lead to stool issues. If it were me, I’d keep
up with the sweet potatoes for a full week and also start probiotics –
do 1/8 tsp for one week and then up to 1/4 tsp.

The prunes made things worse if anything and I think upset her tummy so
we stopped them. We are trying oatmeal next and seeing Dr. M on April
10 (no sooner appointments).

Yes, Amber – great news on the beef!

[Anonymous]

Ok update-we just had another bm but COMPLETE water with some tiny mucous. He hasn’t even had sp today. He also has a big red bum! That last poo seems to have made him uncomfortable. Am calling Dr. M at 9am when they open and will hold sp until her recommendation. I think allergist will be confused because he was having these issues prior to food.

Excellent idea to start probiotics again-I certainly will today! Using the baby one you recommended. I just want to see a couple of normal poos now before we start messing with food but GOSH when will that be?

Tracy

[Anonymous]

Oh no! That is very confusing. I’m really thinking though that maybe
his system is just really out of whack from the antibiotics? Big red
tush doesn’t surprise me with all the diarrhea… I think if it were
me, I’d stop SP and all solids for one week – just do probiotics and
see if it clears up and then try again? Not that I think he’s allergic
to SP – just might help to get him back on track first.

As for normal poos, I’d hope soon – but in our case, I can’t remember
our last normal poo (not pebbles/rocks) that wasn’t simply because of
MoM!

[Anonymous]

Regarding the blackstrap molasses, the form of iron contained in this is non-hemoglobin iron and it does require an acidic environment to be absorbed. So babies that are on a regimen of PPIs or H2 blockers that are effectively stopping acid production in the stomach will not be helped by this kind of iron. The main source for hemoglobin iron (which does not require an acidic environment for absorption) is any kind of red meat. I believe that there are hemoglobin iron supplements available, but I would have to check more to find out what they are and if they are in a form that is suitable for giving to infants or children.
RefluxSol2006-4-3 16:59:21

[hellbennt]

interesting! well, jonah ‘got into’ it about when he was done w/ his PPIs…I’ll file this away, though!

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