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T Pitman <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 7 Oct 2000 11:08:54 -0400
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>Mom had tried introducing some foods at about 6 months which
seemed to induce constipation, and some blood in the stools.  Doctor
prescribed laxatives which mom was not comfortable about giving, but did.
She went back to exclusive breastfeeding somewhere over the next 2 months
and
the baby's digestion returned to normal without the laxatives.

  Now her 2 1/2 yr old is still
laxative dependent, taking lactolose syrup and Mirulax (sp?).  The doctor
had
told her that the child probably be laxative dependent all her life.  Even
with these laxatives the child has difficulty in passing stools (soft
formed), and sometimes will have a "plum"  coloring to them.  The mother is
thinking this is blood from high up in the GI tract.  The child was on a
variety of foods at this point.  The mom was worried about all of the
laxatives, switched doctors, and the new doctor stopped the laxatives, is
worried about hirschprung's, allergies, or possibly a digestive enzyme
difficiency.  The new doctor is having mom exclusively breastfeed, which she
has done over the last 2 weeks.  Stools are back to what mom calls "normal"
yellow breastfed stools.  No plum coloring.  The child was accidentally
given
a corn dog and broke in a rash around the rectal area and on the face.


Laurie, this sounds an awful lot like my daughter, although we didn't end up
using laxatives. She was very resistant to starting solid foods and ate only
small amounts. Larger amounts caused her stomach pain. She was almost
exclusively breastfed until she was close to 4 years old, although she ate
small amounts of solid foods. As she grew older, she continued to have
frequent digestive problems. Conventional allergy testing eventually found
she had several food allergies, including eggs and citrus fruits, and that
she was celiac (unable to digest gluten). Now that she is aware of the foods
she can and cannot eat, she does much better. But breastmilk sustained her
for a long time! (And I was also nursing her younger brother from the time
she was 2 and 1/2).

Teresa Pitman
Guelph, Ontario

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