Poo Poo HELP

[Jennifer13]

Just wanted to pop in and say please do not water down your baby's formula. Formula should always be made up as per the manufacturer's guidelines.

[BeautifulMadness]

i agree with Jen

Maybe try just some boiled water?

[Nadine216]

I have to agree with the ladies ... DO NOT water down the formula, UNLESS you have been told by your GP on exactly how to do it and how many feed ect to give her then.

In all honesty (and some ppl would not agree with me on this) if her stool is really hard, you can try flavouring her boiled water with some prune juice. (boiled water does not taste good .. try it sometime ) Something like 10ml prune juice on 60ml water. If she does not like the prune juice, try some making her a bottle of Rooibos tea (google if you don't know this .. I think you can get Rooibos at health shops where you are) and sweeten it with a teaspoon of brown sugar and some ready made formula. (you can even give it black) The rooibos is a natural tea with no caffiene and loads of anti-oxidants .. the brown sugar will soften her stools. She can drink as much as she likes, BUT makes sure that she does not drink less formula .. she should only have water/tea as thirst quenchers, not as meals, kwim??

We had the oppisite with dd .. her stools were soft (even runny) and twice daily. But since she turned two ... we have been having trouble with her getting constipated, even after drinking loads of water and eating pureed prunes. I got some laxi from the GP that I now use as a last resort ... but i don't want her getting dependant on that.

Goodluck