Guest guest Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Hi Elchanan (and anyone else who is interested) I read your comment on the Raw Food group the other day (about the baby who was constipated for a long time) with great interest. I have a daughter with a very similar problem - starting about a year ago, when she was about 8 months old she suddenly became constipated. It was around the time that she started solids, but was mostly breastfeeding. I have seen her regular pediatrician about this without much success in resolving the problem. My husband has started to wonder if it is psychological in nature. She spends a lot of time pushing (legs drawn up) with no results. Sometimes I hold her on the toilet, again without much result (usually none). After a few days I generally give her a baby laxative enema type thing (glycerine) and she goes immediately. The weird thing is that instead of bending her legs or pulling them up she straightens them. Last summer when I first started researching this problem of hers on the internet I read about how important it is for a person to have their legs bent to have a successful elimination. The whole thing is just very strange and puzzling to me. She is still nursing frequently and of the foods that she eats, it is over 50% raw. We have a green smoothie in the morning with flax oil added (peds recommendation). Last summer the pediatrician recommended peaches, plums, pears, and prunes, and that is pretty much all she had for the entire summer - still with no results. About a month ago on one of the raw boards someone mentioned Dr. Schultz and his herbal constipation remedies. I ordered that, and she has been taking pretty large doses. She did go once on her own, but in general I find that I am still needing to help her with the enema things every 3rd day. I just don't want her to get too backed up. I am thinking that her muscles are just atrophied from not pushing on her own for over a year. The Dr. Schultz' formula has definitely changed the consistency. It is not the big adult sized logs anymore, but much skinnier and softer. We have another appointment scheduled with her pediatrician today, now that it has been going on for nearly a year, but I am concerned that he will want to send us to some kind of " specialist " who I probably wouldn't trust because he may want to do some invasive explorations, and my daughter is only 20 months old. I have been debating with myself all week on whether or not to keep the appointment. I wanted to bring up the psychological aspect with him, but don't know if he'll just " pooh pooh " it (pun intended :-). I read your post about the possibility of it being psychological and was very intrigued. First of all, how did you find out about those details that caused the little boy's problem? Secondly, did you have to meet them in person? If so, are you in Southern California? I really hope that you will be able to help us out! Thanks very much. Nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Is she having any infant cereals? My son who is 9months cannot eat these or bananas without getting bunged up. A was told apricots were good as well for keeping them regular. just a thought > " Nancy Anderson-Berkson " <mojomama7 >rawfood ><rawfood > >[Raw Food] Re: Constipaton (in babies) >Thu, 17 May 2007 08:19:18 -0700 > >Hi Elchanan (and anyone else who is interested) > >I read your comment on the Raw Food group the other day (about the baby who >was constipated for a long time) with great interest. I have a daughter >with a very similar problem - starting about a year ago, when she was about >8 months old she suddenly became constipated. It was around the time that >she started solids, but was mostly breastfeeding. I have seen her regular >pediatrician about this without much success in resolving the problem. > >My husband has started to wonder if it is psychological in nature. She >spends a lot of time pushing (legs drawn up) with no results. Sometimes I >hold her on the toilet, again without much result (usually none). After a >few days I generally give her a baby laxative enema type thing (glycerine) >and she goes immediately. The weird thing is that instead of bending her >legs or pulling them up she straightens them. Last summer when I first >started researching this problem of hers on the internet I read about how >important it is for a person to have their legs bent to have a successful >elimination. > >The whole thing is just very strange and puzzling to me. She is still >nursing frequently and of the foods that she eats, it is over 50% raw. We >have a green smoothie in the morning with flax oil added (peds >recommendation). Last summer the pediatrician recommended peaches, plums, >pears, and prunes, and that is pretty much all she had for the entire >summer - still with no results. > >About a month ago on one of the raw boards someone mentioned Dr. Schultz >and his herbal constipation remedies. I ordered that, and she has been >taking pretty large doses. She did go once on her own, but in general I >find that I am still needing to help her with the enema things every 3rd >day. I just don't want her to get too backed up. I am thinking that her >muscles are just atrophied from not pushing on her own for over a year. >The Dr. Schultz' formula has definitely changed the consistency. It is not >the big adult sized logs anymore, but much skinnier and softer. > >We have another appointment scheduled with her pediatrician today, now that >it has been going on for nearly a year, but I am concerned that he will >want to send us to some kind of " specialist " who I probably wouldn't trust >because he may want to do some invasive explorations, and my daughter is >only 20 months old. I have been debating with myself all week on whether >or not to keep the appointment. I wanted to bring up the psychological >aspect with him, but don't know if he'll just " pooh pooh " it (pun intended >:-). I read your post about the possibility of it being psychological and >was very intrigued. First of all, how did you find out about those details >that caused the little boy's problem? Secondly, did you have to meet them >in person? If so, are you in Southern California? > >I really hope that you will be able to help us out! Thanks very much. > >Nancy > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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