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jilmadison
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Formula Question
My daughter is on Similac advance with iron. She gets constipated a lot, and the dr. said to give her karo syrup, does not seem to be helping. my friend said the same thing happaned to her dd and she switched to soy formula. anybody do the same?
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metsgirlie
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Re: Formula Question
Talk to your ped. My girlfriend swears by brown sugar water.
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| Posted 2/13/08 12:25 PM |
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Diane
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Re: Formula Question
The Iron can be very gassy...can you switch to a low Iron one??
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| Posted 2/13/08 12:30 PM |
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i switched my dd to the similac sensitive because she was having the same problem.. and after a week all the problems were gone...:)
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| Posted 2/13/08 12:46 PM |
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krwm
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Re: Formula Question
ds had a similar problem and we switched to alimentum then to the sensitive. He's done great on the sensitive.
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| Posted 2/13/08 12:49 PM |
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jilmadison
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Re: Formula Question
Posted by Diane
The Iron can be very gassy...can you switch to a low Iron one??
My ped wants me to keep her on the iron, he said it is important when she is so young (she is a month)
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2PreciousBlessings
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Re: Formula Question
Posted by metsgirlie
Talk to your ped. My girlfriend swears by brown sugar water.
I swear by it as well. Get the brown sugar from any Korean Market.
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| Posted 2/13/08 12:51 PM |
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my3boys
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Re: Formula Question
When my middle guy was on formula he to was on similac advance w/ iron and I found swtiching from RTF to powder helped and also my ped recommended giving him 2-4oz of Apple juice (straight) 1-2x a day and that's when my son was only about 2mos.
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Mrs-Boop
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Re: Formula Question
Soy formula constipated my DD even more. After going through 7 different formulas, we are finally on Similac Sensitive and all is well in the poopy department again.
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hbugal
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Re: Formula Question
Karo syrup should work the same as brown sugar water...both are sugar...how are you giving it to her? Sugar ferments in the intestines and creates a natural laxative...I used to just boil water with regular sugar in it making a simply syrup. I forget the exact mixture though.
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dawnygirl25
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Re: Formula Question
we wound up having to switch DD from Similac advanced to Simaliac Isomil (soy formula) and that helped a lot! good luck!
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| Posted 2/13/08 2:13 PM |
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jilmadison
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Re: Formula Question
Posted by hbugalla
Karo syrup should work the same as brown sugar water...both are sugar...how are you giving it to her? Sugar ferments in the intestines and creates a natural laxative...I used to just boil water with regular sugar in it making a simply syrup. I forget the exact mixture though.
I just add the karo syrup right into the formula
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| Posted 2/13/08 2:19 PM |
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hbugal
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Re: Formula Question
Posted by jilmadison
Posted by hbugalla
Karo syrup should work the same as brown sugar water...both are sugar...how are you giving it to her? Sugar ferments in the intestines and creates a natural laxative...I used to just boil water with regular sugar in it making a simply syrup. I forget the exact mixture though.
I just add the karo syrup right into the formula
Maybe try giving her a bottle of say 2oz of water with the Karo...
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| Posted 2/13/08 4:36 PM |
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a teaspoon of dark corn sryup to an oz. of water will definitly help. It worked like a charm for DS.
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| Posted 2/13/08 4:37 PM |
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Kelly9904
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Re: Formula Question
My son was on Similac Advance with Iron for the first 4 weeks and had huge gas issues. He woudl get so uncomfortable and wake up crying. I spoke to my ped who said our issues didnt sound like they were lactose related so she suggested we try Good Start. well it took a little more than a week, but he is so much better.
I would talk to your ped, soy is not always the answer.
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