Yup, Lucy is kinda smiling now but don’t be fooled. After mealtime, about once a day, she CRIES! She is – well I can say this because we are all moms – she’s constipated!
She cries, bears down, her legs get stiff as a board, it’s pathetic! We have even been able to successfully take her to the toilet since it’s so obvious when she’s trying to go to the bathroom. What to do? I’ve worked on her diet (taking out anything like white bread, making sure she gets lots of vegetables).
I share what our pediatrician recommended on my Losing Weight After Baby podcast. Our doc recommended cutting back on the milk. We were giving her 4 feedings of about 7 ounces each, and the doctor suggested cutting that back to about 16-18 ounces and giving her water instead to make up the difference. The doctor also suggested Miralax which is a powder to help bring water into the stool for easier passage (forgive the puns).
Hope these suggestions help you a bit if your baby faces the same, um, issues. Lucy is getting a little better, but still is crying a lot when she poos.
More about the podcast…the Losing Weight After Baby podcast will soon be coming to an end. After 3 years of podcasting, my babies are growing up! My last podcast will be in December. I hope you will follow me to an all new podcast that will focus on looking and feeling younger! Which just happens to be the topic of my book coming out in January, 31 Days to a Younger You: No Surgery, No Diets, No Kidding.
