When you started solids....

did your DC get constipated?

and did your DC drink less formula/BM?


DD seems to be struggling to go and her poops are more solid. She's been eating solids now for about a month and it just started. Well we just started adding veggies...Will I always have to give her prunes or will she get used to it?

Also she cut out 1 bottle. She's only 5 months and I thought the formula intake should remain the same?

She's eating 2 - 3 tbsps of oatmeal with 1 container of fruit in the AM and 2 -3 tbsps of oatmeal with a veggie in the PM. She used to drink 5 - 7 oz bottles now she drinks 4 or 5 smaller bottles usually between 25 -30 oz a day.

Thanks!

Message edited 5/6/2007 6:17:52 PM.

Re: When you started solids....

Try giving her some water or prune juice..my ds got constipated as well and water or prune juice helped between solid feedings.

Re: When you started solids....

My DD got constipated when we started solids. I gave her prunes and it seemed to help. I still give her prunes as one of her fruits b/c she loves them (I just don't give her a full container!!). Her body definitely got used to solid food and with that came solid poop. She strains to get it out...holds breath & turns beat red but she gets it out. It never used to be that way but it's the beginning of a new bowel system. In addition to that...she drinks so much less BM. She probably cut out about 7oz a day but then she gets BM mixed with her cereal so it's not as much as it seems. I expected her fluid intake to decrease b/c her belly is full from cereal, fruits & veggies. Don't worry your DD will let you know if she's still hungry

Re: When you started solids....

Same here, I guess their bodies have to get used to it. She is now adjusted, I think it took under a month for her body to get used to it, but yes she was constipated - especially with bananas. I do feel her formula intake decreased a little bit, not too much, I try to give her a bottle before the solids at each feeding, sometimes she will take a little, sometimes not.