bad mommy
Avery has decided not to poop. Well, technically it has only been 3 days, but the kid is not comfortable. We start out each day just fine but everyday for the last 3 days around 9am, Avery starts to grunt and then the grunting turns to crying and then the crying turns to wailing.
My baby never used to wail. Ever. She hardly ever cries.
This usually stops when I drug her with Tylenol (for the horrible teething that has been non-stop since she was three months old...and holy shit, she is getting a molar) and stick her on my boob until she passes out. My daughter is nine months old and still subsists mainly on breastmilk. I started solids when she was six months old by going the traditional route: rice cereal mixed with breastmilk, bananas, etc. EVERYTHING was organic and I even kept a food diary of what she ate and when, how she liked it, and what her poo looked like. She was constipated for awhile but my doctor assured me that it was totally normal and to keep pressing on. We bought the freshest organic produce and blended and froze and served her the best food we could....then she got diarrhea. I went to the doctor and was told again not to worry and that I probably gave her too much fruit or something. Meanwhile, my momtuition was telling me that something else was going on. However, I left the office like a good little patient and continued to feed Avery solids.
After another week of her waking through the night 4 or 5 times with gas pain that she could not pass, I went back to the doctor. She told me to stop feeding all solids for a few days, just nurse her, and then start from scratch to eliminate what could be irritating Avery so much. This time I told her I wanted to see a specialist or a pediatrician. We were referred. This was March 31 and my appointment with the pediatrician is not until April 22. I started all over again with the food and found, once again, that EVERYTHING bothers her.
For the last couple of days I have been giving her prunes and lots of water to drink (in a bisphenol A laced sippy cup as I recently found out) and still no poop. The husband and I have given up on the pureed baby food and have been giving her little bits of whatever we are eating at each meal instead. I am still recording what she gets, and I am still giving her solids because at 9 months old and 26 lbs, my boobs are not enough.
I am so frustrated and I feel so guilty that she is suffering. Most of the day she is happy and playful and up until the last 3 days she seemed to be doing better. None of the mums in my baby group have had this problem. Their kids all pound down the solids. I keep thinking that I did something wrong. I really hope the pediatrician will be able to help her.
So much for giving her the best start in life with the breastfeeding and organic foods.
My baby never used to wail. Ever. She hardly ever cries.
This usually stops when I drug her with Tylenol (for the horrible teething that has been non-stop since she was three months old...and holy shit, she is getting a molar) and stick her on my boob until she passes out. My daughter is nine months old and still subsists mainly on breastmilk. I started solids when she was six months old by going the traditional route: rice cereal mixed with breastmilk, bananas, etc. EVERYTHING was organic and I even kept a food diary of what she ate and when, how she liked it, and what her poo looked like. She was constipated for awhile but my doctor assured me that it was totally normal and to keep pressing on. We bought the freshest organic produce and blended and froze and served her the best food we could....then she got diarrhea. I went to the doctor and was told again not to worry and that I probably gave her too much fruit or something. Meanwhile, my momtuition was telling me that something else was going on. However, I left the office like a good little patient and continued to feed Avery solids.
After another week of her waking through the night 4 or 5 times with gas pain that she could not pass, I went back to the doctor. She told me to stop feeding all solids for a few days, just nurse her, and then start from scratch to eliminate what could be irritating Avery so much. This time I told her I wanted to see a specialist or a pediatrician. We were referred. This was March 31 and my appointment with the pediatrician is not until April 22. I started all over again with the food and found, once again, that EVERYTHING bothers her.
For the last couple of days I have been giving her prunes and lots of water to drink (in a bisphenol A laced sippy cup as I recently found out) and still no poop. The husband and I have given up on the pureed baby food and have been giving her little bits of whatever we are eating at each meal instead. I am still recording what she gets, and I am still giving her solids because at 9 months old and 26 lbs, my boobs are not enough.
I am so frustrated and I feel so guilty that she is suffering. Most of the day she is happy and playful and up until the last 3 days she seemed to be doing better. None of the mums in my baby group have had this problem. Their kids all pound down the solids. I keep thinking that I did something wrong. I really hope the pediatrician will be able to help her.
So much for giving her the best start in life with the breastfeeding and organic foods.
Labels: Avery, food issues
posted by vegan mum at 9:44 AM
2 Comments:
Aww man, that sounds rough. I know my daughter had issues with constipation and gas when she was very small, before solids, and what helped (at least a little anyway) was doing some baby yoga and massage with her. I don't know if it would help Avery or not since she's a little bit "older" now, but the book I used was called Itsy Bitsy Yoga. I just checked it out from the library.
And btw, you ARE giving her the best start in life -- you're doing everything you can to figure out what's going on! It's so hard when there just seem to be no answers. I hope things improve soon!
My daughter ate almost no solids whatsoever until she was over a year old. The only time I fed her solids was when we were with friends so that they wouldn't give me crap about not feeding her solids. She had all sorts of crazy reactions as well and, then, I think came to associate food with being sick and refused to eat most solids at all.
She now has a Homer Simpson pot belly and is healthy and crazy. Good luck to you.
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