Yes, only someone with a pediatrician as a mom would have a bowel regimen. Poor Miranda. She’s been severely constipated, and has had blood in her stool at least twice from all the straining. This developed after switching from formula to cow’s milk, and eating a lot of homemade food. It’s possible that the food I’m making is dense, and while it’s causing her to gain weight, the lack of water is making her constipated as well.
This morning, I gave her a bottle of formula instead of cow’s milk since I think cow’s milk is primarily the culprit, but she can’t be on formula forever, so I had to come up with another solution. Thus, the bowel regimen:
- Fruit at least three times a day
- 5 ml of mineral oil in the morning
- 1/2 teaspoon of benefiber twice a day (this stuff is great because it completely dissolves in liquid and soft foods, and it has no flavor)
- Try to give more liquids. (but not too much since we don’t want to fill her stomach up so that she doesn’t eat)
- No more cheese crackers and other snacks with no fiber–switch to graham crackers and fig newtons
We’ll see if all this helps.
Here’s Miranda eating prunes, which she actually likes. Go fiber!
