Two concerns for a 10 month old baby

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Greetings,

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Cross-posted to WAPFBabies

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I have two concerns and would appreciate any suggestions or ideas.

(1) First, our 10 month old daughter has been having trouble with bowel

movements for

several months now - maybe since her 7th month or so.

She has to make a lot of effort to have a movement - her face gets red and

sometimes she

even breaks into tears.

She has bowel activity every other day, but the stools are usually solid.

Not the constipation type pellets, but pretty solid.

We tried some homeopathic medication, but it hasn't helped.

In terms of her diet, she is very picky and eats very little at any point.

It is mostly fruit (cherries, blueberries, some banana, orange, mashed

pears/apples,

etc.)

Some mashed rice with lentil soup once a day.

And of course, she is nursing about 4 - 5 times a day.

We were also feeding her small amounts of liver and meat (per WAPF guidelines).

But since the past few weeks, we have backed off on the meats because it seemed

to worsen

the condition.

As of now, she is mostly on fruits and the mashed rice/lentils.

(2) Secondly, she is 10 months and yet there is no sign of teeth.

A couple of months back, we thought she is teething because of drooling and

slight fever,

but nothing happened.

Her gums have been hard for over 3 months now, but no sign of teeth yet.

Is this cause for concern?

I would also like to add that she is very likely dairy intolerant (muscle test

by

homeopathic Dr.).

She has never been given any dairy in any form.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

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[Guest guest]

Pratick,

>

>(2) Secondly, she is 10 months and yet there is no sign of teeth.

>A couple of months back, we thought she is teething because of drooling and

slight fever,

>but nothing happened.

>Her gums have been hard for over 3 months now, but no sign of teeth yet.

>

>Is this cause for concern?

>

My kids had teeth erupting later as well. It's nice when nursing.

;-) One doctor told me that teeth arriving later was a good thing,

but I don't remember why. And this trend has continued, btw - the

permanent teeth are coming in a bit later than their peers.

Deanna

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> Pratick,

>

> >

> >(2) Secondly, she is 10 months and yet there is no sign of teeth.

> >A couple of months back, we thought she is teething because of

> drooling and slight fever,

> >but nothing happened.

> >Her gums have been hard for over 3 months now, but no sign of teeth yet.

> >

> >Is this cause for concern?

> >

Deanna:

> My kids had teeth erupting later as well. It's nice when nursing.

> ;-) One doctor told me that teeth arriving later was a good thing,

> but I don't remember why. And this trend has continued, btw - the

> permanent teeth are coming in a bit later than their peers.

>

>

My latest baby's teeth were later too. Can't find it on the calendar,

but I think it was around 10 or 11 months. My first baby's teeth

appeared at 4mos and the second baby's were somewhere around 6 mos. I

was also concerned that this baby's teeth would never appear as well

like you. I even asked the doctor if there was ever a baby that didn't

get teeth! I thought they were coming for ages before they finally

showed, so I feel for you.

The trend of permanent teeth coming in later is something that happened

for both me and all of my kids -well the ones that have got full sets

anyway- I'm sure the baby will follow suit. I can remember losing my

baby teeth into my teenage years. My son at 13 is still getting tooth

fairy money. I should check how many he's got left to go. We thought

that my eldest, now 16, was going for the world record, but two of her

baby teeth will not be replaced as there are no permanent teeth there to

come down. I'm still wondering if that was just genetics or environmental.

Hang in there. They will come.

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Pratick Mukherjee wrote:

>Greetings,

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>Cross-posted to WAPFBabies

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>I have two concerns and would appreciate any suggestions or ideas.

>

>(1) First, our 10 month old daughter has been having trouble with bowel

movements for

>several months now - maybe since her 7th month or so.

>She has to make a lot of effort to have a movement - her face gets red and

sometimes she

>even breaks into tears.

>

>She has bowel activity every other day, but the stools are usually solid.

>Not the constipation type pellets, but pretty solid.

>

>We tried some homeopathic medication, but it hasn't helped.

>

>In terms of her diet, she is very picky and eats very little at any point.

>It is mostly fruit (cherries, blueberries, some banana, orange, mashed

pears/apples,

>etc.)

>Some mashed rice with lentil soup once a day.

>

>And of course, she is nursing about 4 - 5 times a day.

>

>

>

When my littles showed signs of constipation like that, especially that

young, I would cut back on the solids and up the nursing. And make sure

that *I* wasn't eating something that they would be reacting to.

HTH!

--s

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On 8/5/05, Suzanne Noakes <snoakes@...> wrote:

> >

> When my littles showed signs of constipation like that, especially that

> young, I would cut back on the solids and up the nursing. And make sure

> that *I* wasn't eating something that they would be reacting to.

I second this recommendation. My dd is also a big fruit eater, and we

had an incident when she was about a year old, where she gorged

herself on blueberries and it caused the worst constipation that she'd

ever had. We didn't get blueberries again until recently.

Naomi

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--- Naomi Giuliano <n.giuliano@...> wrote:

> My dd is also a big fruit eater, and we

> had an incident when she was about a year old, where she gorged

> herself on blueberries and it caused the worst constipation that she'd

> ever had.

Do you know if blueberries are a known cause for constipation, like the way

bananas are?

I ask because she likes blueberries and eats several at a time.

Should we scale back on the blueberries?

-Pratick

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>>My kids had teeth erupting later as well. It's nice when nursing.

>>;-) One doctor told me that teeth arriving later was a good thing,

>>but I don't remember why. And this trend has continued, btw - the

>>permanent teeth are coming in a bit later than their peers.

I read somewhere when my son was a baby that the later the teeth came in the

better because they had more time to grow a strong enamel and that the

child's teeth would end up being more resilient. So count yourself lucky!

My son also had problems with constipation at that age. It ended up being a

three year problem that has just recently resolved. For him it was

emotional - he was holding and he finally realized at 4 that he didn't need

to anymore. I used EFT on him (tapped for him,) he has been under

homeopathic treatment for about a year, I saw a D.O. who did manipulation on

him to help his bowels loosen up and fed him ground flax seed (obviously

along with as much healthy food I could get into him.) I think all these

things helped but I'm not sure which one did the trick.

Good luck to you...

Kim

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Pratick,

> Do you know if blueberries are a known cause for constipation, like the way

bananas are?

That's a good question; I didn't know that bananas could cause

constipation. I always mashed a ripe one up for my dd, and it never

caused any problems. Maybe because I'd usually add some breast milk to

keep it mushy?

> I ask because she likes blueberries and eats several at a time.

> Should we scale back on the blueberries?

As long as she doesn't gorge herself, she should be fine. My dd would

eat about half a cup at one sitting, and that was too much for her.

She's quite the fruit lover.

Naomi

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