Kim Re: new members please post

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See Tables 2, 3, and 5 on this link:

http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/factsheets/magnesium.asp

When I said earlier that it was in our Files, I was wrong--it is in

our Links section!

Anyway, the first two charts have to do with daily intake, from food

sources. They list something like 30 to 75 mg's a day, for his age

range. Then table 5 talks about tolerable upper intake for

SUPPLEMENTAL magnesium, which is what you would be " giving " orally,

i.e. not occuring in natural food sources in his diet. So you want

to check that chart. They say " Unlisted " for his age range, and so

what I would do is look to see what can a 1 year old have, and then

probably half-it, because it does then " jive " with what they show on

tables 2 and 3... and I'm guessing he probably isn't getting that

much magnesium from what he is eating but you should look at the

labels and add it up and then figure out an amount and then I think

you had a nurse or doc, you could ask them if it was OK, if you are

unsure.

So initially you started miralax and it seemed like a miracle, and

now he is still taking miralax but it's not really working well...

sounds too familiar! My son was like that, too.

You could try the epsom salt baths daily but use a smaller amount

per day... the magnesium is one benefit but sulfate is also another

one and getting them daily can help, but you'd probably want to find

out from Kim Payne on the cfparents or cfnutrition board how much

epsom salt per day then--I'm assuming she had helped you with the

epsom salt baths previously??

And if he still does a bottle, you could try one of the over the

counter fibers or ask the pharmacist if they can order Malt Supex

for you...it was not cheap. When I had used it with my kids, one

bottle was expensive, unfortunately. But it's one of those things

that really can work well for some kids. The parent mixes it in the

bottle and it makes the formula look brownish but gives it a malt

taste.

W

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> seems to be going up and down. The CF center said to

give him an enema if he starts acting uncomfortable again. The

constipation and eating less started when we left the hospital the

last time in Feb. He's not really doing the Setevie wonder thing

much anymore. I'm going to talk to the docs next week when we go to

the clinic. Do you know how much mag. you would give a baby? I'm

giving him 2-3 epsom salt baths a week. He poops in the tub so then

I have to take him out and redo the whole thing because he's only

been in there about 5 minutes when he does it, the

little " stinker " !!!!

> Kim

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