NEW ON NEOCATE CONSTIPATED

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,

I am new here & I have 9 week old twins, my little boy is the one that is having problems, we went to a gasto a week ago & they diagnosed him with allergies & silent reflux. The put him on Pepcid & now he started Neocate on Monday. He hasn’t pooped since Monday, so I called the gasto yesterday (Wed)& told them & they said I could give him Mylanta & then he should poop by Friday. Last night DH said to me that he didn’t think Mylanta would help him poop, since it said it was antacid reliever, what do you guys think?

I keep reading posts that say they gave their children MOM for constipation, but I am not sure if 9 weeks old is too young to have it. I put a call into the gasto again this morning, & they still have not given me an answer if I could him that & if so, how much, INSTEAD the idiots said, since you are having so many problems this week, why don’t you bring him back on Monday morning, basically saying-you are calling too much, leave us alone. I inturn told them, that after coming back to work for only 1 week & taking off already 2 days, my first week back, I don’t think I will be able to go there, especially since I need to make $$ in order to afford the expensive Neocate. I am so aggreviated on how they treated me & I don’t know what to give my little guy, all he does is PUSH, he is trying to go so bad & I don’t know what to do, PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks-

Dee

deejaymia2006-2-23 11:2:35

[Anonymous]

First of all the Neocate doesn’t have much to digest so babies don’t poop as much. If you give enough mylanta it causes them to poop but not all babies have success with it. Have you tried dark karo syrup? You can add about a teaspoon per bottle until he goes. When my son was on Neocate we added karo to every bottle. He just turned 11 months and is off of it now. I hope that helps.

[Anonymous]

I have not tried dark karo syrup, but I will try it. How old was your son when you first used it? Is mine too young? Would you personally recommend me to use the karo syrup or prune juice? My Gasto called me back & said I can use 1 ounce of prune juice with 1 ounce of water along with the mylanta & that should work, what do you think?

Thanks!!

[Anonymous]

Prune juice is worth a try but it may cause cramps. Colt was only 4 weeks old when we started karo. But I think you should try the Prune juice first and then if it doesn’t work you could start adding karo. If you notice he is cramping after the prune juice then you will know not to give it to him again. You also need to be careful because he already has allergies. What if one of his allergies is to prunes?

[Anonymous]

Prune juice was HORRIBLE for us. Caused lots of vomiting, gas and
cramping – and not much poop. We did use MoM but not until Marisa was 4
months old. White grape juice is much easier on the tummy…

[Anonymous]

WE couldn’t do any juice until Robbie was about 5 mos. It caused horrible gas. We used Karo syrup and it worked wonders!

[hellbennt]

Hi and welcome!

please take/find the time to read my welcome/intro as it should address many of your questions & concerns!

https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=853&am p;am p;am p;am p;am p;PN=1&TPN=1

glad you found us!

everyone is amazingly wonderful!

~laura

[Anonymous]

Dee, just wondering if you tried the dark karo sryup or the white grape juice?? Just started neocate a few days ago, and she is having a little constipation and gas trouble. Also, we downloaded the insurance form from the neocate website, worth a try, don’t know if they are going to go for it yet. In the meantime, i put a bid in on ebay from a mom that had some. Got a case for $60. That’s awsome, considering it was $130 on the website!! Thanks, Sarah

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