neocate part 3 :(

[Anonymous]

i wonder if benefiber is okay for really young babies?

[Anonymous]

I started the benefiber with Taylor when she was 3 months old and she never had a problem. Our Peds MD really didn’t hear about the fiber as well but since the NICU Peds Dietician reccommended it she was fine with it. Taylor did well with the 1 tsp of it, but like Lori said every baby is different Trace may require less or more.

[Anonymous]

I’m glad to hear Trace filled his pants on his own. Great news! I’d keep an eye on it like you said and maybe add a little juice to his diet. I think Pear Juice is supposed to be good, and gentle on the stomach. I’m not sure if White Grape is any good for helping with BM’s. The brown sugar and warm water helps many times. I read one post a while back where the mom said her baby’s doc suggested adding a tablespoon of pear juice to each bottle.

Myles is pooping fine today. I think he got constipated because I stopped giving him his daily prunes and fiber juice because I thought it would be too much with him being on antibiotics. I started giving him the juice and prunes again today and he’s pooped twice already. I guess it really helps! Thank God for Fiber Juice.

I bought some benefiber to keep in the house in case we have problems again. I trust it more than the Colace because the benefiber is just wheat fiber. Seems more natural.

[Anonymous]

i have read the neocate can constipate, so my doc prescribed elecare for my hannah. she rarely has any pooping issues on it, but she does have terribel gas!

[Anonymous]

Neocate can be terribly constipating, especially if you have to thicken it. We found Simply Thick to be a great thickener and it didn’t seem to constipate him as much. We had to stop using it for other reasons and I found that giving Jonathan a few extra ounces of water a day helped prevent the problem. If needed, we used 1 tablespoon of prune juice in his formula and that usually took care of it.

Good luck!

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