Food, Food, Wonderful Food

Some of you know that for the past 2 weeks we have been dealing with a constipated baby boy! Yes, that is correct...as of today, Cole has not pooped in 2 whole weeks! He has been acting fine and happy and has been eating very well but we were still very concerned. After researching what to do online and looking in Rhonald's many medical books we decided to call the triage nurse that works at Rhonald's clinic. We did this yesterday and after talking with her decided to give Cole his first taste of Prune juice. He hated it (who can blame him!!!) but drank it and yet there was still no poop! Today Rhonald spent the better part of the afternoon quizzing the nurses and doctors that he works with about what to do for Cole. They basically all came to the conclusion that Cole is using so much of his breast milk that there is not enough left over for pooping!!! One doctor suggested giving Cole a little rice cereal and baby pears to get some bulk in there. Although we had not wanted to start any kind of baby food until he was 6 months we went ahead and gave him his first taste of rice cereal. At first he was not too sure what to do with it but after a few spoon fulls and a lot of cereal on his face he finally got the hang of it and LOVED IT! When I say he loved it I mean it with all of my heart!!! He was smiling and laughing and gobbling it up!!! Hopefully this little trick will work and everything will start moving again soon!