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Preguntas
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Parenting intro and poop question.
hellloooo ladies.
This is my first parenting board post as a mom.
so, that said... Max Power can't poop unless I help him out with the rectal thermometer. My heart just bleeds for him. So per doctor's instructions, we tried pre mixed formula. Then we tried prune juice. Now I'm on day two of soy formula. Has anyone else been through this? Please tell me the soy will work.
Also, is it normal for a 2 week old to sport wood?
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
 congrats and welcome!! i have a  so i can't help you with the wood part.... i'd give the soy another day - it takes awhile for their system to adjust. good luck
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LuvMy2Girls
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Congrats!! and welcome to the parenting board
Can you try the powder formula?
The pre mixed formula always blocked my kids up but the powder didn't.
sorry can't help with the wood question, i have 2 girls
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| Posted 4/4/08 11:01 AM |
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yankinmanc
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Congrats! All boys have little woodies from birth!
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2BEANS
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
i only have a girl, but i have four nephews.. and yes its normal.
eta: oops i have 4 nephews, forgot my dh side.. but still its normal, they all done it.
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leighla
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Posted by Preguntas
Also, is it normal for a 2 week old to sport wood?
Welcome.
Yep - totally normal. Now my little one (10 months) plays with it all during bath time.
Super fun!
Hoping you get poop soon. (It's a whole new world, isn't it? )
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FelAndJon
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Congratulations and welcome. The ladies above have answered the poop questions as I would have but yes,the wood is normal Just a warning though, in the beginning, it generally means that pee is coming!
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Preguntas
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Posted by LuvMy2Girls
Congrats!! and welcome to the parenting board
Can you try the powder formula?
The pre mixed formula always blocked my kids up but the powder didn't.
sorry can't help with the wood question, i have 2 girls
Hmmm maybe next step will be powdered soy. He had this issue when he was on regular powder, so that didn't help.
I feel like he's just lazy- like he's used to my help, so he's not learning how do poop on his own. the pediatrician said that if he's no going by this weekend, then he needs to come in. 
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Preguntas
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Posted by leighla
Hoping you get poop soon. (It's a whole new world, isn't it? )
so true- I say this daily- I am always excited about poop, but this is over the top.
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MST9106
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Welcome HOW! Sorry cant help you with this...I BF and Michael never had any poop problems...he went like 10x a day. But you know what, try fennel seed tea...my ped said it works like magic.
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2BEANS
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Posted by Preguntas
the pediatrician said that if he's no going by this weekend, then he needs to come in.
I had to bring my dd in for the same reason, the peds did a rectal check to make sure no blockage. Turns out the anus was just too tight, he stretched it out with his pinkie.. it was the most horrific screams.. i woudlnt wish that on my worst enemy. i was crying so hard. I hope your son goes poop !!!
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xiomyflor23
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Congrats on your baby Max and welcome to motherhood!!!
Sorry no advice, hoping that he goes soon!
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| Posted 4/4/08 11:25 AM |
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Preguntas
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
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Posted by Preguntas
the pediatrician said that if he's no going by this weekend, then he needs to come in.
I had to bring my dd in for the same reason, the peds did a rectal check to make sure no blockage. Turns out the anus was just too tight, he stretched it out with his pinkie.. it was the most horrific screams.. i woudlnt wish that on my worst enemy. i was crying so hard. I hope your son goes poop !!!
 Oh I hope this is not the case! I would cry too. Maybe I can get Liza to give him some pointers on how to relax the muscle...
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cgdg61606
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Congratulations on Max!
Yes, wood is totally normal!
Hope he starts pooping regularly real soon!
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MsMBV
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Posted by Preguntas
Maybe I can get Liza to give him some pointers on how to relax the muscle...
Sometimes they take a bit to learn how to push. DS used to clench & did not want to poop. I also had to do the thermometer trick a few times. He eventually got the hang of it.
Hope he goes soon.
Welcome to Parenting.
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| Posted 4/4/08 11:32 AM |
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BaroqueMama
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Water was the answer to our prayers in the constipation department. At that age, I think I gave her 1/2-1 ounce inbetween a few of her feedings. To this day, at almost two years old, if Ava doesn't drink enough water, she gets backed up, and she eats tons of fiber, so go figure.
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Preguntas
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
this makes me feel a lot better- he does clench. And scream... so it's in there, and he knows it. Hopefully he figures it out soon.
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TiggerBounce
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
We TOTALLY went thru this.
First we changed formula, from Similac to Nestle Good Start.
Didn't help the pooping, but helped w/ spit ups and gas.
We tried 1 tbsp of prune juice in each bottle. Didn't work
Tried 2 tbsp in every bottler.
Didn't work
Tried soy.
Didn't work (made matters worse)
Tried 1 tbsp Karo syrup in 2 bottles/day
This worked, after 2 weeks. We kept doing Karo syrup until he was 3 mos (when he started cereal--note:we only gave barley cereal at first) when we stopped cold turkey
VERY proud to say, DS is very regular now (he' almost 11 mos). No, it didn't take that long. He goes now about 2-3 times a day.
ETA: CONGRATS and welcome!!!! (sorry forgot to start with that!)
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cjik
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Yeah, we went through this too. DS still doesn't poop regularly all of the time even now at 4 mos., but it's better. He pooped every 3 or 4 days in the beginning, and was really uncomfortable doing it, straining, grunting, crying, I felt sorry for him. We switched his formula to the sensitive version of Similac, and he did much better with that. His doctor didn't recommend trying the soy actually, she said very often kids who have trouble with cow's milk protein do with soy also, so she suggested sensitive, and alimentum if that didn't work. But 90% of the time he poops daily now and seems much more comfortable.
I read somewhere that some babies can't get pooping right away--they push, but then they pull it back up right after, so it doesn't come out. I kind of wondered if he was doing that too, hard to say.
And by the way, Welcome! Congrats on the birth of Max!
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FeliciaDP
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
I can't help you with the poop question (my DS was a poop-aholic from the start ) but the wood thing is totally normal .. and as any boy Mommy can tell ya, it only gets more interesting once they discover they have a penis and start giggling when they realize what it is 
Congats and welcome to the board 
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pinkandblue
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Posted by Preguntas
Maybe I can get Liza to give him some pointers on how to relax the muscle...
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Matteos-mommy
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Welcome!!! Sorry I have no suggestions, my DS is a poop machine, but he is also EBF. And the wood is totally normally.
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dpli
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
Welcome to parenting! Glad to see you over here after all 
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
How many days has it been since he pooped? Our ped wasnt concerned unless it was more than 5. As long as DS isn't uncomfortable I wouldn't worry.
DS would not go for 3 days than poop 2x in a one day and then skip a few more days. Less diapers for me to change so I didn't complain.
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curliegirl
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Re: Parenting intro and poop question.
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been waiting for you!!!!!!
Woooohoooooooooo and welcome.
Yes, the wood is normal and quite interesting for such a little guy right?
Gavin was constipated for 2 weeks, we had to use what we call the thermo-poop technique combined with a little watered down cammomile tea......
Suppositories helped a lot too....
He'll be back to normal soon, it's normal so they say.....
I better see more of you here!
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