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Dodgy digestion/weaning woes!

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SallyMischievo · 04/09/2015 19:08

I posted last week about my 8 month old DD's constipation - after trying and failing with Lactulose and Movicol, we ended up having to use a suppository last Friday, which was horrendous. Cue an avalanche of poo for the next four days. However, no poo again since Monday and she seems uncomfortable and very windy. I have been ultra careful with solids for the last week, laying off Weetabix, bananas and bread, cutting down on dairy and giving her porridge with pear, prunes, veg, fruit, baked beans, chicken, mini pasta and mashed potato. We do a mixture of spoon feeding and finger foods. Weaning has not been straightforward as she has not been very enthusiastic about solids and is still consuming very small amounts. She has been doing lots of loose, greenish ones which have now been replaced with constipation! Our GP does not seem overly concerned but I am starting to fear that we may need to go down the route of seeking the advice of a nutritionist and requesting food allergy tests - I assume privately?. I was hoping to have dropped at least one breastfeed by now but I feel too guilty at present when she is consuming so little. I worry that she is not getting the protein and vitamins that she needs and also that I must not have approached weaning in the right way to be have a baby who is so disinterested in solids and has experienced such discomfort with her tummy since we have started. Please could anyone offer any advice? I would be incredibly grateful as I am feeling rather useless at present!

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wotamidoing · 04/09/2015 19:39

I'm sure you have this in hand but you don't mention water? Both mine were bf and I have read various advice about giving water, but I always encourage mine to drink lots of water, just at mealtimes to start with and then throughout the day. Might help if you aren't already doing this?

SallyMischievo · 04/09/2015 19:53

Thank you, Wot - we do give water with each meal and we have also resorted to giving her water via a syringe as she still hasn't quite mastered swallowing from a cup very efficiently and won't take a bottle!

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SallyMischievo · 05/09/2015 12:09

Sorry to 'bump' but just wondering if anyone else can offer any words of wisdom? Yours hopefully, Sally.

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MrsPatrickDempsey · 06/09/2015 10:56

Hi Sally. Can you see your HV? I would be looking into a dietician review. I missed your earlier thread but am wondering about lactose intolerance??

JiltedJohnsJulie · 06/09/2015 13:31

Firstly, please don't stress about dropping a feed. Until she's one it's your milk that should be the main part of her diet and her main source of calories and nutrition.

Can I ask how many times a day you are offering food? It could simply be that her digestion isn't coping too well at the moment.

Also, it's perfectly normal for a baby to have little interest in solids. Lots of babies don't make the connection for ages that solids can satiate hunger and look at your be to do that. It's nothing you have done wrong and she will work it eventually Smile

With all this in mind, the current advice is to offer solids roughly an hour after a bf and to move to offering solids 3 times a day between 8 and 9 months, taking the baby's lead.

And that's all you can do, offer solids. It's your job to introduce a nice variety of foods for her to play with and its her job to decide whether or not she's going to try it. At this age it's not about filling her up, your be is for that Smile

I'd also ask MNHQ to move this to the weaning section for you. You may get a few more replies Smile

SallyMischievo · 07/09/2015 12:09

Thank you so much, I will try to locate the weaning section as I didn't know there was one!

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 07/09/2015 17:09

The weaning section is here. How is she today Smile

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