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Myles has always had the same problem…..trouble passing soft stools. I only use suppositories when it gets real bad. I usually just use a thermometer to relax the sphincter and that often helps. His doctor says he will likely outgrow the problem when he is older and more active, but for now the way we deal with it is with lots of fruit, (mostly prunes, pears, peaches), Juices (fiber juice and pear juice), Flax Seed Oil, and avoiding consitpating foods (apples, bananas, rice, pasta). Even so I often have to resort to the thermometer. I think he has low motility, but I really don’t know for sure what the problem is.
I know Taylor is very young, but a little pear juice in her bottles may help. Maybe a little flax seed oil, too. I’ve been doing both with Myles since he was about six months old. It definitely helps. I forgot the flax seed oil for two days and he was plugged up for two days afterwards.
Is she on any solids yet? Cereal?
I tried Mylanta with Myles and it did not give him looser stools. The boy doesn’t even get diarrhea or loose stools on antibiotics!
I hope you figure out something to help Taylor. If you do please post it.
No cereal yet due to her allergies we are going to try at 6 months. Myles and Taylor sure sound a lot alike. She does have the slow motility I think we discussed that together before but since they were growing MDs don’t have a concern…
The Peds GI told me to use a suppository everyday for her to help with the gas and emptying until her system does mature but I truly don’t like to do it everyday, we too use the rectal therm. quite often. Glad to know that there is someone else out there like us! We haven’t tried juice yet but I think it is time. How much flax seed oil do you use and how do you give it to Myles when he was younger? Yep, Mylanta doesn’t do much here either, I try to give her a larger dose to cause diarrhea but not luck!
OMG….her, too. I though Myles was one of a kind!
At six months I would give him 1 teaspoon of flax seed oil twice per day. Now I give him 1 tablspoon twice per day. I just gave it to him on a spoon, and then a quick spoonful of something he likes to wash it down. I did put it in his bottle sometimes but since he wasn’t drinking much back then and he gave up the bottle completely at 7 months I had to stick with the spoon method.
If you try the flax seed oil, probably get the kind without something called “lingans.” I’m not sure if I spelled that right, but my mil’s dietician said babies should not have it because it can effect hormones. Flax Seed Oil comes with lingans or without.
The pear juice I add to his formula before mixing it with his oatmeal and spoon feeding it to him. He doesn’t mind it mixed in with his nightime bottle (the only bottle he drinks). If I do that then I add one ounce of pear juice to 5 ounces of formula. I think Taylor’s probably old enough for the pear juice. I’ve read that it’s the easiest of the juices for a baby to digest.
I’m not sure why doctors aren’t concerned about the poop problem our babies are having.
Maybe they truly do outgrow this as they get older and it really isn’t a big concern. I hope so. It causes me a lot of stress, though. Myles used to have dge as well. His digestion was SO SLOW. It was pathetic. He could live on two ounces every four to five hours and he would throw up stuff he ate 4 hours ago. Our doctor said he’d likely outgrow it and he did 
so that gives me hope that she is correct about the poop problem too.I hope the flax seed oil helps Taylor. It really does seem to help Myles.
Good luck, Sue. I hope Taylor makes a complete turn a round like Myles did.
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