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Topic: Digestion problems Posted: 26 June 2010 at 7:46pm |
I think Mac is having issues with digesting solid food.
We started on baby rice and had no problems. When we introduced veges or fruit he started getting constipated. He'd go for 2-3 days without going then suddenly be screaming in agony as it all came out 
Now he still only poos every 3 days or so but there is no pain with it.
But now, well for the last 3 days, when I try to feed his evening meal he throws himself backwards, arching his back and screaming in pain. Kind of like Reflux. He eats his morning meal of fruit just fine but goes mental with his evening meal.
The way he is acting is indicating he has a sore tummy and I'm thinking he's having digestive problems, but what? And how do I fix it?
Will probiotics help?
All the doctors are closed until Monday but if I can find anyting to help him until then that'd be great.
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Posted: 26 June 2010 at 7:49pm |
It might not be that he has issues in that regard, it might be that he might not be ready just yet. What would happen if you stopped it for a couple of weeks and see if he come right?
Also what fruit and vege did you introduce? I wouldn't give him apple yet, start off with pear.
Maybe give him a couple of teaspoons a day, and slowly work your way to a bigger meal. (that is if you choose not to stop).
No harm in getting him checked by the doctor too.
I tried #3 at 6mths and he just wasn't into it, so I stopped and tried again when he was 10mths and he was alot more receptive and we had no issues.
Good luck.
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Posted: 26 June 2010 at 7:57pm |
Oh sorry I should have said, he's been on solids for almost 2 months now and has always been a great eater. Never a fuss, always taken his food eagerly and even looked for more.
It's just in the last 3 days he's started refusing his evening feed and acting like he's in pain.
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Posted: 26 June 2010 at 8:21pm |
What have you changed in the last 7-10 days? New foods? New quantities? New combinations of foods?
How long has the poo thing been a problem?
And if nothing has changed, are you sure it's his tummy? DD had some funny behaviour in the last week, and then yesterday - TEETH
They seemed to bother her intermittently - maybe his are painful at night and getting banged by the spoon?
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Posted: 26 June 2010 at 8:37pm |
New quantities but he throws a spaz at within the first few spoonfuls. I always introduce a new food on it's own, then a few days later will mix it with a food he's already familiar with.
The poo thing has been an issue for the last 2-3 weeks since we properly started introducing foods rather than just rice.
I do wonder about the teeth, we Bonjela him every night before bed but did wonder tonight if I should try doing it before his dinner. Gross taste though 
He is always keen for the food though. I hold the spoon away from him but where he can see it, when he's ready he opens his mouth and I put the food in and NORMALLY he swallows it and fusses for more. But he's started spitting it back out, arching his back and crying. But then once he settles he opens his mouth again for more  So I take that as meaning he's hungry, he wants the food but something is wrong and it's stopping him from being able to.
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Posted: 26 June 2010 at 9:13pm |
Ok so what are you giving him for his meals then? You might have to go back to scratch and introduce the other stuff when he's a little older?
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Posted: 26 June 2010 at 10:18pm |
That is a huge sign for reflux. I've seen You tube video's for babys that are eating ok but after every mouthful crying, arching etc.
BUT I don't know what their bowel movements were like. Can you give prune juice or there is pears & prune that you can buy.
For now back off on the amount of veges?
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Posted: 27 June 2010 at 8:47am |
Random thought but at about that age Esme (who also has reflux) started doing that during meals. I worked out it was the spoon so started soft fingerfoods and instantly no more back arching crying in the highchair during meals unless I try and spoon feed her when she doesn't want to be.
Her BMs slowed up once she started having more solids, I offer water during her meals to get a bit of extra fluid in even though she is BF.
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Posted: 27 June 2010 at 10:03am |
He does have Silent Reflux but since I cut out dairy out of my diet (he's BF'd) he stopped refluxing BUT I can relate his actions of the back arching to how I react if I get heartburn.
I'm also confused cause he eats his morning meal of Apple & Pear with Baby Rice just fine. But come the evening meal (which is a range of root veges such as carrot, kumara, parsnip, etc) mixed with baby rice he doesn't cope.
Might have to try finger foods or something. Or like Mel said go back to scratch again.
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Posted: 27 June 2010 at 10:55am |
What if you try his usual dinner foods at breakfast and vice versa. It might let you work out if its the food or the time of day?
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Posted: 27 June 2010 at 11:16am |
Good idea Tara, do you give him a lunch M2M? Maybe even giving dinner at lunch & avoid dinner or just give him baby rice?
Cooper struggles to eat at dinner time as well.
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Posted: 27 June 2010 at 6:30pm |
Ok so I gave him just Pumpkin and baby rice tonight and made it very runny. He ate the lot and looked for more.
It was swiftly followed by an enormous poo explosion and now I'm thinking he probably had a tummy bug.
Will go back a step or two in our solid feeding and stick to one food at a time again and slowly build back up to two foods and I'll drop the quantities back down as well and build those back up. I'll see if it makes a difference.
Also had a bad mummy moment. I got the next step up from baby rice which is the Meusli. I didn't realise until AFTER he's had a few feeds of it that it has skim milk powder in it. Whoops 
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Posted: 27 June 2010 at 8:22pm |
That will be the cause of it all! Did you give him the museli with the pumkin? It can seriously react that fast.
Also if you go back & he comes right & you want to take the next step up, be mindful of him reacting to soy.
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Posted: 27 June 2010 at 8:58pm |
No I gave just normal baby rice with the pumpkin. Won't be using the meusli. Might see if one of my mummy friends wants it since it's basically unused.
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