hey girls.....i thought the other thread had gone quiet lol.
LN - sorry to hear about Jaxon. I hope u can take him home soon.
Tal - I too have a really noisy bub who coughs n splutters n gags all night. quite iften its a puke that doesnt come up! no pain from the reflux, but chucky nonetheless.
all going well here, shes growing I can clearly see it....just been slack with gettimg weighed lol. got paed appt tues for the jsundice, however it seems to have cleared. keeping the appt tho cuz jimmy is still quite crosseyed at times, so just seeing when we should be concerned n trying to correct it.

as for my experience with newborns being constipated/having the runs/not pooing....
I don't buy into the norm of bf babies going days without pooing. I think it is common because if diets but I dont believe it is normal. our diets are very interfered with from man made stuff and it all affects the gut whether we see it or not and ideally everyone should be pooing after every meal. that means our gut is working effectively at digesting the food and the poo is waste that isnt building up. it also shouldnt be liquid. both kids here have liquid poo as a result from the dairy n soy I consume. thats the only time we get poo explosions....thats y im often interested n curious when other ppl say their babies did a #3 in the consistancy of it?

as for wind - if u want to figure out if it coincides with ur eating, go back 2-3hrs prior to grunting n pushing. that should be the last feed. then go back 6hrs minimum to the closest meal. thats where the culprit food will be. yep babies have to learn to push n coordinate their bodies but I dont believe it should be painful for them - hard work yes, but not painful. also if that constipation is accompanied by the diarreahea, burned bottom, ezcema, n painful wind then id b questioning ur diet...even if its just short term n especially if its affecting the amount of sleep u both get. ds had all of the above plus he would go 14hrs a day with minimal sleep n scream at night.
jimmy.thankfully inly goes a few hrs without sleeping if she has a tummy ache n I haven't consumed huge quantities of culprit food for screaming or ezcema but I get the rest.
so yeh....take what u want from that I don't mind, but thats my experience and its pretty similar to many other allergy mums ive spoken to, and most naturopaths would agree.,my naturopath is a qualified midwife n nurse too n its her experience.
hope that helps.

neway feed is long gone n im stikl typing lol.

hi to all.