Comments on: Jasper’s Law

By: Puffs, Teeth and Speedlites! | Becoming Mom

Puffs, Teeth and Speedlites! | Becoming Mom — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:46:04 +0000

[...] remember how I said the tooth came through and he wasn’t bothered? Do you also remember Jasper’s Law? Yep, that tooth I thought was “through” was only really JUST coming to the surface [...]

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:55:28 +0000

He probably still does need it… I tried to wean Sofia from Zantac several weeks ago and she seemed to still need it. I think they get to a point where they don’t. However, our doctors never told us that the Zantac might be causing constipation, even though I complained about this issue at visits to the two different doctors we see, and it wasn’t until I was at my wit’s end and googling Zantac + constipation that I realized it could be the cause of Sofia’s constipation. She’s eight months now, so maybe when he’s a little bigger, he wont need it either. A glycerin suppository now and then isn’t so bad as long as they don’t need it forever!

By: ariana

ariana — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:44:49 +0000

Rachel,
You are right I’m sure, I’ve long heard that prevacid is constipating,we only escaped before because breast milk has such a laxative effect. I think many reflux parents use miralax too, I’d personally rather wean from prevacid if we possibly can.. I’m just worried of course that he still needs it.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:04:46 +0000

We’ve had constipation issues ever since our baby started eating solids. When she first started, she went six and then seven days without a poop– both times I had to give her the glycerin suppositories. Still is a problem, but I think we may have just discovered the culprit (she’s eight months now)– the Zantac! She was ready to be weaned of it, though, so I stopped giving it to her and since then there have been good results. So keep that in mind if it continues, and if he’s still on any kind of stomach meds!

By: ariana

ariana — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:41:36 +0000

Steph, I’ve heard that about the glycerin suppositories.. I’m so scared to try them, but that was the plan if we had gone one more day.

Jules, we’ve been feeding J pears now almost every day.

Hi Justink, can’t wait to see you next week :)

Candace, congrats on your new baby girl!

Trying I hope you are enjoying the new camera!!

By: tryingin2007

tryingin2007 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:05:15 +0000

got the camera today. sooooo exciting! :)

solids are funny. rice cereal gives ginny borderline diarrhea! bizarre. it’s the pears/oatmeal/bananas blend that makes her a bit constipated. every new solid that we introduce is like a science experiment. who knows…

By: Candace

Candace — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:18:19 +0000

I’ve been a silent reader for a while, and I just had my first baby in December….I understand “Jasper’s Law” completely. If I say my baby girl is a good baby she will immediately prove me wrong…

By: JustinK

JustinK — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:11:44 +0000

Ha!!! You said ‘poopy’….best post ever….
I miss you guys. Hope I can visit soon!

By: Jules

Jules — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:23:34 +0000

Apple juice is also very constipating for some babies. I say some because with Nicholas it isn’t. You have to test it out and see how Jasper does when he is older.

The best juice for constipation is pear juice. That works like a charm every time!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:08:49 +0000

This is totally not normal, and was really disturbing at the time, but it makes me laugh now.

When my daughter Chloe was a baby, she had horrible problems with constipation. There were reasons for this that I won’t go into here, but it wasn’t unusual for her to go a week without pooping. One time, it had been TEN DAYS and we’d tried everything – water, prune juice, pear juice, Milk of Magnesia (on the advice of our pediatrician) – you name it, we tried it. Nothing worked. So the doc told us to give her a glycerin suppository. OH MY GOD! Talk about opening the gates of hell! I still remember my husband pressing a clean diaper up against her bum like a shield and yelling “It’s never going to stop!” I can’t even describe it (and even if I could, I think I would spare you the trauma) but seriously, it seemed like GALLONS of liquid green poop. I’ll never forget it!

The things the baby books never warn you about…