Gas toh thi hi.. ab constipation bhi!!!! :'(

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Did the doc check for milk allergies, or try a different formula?

Tell us about her daily routine these days.

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Yup I am bf her, but NOT exclusively.. like i used to give her once (sometimes twice or thrice) formula (almost 2 oz each feeding)...

I started off sippy cup just a couple of weeks ago, and that too her doc recommended.. he said its better to switch baby to it from bottle, because it may decay baby's teeth as formula are more sweater than mother's milk.. she is ok with it not too friendly. Although i have just started giving her warm water along with gripe water in sippy (no milk yet)

Thirdly the cereal I am talking about (milupa 7 cereal), yes you are right its for 6+ but thats written in every cereal (and every baby food) isnt it... before that i have started rice cereal and wheat one and they also said the same... still i have started them from 4 months (eeh pretty early i know, but then i reduced the dose bcoz her doc said so NOT bcoz she got some allergies or so)

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we did her stool test and found no prb watsoever... no allergies, nothing. that means she is not lactose intolerant also. doc said to try aptamil comfort (for colic n constipation) but that didnt help with her colic or constipation both! she is constipated since she was 3 mnths (now she is 4 mnths 22 days) but she never grunted or groan to pass stool.. she wud b quiet and wudnt pass stool for 3 days to 4 days but on 4-5th day she wud pass stool herself. but now as she is older she cries alot to pass stool.. gas prb is also there for sure .
her routine, since she is born has been erratic never ever regular. since she was born she was anything but a typical baby. she wud sleep for 1-2 hr max.. then by 2-3 week she had terrible gas and was diagonsed with colic. tried infacol,gripe water, saunf water everything. she has no routine so i dunno wot to say. till she was 2.5- 3 mnths she wud cry after feeding also and wud sleep only 3 times max in afternoon/evening for hlf and hour and u wudnt believe u can actually set ur clock cus she wud wake up exactly after half and hour. by 3rd mnth she strted playin a lil but only lil cus she wud be qiet for max 10-15 mins and then cry again. even now she is like that. she wants someone to talk to her even when she is crying she wants to b bounced and talked to softly and all. she sleeps not before 6am since shes born. and even after that she wakes up either after half n hour pullin her legs up or strts crying. thaz y i said she merely sleeps for 5 hrs i guess... cus she wakes up so many times and i have to give her a pacifier to calm her down or i breast feed her from side. i know its wrong as i dun burp her also but wot can i do.. i need my sleep and sanity both so i have no choice but to bf her so she goes back to sleep. so i do this till 4pm then i wake her up and feed her by sitting or givin her solids etc.
since 2 days i m givin her my milk only and no formula even then she has constipation.... i m gttin her vaccinated tomorrow will talk to ped then. just now while i m typin this she is cryin as if the earth shattered. and the worst part is she cries so loudly for milk,sleep, pain so mch that is impossible to differentiate what the prb is. her pitch is that high. anyway gtg. will post again. also one more thing her head is not in control yet and i m freakin out. she is almost 5 mnths and her head is not like it shud b. i have strted puttin her on tummy and she pulls up her head and all but while upright she is not as steady as she shud b(the head)

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yeah 4th mnth is wayyyyyyy too early to strt on wheat cereal (milupa one). i dunno wot i shud do seriously. i m givin her the mixed fruits one and no difference as such. i m wonderin if her cryin spells wud ever end... hopefully by the time she is 5 1/2 mnths i wud have finished the mixed frits one then i will surely try the milupa 7.

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kidher gaye sab?? sahar .. tashfeen

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Yar i am regular vistor of your posts... more than my own. lolz... but i am helpless too... :(. My baby is constiapted too... but after 2-3 or maximum 5 days she would pass it..

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I wish I could help more mall, but I don't know what it could be. Do you have mom or MIL around for advice?

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awwwww ive seen ur daughter;s pic... shes adorable!!!!!!! and u dress her up and shes so matchy matchy.. hehe just like my daughter.. but tumne toh purse tak de diya bechari ko.. lolzzzzz.. anyway i went for her vaccination and the doc said give her sweet ornge juice(fresh) 1 TBSP 2 times a day but i think the orange i gave was not that sweet so i added sugar and gave her. this morning her nose is runnin and her eyes are watery.. i feel so badddddddddddd... my hubs didnt want me to give but i still did but the gud news is she passed stool. now i cnt b sure its becus of orange juice cus she din pass stool since 2-3 days so maybe it was natural not OJ that worked. but u can try orange juice but pls make sure its sweet ok??

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A lot of doctors say to avoid citrus this early.

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Orange juice?? This early? hmmm.... I don't know...... apple juice also helps with constipation if you can't find prune juice.

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^yup

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i know sahar but then docs say not to give solids to babies before 6 but so many ppl give by the time the baby is 4 mnths sometimes even 3.5 mnths! even i ws thinkin of waitin one more month by then she will b 6 mnths then ill def give her juices

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i dunno... this arab doc sad to give it and i did and now the poor soul had runny nose and watery eys... maybe its not his fault maybe the OJ was not sweet enuff... but i remember wen i was preg my hubs wud make fresh OJ for me and the oranges were semi sweet and 2 times i had runny nose and wot not... OJ was yummy durin preg but made me ill always!!!
btw ive tried apple juice too but didnt help... also in one book that i hv got, what to expect in first year they say apple juice is not gud, white grape juice is gud.. so i didnt try apple juice much, only one time

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OJ during pregnancy gives me heartburn (being acidic), so I avoid it. With your daughter being colicky and all, didn't the orange juice make her tummy hurt?

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i really dun know!!!??! cus shes colicky whole day but it reaches its peak while shes sleepin that is from 6am - 4pm. she sleeps in these hours but not non stop. she wud wake up from anywhere from after 10-15 mins to 30 mins to one hour. it varies but she never sleeps non stops. she is pullin her legs up and movin around while her eyes are shut.. sometimes i have to wake up and put her on my chest.. she sleeps for 15 mins and is up cryin again... sometimes i give her pacifier and she stops movin.. sometimes even that dusnt work and i end up bf her from side so that shell sleep some more cus i m so tired and sleepy becus of the 6 hr nite ordeal that i have no other choice. i dunno if OJ made her tummy hurt i found her to b the same as she is always each nite

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Oj is too acidic. I would avoid it.

You can try mixing prune juice in her milk (very little). Or maybe purred prunes. But let the doctor know.

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Oj is too acidic. I would avoid it.

You can try mixing prune juice in her milk (very little). Or maybe purred prunes. But let the doctor know.

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what is prune in urdu???

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Btw I'm not a huge oj fan, but craved it in the second half of pregnancy. Apparently there's an old wives tale that says that means you're having a girl.

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hehehe yeah i read that somewhere too.. and i have a lil baby girl :) i didnt crave it as such... my hubs wanted me to have some fresh juice and orange was the easiest and quickest juice to make so he made some and i always enjoyed them :)