Goobertoast
04-15-2012, 05:12 PM
there is a part of me that thinks i am just being paranoid and freaking out for no reason but i thought i would consult some experts to ease my mind or let me know i have good reason to worry.
i think Skiaura is getting constipated or something. her stomach isn't hard (until she flexes she doesn't like me palpating her tummy) so i'm not sure if it is bloat but she has not been a good pooper since thurs and its sun.
up until thurs afternoon she has pooped alot after every feeding. when she hadn't pooped in 12 hours i started a 12 hour pedialyte regiment. i would soak her lower half in warm water give her some pedialyte and one drop infant gas x every hour. after the first bath and pedialyte she started pooping again but i came out in large clumps. the little yellow pellets stuck together and came out in clumps of 2 or 3. after 12 hours of warm water soak and pedialyte i reintroduced FV. i mixed it 2:1 and then made a syringe that was 25% FV 75% water gave it to her. the first feeding she pooped like a champ and as i added more FV she began to poop less and and less and it started to get a little slimy, when i got to 75%FV her poop started to get more yellow less slimy.
Today we are back to not pooping. i am at a loss it almost seems like the FV is binding her up. i use a Kurig to get 192 degree water to mix her formula but i started just using hot water from the facet. i wonder if this means that the FV is not disolving properly and binding up which would also mean she isn't getting her nutrients. i do remember someone telling me on my post about switching from Esbliac to FV that when i switch her she will eat less and less often and that she would get a schedule for her bowel movements. but i didn't think that meant she would go half a day without pooping.
any advice would be great. she lost 2 g on friday when i did the 12 hours of pedialyte ( but suspect that was in some part because of all the poo that came out)
i saw in another post that pedialyte should only be given for 24 hours, but i am reluctant to do it again because she has already lost weight.
i think Skiaura is getting constipated or something. her stomach isn't hard (until she flexes she doesn't like me palpating her tummy) so i'm not sure if it is bloat but she has not been a good pooper since thurs and its sun.
up until thurs afternoon she has pooped alot after every feeding. when she hadn't pooped in 12 hours i started a 12 hour pedialyte regiment. i would soak her lower half in warm water give her some pedialyte and one drop infant gas x every hour. after the first bath and pedialyte she started pooping again but i came out in large clumps. the little yellow pellets stuck together and came out in clumps of 2 or 3. after 12 hours of warm water soak and pedialyte i reintroduced FV. i mixed it 2:1 and then made a syringe that was 25% FV 75% water gave it to her. the first feeding she pooped like a champ and as i added more FV she began to poop less and and less and it started to get a little slimy, when i got to 75%FV her poop started to get more yellow less slimy.
Today we are back to not pooping. i am at a loss it almost seems like the FV is binding her up. i use a Kurig to get 192 degree water to mix her formula but i started just using hot water from the facet. i wonder if this means that the FV is not disolving properly and binding up which would also mean she isn't getting her nutrients. i do remember someone telling me on my post about switching from Esbliac to FV that when i switch her she will eat less and less often and that she would get a schedule for her bowel movements. but i didn't think that meant she would go half a day without pooping.
any advice would be great. she lost 2 g on friday when i did the 12 hours of pedialyte ( but suspect that was in some part because of all the poo that came out)
i saw in another post that pedialyte should only be given for 24 hours, but i am reluctant to do it again because she has already lost weight.