Great! Why did I mess with rice cereal?

[Asparagus78]

So DS2 is 5 m/o and has a bad case of reflux, as did DS1 (who actually spent a lot of time in hospital as a babe and is still having issues today at 3.5 y/o). Needless to say, I'm nervous about this reflux thing, but for DS2 we decided to not medicate and as long as he didn't lose weight (as DS1 had) we'd deal with it as an inconvenience but not a health issue. Except now DS2's weight gain was almost nil last month, despite him nursing every 2 hours around the clock. The vomiting also increased... So I decided to introduce solids before trying anything else (it did help with DS1). Since DS2 is only 5 m/o, I tried just a bit of rice cereal with BM. He loved it and wolfed down everything (about 2 tsp). So the next day, I gave him some more - loved it again... This is day 4, and he hasn't pooped yet. I haven't given him more rice cereal (so he's only had it 1x/day for two days) and probably won't, but now I'm worried I messed up his digestive tract. He's still nursing every two hours (which is fine by me). Should I be concerned? Toss the cereal? He doesn't seem unhappy or in discomfort, but he normally has at least 1-2 bowel movements a day. Thanks!!!

[Abraisme]

I'd say ditch the rice cereal anyway. It's totally unnecessary and void of most nutrition. I recommend the BLW approach and letting babies feed themselves whole food.

[ShwarmaQueen]

I happened to DD.

So, I gave her an infant's fleet suppository, which came right back out, but stimulated her bowels enough to finally get things moving. It was awful. After that, I stopped giving cereal and when we did go back, we used oatmeal because it has some fiber.

GL

[Blessed_Mom]

If you must give rice cereal and it is helping with the reflux then afterwards give some water (sips) mixed with 1/2 tsp of prune juice. That should get things going.....