Weight gain is good. Baby is settled between feeds and has no signs of discomfort when awake. Plenty wet nappies. Dr wanted to start coloxyl drops today (10 drops per feed) he has agreed to hold off until tomorrow. I have shown mum and other staff members leg exercises and abdo massage. I have asked then to do the exercise and massage prior to each feed. Hopefully this will give us the desired result before we have to give the poor thing coloxyl.
Alan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barbara Glare & Chris Bright Sent: Saturday, 1 April 2006 16:47 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] brown sugar Hi, I'd like to have a good look at the situation before doing anything. It's a bit tricky seeing that the baby was born at 28 weeks, and is now 36 weeks. So it's 8 weeks old. I feel that it is more normal for a young fully breastfed baby to have a number of stools per day - at least one. Around 8 weeks or older this could change to one every couple of days or week or more. But, what have the baby's weight gains been like? A cause of lack of stools in a young baby can be not enough milk. I'd like to rule this out before anything else. What are the stools like when the baby does go? What is the baby's behaviour. Is it very irritable and unsettled? How many feeds does it take per day? Is it abnormally "settled" It's a cultural belief that a sleepy baby is a "good" baby. Have you seen the Australian Breastfeeding Association's *poo chart*? A fabulous resource. $15 for 100 tear off sheets showing normal baby poos and excellent confidence building tips on breastfeeding You can purchase through the Lactation Resource Centre. They also have an excellent "Hot Topic" paper on bowel habits in babies. Might be worth having a read. I couldn't find it on the website, but the phone number for the LRC is (03) 55658 602 Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifairy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] brown sugar > The Fairbairn Family wrote: > >> more than a week without a bowel movement is not unusual = fully >> breastfed - but if concerned about constipation - a small amount of >> orange juice (natural) would prove the point.. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Alan <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> *To:* Ozmidwifery <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, March 31, 2006 5:00 PM >> *Subject:* [ozmidwifery] brown sugar >> >> Can anyone point me to some research re brown sugar use for >> constipation? >> >> I have just started work at a small country hospital. A baby, >> after being born at 28 weeks has been returned to us. (now 36 >> weeks). This baby has not had a bowel motion for 7 days. After 3 >> days the doctor ordered ¼ tsp of brown sugar every second feed. >> This baby is being fed by EBM only. I told the doctor that it is >> not unusual for babies who are on breast milk often go for a week >> without passing a stool and was told that is rubbish. They should >> go every couple of days. >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.3/296 - Release Date: 29/03/2006 >> > This is interesting as I have seen a woman & baby just this week at home - > fully formula fed at Day 3 when I first saw them (on paed's advice, for no > apparent reason, but then also had a IOL at 38+2 because her obstetrician > 'offered it', citing the story of his niece whose baby died in utero at > 40+2), not interested in breast feeding (the mum of course), so of course > by day 5 the babe had not had a bowel movement since mec at birth & mum > had decided to chuck in a 1/4 teaspoon of brown sugar with each feed. > I too would like some references or at least some advice from an LC re > what info to offer these mums! > For what its worth, on the fully breast fed bowel timing thread, my oldest > daughter went for about 4 months with a weekly poo (yep, Fridays were 'be > ready to catch the immense amount of shit' day). Constantly amazed me > where it all came from. Fully breast fed, & by the end of that time she > literally looked like "Michelin Girl" - more chins than a chinese phone > book, as they say. > cheers > > -- > > Jennifairy Gillett RM > > Midwife in Private Practice > > Womens Health Teaching Associate > > ITShare volunteer Santos Project Co-ordinator > ITShare SA Inc - http://itshare.org.au/ > ITShare SA provides computer systems to individuals & groups, created from > donated hardware and opensource software > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
