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constipaded   Question Hi I had a baby 2 months ago by c section During the pregnancy I was verry regular I did poo poo at least every other day Befor pregnancy it wasn't so good I could go without for 2 weeks even And now I was hoping that since during pregnancy I was so regular I would stay like that but NO Again I can go weeks without empting my bowls I am on the diet currently eating fruits vegetables broiled chicken breast and yoghurt Do you think that's why I am so constipaded When I was pregnent I eat a lot And I gained 70 pounds and now I am eating much much less and do you think maybe that's why I don't have bowl movment What can I do to be regular I tried activia fiber pills and nothing helped and I don't want to go to laxitives PLEASE HELP ME because I am missrable Oh and I am not breast feeding any more
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RealSavvyMoms.com Mesage Boards Question Dear Laura I have a 4 month old son and since he was about two weeks old he has had a cough that comes and goes The odd thing is his lungs are clear and the Doctors cant hear any problems but his cough has become hoarse and sounds painful yet he shows no signs of discomfort The Doctors cant tell me what it might be because eveytime we go to the doctors he doesnt cough and has no other symptoms We do not smoke or allow smoking in our houshold Do you have any suggestions on whether or not I should get a second opinion or what this could be I am truely clueless on what I can do to for my son and I 'm concerned it mght be asthma because I had asthma as a child Please Help
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RealSavvyMoms.com Mesage Boards Question Dear Laura I have a 4 month old son and since he was about two weeks old he has had a cough that comes and goes The odd thing is his lungs are clear and the Doctors cant hear any problems but his cough has become hoarse and sounds painful yet he shows no signs of discomfort The Doctors cant tell me what it might be because eveytime we go to the doctors he doesnt cough and has no other symptoms We do not smoke or allow smoking in our houshold Do you have any suggestions on whether or not I should get a second opinion or what this could be I am truely clueless on what I can do to for my son and I 'm concerned it mght be asthma because I had asthma as a child Please Help
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Mystery Cough Question Dear Laura I have a 4 month old son and since he was about two weeks old he has had a cough that comes and goes The odd thing is his lungs are clear and the Doctors cant hear any problems but his cough has become hoarse and sounds painful yet he shows no signs of discomfort The Doctors cant tell me what it might be because eveytime we go to the doctors he doesnt cough and has no other symptoms We do not smoke or allow smoking in our houshold Do you have any suggestions on whether or not I should get a second opinion or what this could be I am truely clueless on what I can do to for my son and I'm concerned it mght be asthma because I had asthma as a child Please Help
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holding back Question At my newborn son's first pediatrician visit the dr asked me how my mood was the last two weeks of pegnancy and was I depressed at all I told him everything was fine however due to some personal problems I was actually crying almost everyday for the last 2 weeks The rest of my pregnancy was fine until then Why did the dr ask me that Is this the reason why my son is so moody (not wanting to be touched while he is with me especially by my husband) Or did he ask for a another reason
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Swaddling Issues Question my baby is 3 months old (14 weeks) I have been swaddling her for sleep since birth and have had much success she seems to love sleeping while swaddled Lately since she is becoming stronger and bigger she is able to wrestle her hands free and when her hands are by her face she immediately wakes herself and is unable to sleep (cries fusses etc ) Any suggestions on how to either wean her off of swaddling or any other ideas you may have would be much appreciated I do realize that babies cannot be swaddled indefinitely and she is showing signs of recognizing her hands (ie: reaching for things sucking fists) but while she is asleep she is still waking herself up with her hands touching her face I would just like to stop swaddling gradually so as not to create huge sleep problems while while getting her used to sleeping with her hands free
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Me again Question My baby is 1 month old and she has troubles because she is chocking while eating and she is breathing funny like she was trying to push and it is happening a lot in day and night I went to the doctor and she said everytjing looks fine and she dosen't have reflux But then 2 days ago I was feeding her and 20 min later she throu up and there was blood in it I cald a doctor and the pediatritian told me to go to the hospital to ER I went they took her blood check her and said she dosen't have anemia or nothing and everything looks fine The next day I went to the doctor with her and she said that it might be because I drink cow milk and she might be not tolerating it and the same with Enfamil Lipil with iron formula ( I am breast feeding and bottle feeding) But why now all of the sudden she might have troubles with it And dose the bteathing like she is pushing and turning red while doing that is sighn of gas or doing poo poo So what do you think And lattly after every meal she is spliting up I hold her up for 20 min after feeding and the moment I will put her down she will splitt up Is it normal> Or maybe I have to hold her longer And is it possible to have reactions like that because I drink cow milk I don't realy like soy milk so I don't want to drink it but if that will help my baby I will Thank you for your help
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Reflux? Question When I a feeding my baby she is sometimes chocking Dosent matter if I am feeding her with bottle or with brest How can I prevent that And sometimes she is breathing funny like she would like to push like woman in labor And today when she was a sleep I heard that ( breathing like pushing) and the she couldn't catch her breath and she started to let a lot of seliva out of her moth and she stared to become purple So I called 911 but when the come she was fine What should I do if situation like that happen again And how can I ease her breathing I am sorry I just panic I am affraid that she will suffisticate one day Please help Is it reflux But she is gaining waight She gained 2 lb in 2 weeks and she is not spliting up often What should I do
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RE: waking up Question What book did you recommend I didn't get the rest of your message Thanks
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Few questions Question My doughter is 1 week old and I am trying to get her to pediatrician but I have some insurance troubles Hopfully I will get her in this week But till then I am going crazy about few things 1) She has a lot of hiccup Like 3 4 times a day What cousing them Are they dangerouse How can I help 2) She has a lot of red spots on her tommy tights and arms It almost looks like rush Sometimes it's better other day not Is it realy dangerouse What can couse it (i know that without seeing it it's hard to say) 3) It is realy hard sometimes for me to burp her SOmetimes I can pat her back for 20 min and I still get nothing Am I doing something wrong How bad it is to put baby without burping I am sorry for all that questions but I am soooooo worried about her that I can bearly sleep I want everything to be ok and since this is my first child and my first contact with a newborn I don't realy know what to do PLEASE HELP ME
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waking up Question My daughter is going to be 5 months old on the 25th Recently she has been going to bed around 9:30 and sleeping until 6 or 7 am Now she will go to bed around 9 or 10 pm and wake up around 4 or 5 am Lat night I put her in bed at 9:30 adn woke up at 10:30 screaming I fed her an ounce of formula and she slept until 4 am SHe used to sleep until 7:00 Why She did get checked for an ear infection adn she does have a small one but they don't think that she would be screaming just for a small infection She has been on the med for a couple of days Could it be her teeth THat;s all I could think of SHe does not have a sound machine I didn't buy her one yet because she was sleeping so good DOes she need a sound machinek or is it her teeth Thanks a bunch
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Its me again!! Question My girl fusses early in the morning for like an hour or 2 she will push and grunt and then pass gas then she will sleep for like 5 minutes then do it again is there anything I can do for gas for her I try to burp her well before going to bed but sometimes she just doesn't burp she has done this for the past week she is 7 weeks old today Thanks
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Hiccups Question My daughter will be 7 weeks old tomorrow she gets the hiccups atleast 2 times a day is this okay
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Eczema Question My daughter is 3 months old and has been diagnosed with eczema She has pretty bad flareups on either side of her cheeks where it seems she either has too much contact with her clothes or is wet from drool or milk leaking while nursing She was prescribed some steroid based cream (mometasone) to use sparingly on these flare ups and told to use aquaphor on the rest of her body She is extremely dry all over and gets various rashes on her neck underarms and other creases Can you suggest anything to add to this course of treatment and maybe some natural way of treating flare ups rather than steriod based medication Thank you
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Cold Question Hi Laura I have a cold and taking over the counter cold medicine such as Theraful can I still breastfeed my baby Will the cold be transmitted to the baby through breast milk Thanks
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Bath water Question Hi Laura My son is 1 month old and he took a sip of the bathwater (containing 10ml of baby bathoil) today and I am wondering if this is harmful for him Thanks
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Noticing things Question My husband is concerend because when he waves is hands infront of our baby she doesn't act like she is noticing them she makes eye contact though should we be concerned She is 6 weeks old
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Update again Question Okay I switched her back to the hypoallergenic formula and she poops daily now sometimes twice a day AND sometimes it gets all over Haha I'd rather have her poop alot than not at all
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Travel Question Hi Laura My son is 8 5 weeks old now and I need to bring him with me to travel by air for 17 hours (becasue my family member is seriouly ill at my home country) My questions are: 1) any concern for infant like my son to travel by air for 17 hours 2) the air pressure will damage the ear drums 3) actually how many months old should be more safe to travel Thanks
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8-month-old waking up at night Question Dear Nurse Hunter: One month ago I returned to work fulltime My 8 month old is waking up several times in the night demanding to be breastfed (she is breastfeed a couple of times a day supplemented with formula and food) Also at the time of the new job we also relocated cities During all our move and the holidays I fear she did not get as much tummy time as she had in the past anyway she is still not crawling I am a bit concerned about all of this and mostly need some sleep Any advice you could provide would be appreciated Thank you & kind regards Bettina
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Harmful chemicals in baby products Question Do you know of where I can find a list of the name brands that have those chmicals The chemicals are phthalates
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Teething at 6 weeks Question My baby is going on 7 weeks old Her top two teeth are actually coming in already She stopped fussing as much about them My mother in law noted that they had broken through so therefore helped with the pressure Is there anything else that I can do for her When she was fussing about it I gave her some baby orajel and infant tyenol
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Update Question Okay she finally went but only a little bit and it was the consistancy of clay I changed her formula back to the soy stuff she was on some hypoallergenic but I thought it wasn't helping so I switched her back (she fussed a bunch after each feeding even with they hypoallergenic stuff its really expensive) I guess I will have to go back to the expensive stuff
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Oh I forgot, 1 more question Question Thanks for replying so quickly last time My baby's tongue is white its not thrush because its not anywhere else but her tongue I am assuming its from the formula it will not go away I tried a baby toothbrush and then just tried to wipe it with a cloth is there anything else I can try
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Poo! Question My baby has not poo'd in 2 days She is 5 weeks old and formula fed I called the doctor and she said it is common for some babies to not poo in 7 days that sounds crazy to me Is there any thing I can do to help her
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Breastfeed Question Hi Laura How many hours we should wait to breastfeed if we have just had a cup of coffee or team Thanks
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eye discharge Question Hi Laura My son is 6 5 weeks old the baby doctor told me that his right eye's tear duct is blocked In the past one week his right eye has many discharge the colour and the appearance of the eye discharge looks like the same as adult's no redness or other sysmtpoms I need to clean the discharges 3 4 times a day or sometimes 5 times a day with cotton ball and warm tap water The discharges is very sticky and after cleaning the right eye looks completely normal nothing special Do you think that I need to concern should I bring it to the baby doctor or if it is normal should I just wash it as what I am doing or anything special solution I can buy over the counter to wash his right eye And starting from 2 weeks ago he changes his sleeping pattern he wakes up at 10 am and plays on his own until 6 pm and from 6 pm to 12 midnight he just cries and when I hold him and walk around he stops crying and looks around I heard that baby cries in the evening or at night is not a good symptoms colic please adivse if my baby has any problem or he is just normal Thanks
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rolling over Question My daughter will be 4 months on the 25th She hasn't rolled over to one side yet Is there something wrong She has a Doctor app on the 24th
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Umbilical Cord Question Hi Laura My son was born on 12/10/07 and is almost 5 weeks old and his umbilical cord is still there Yestersday his doctor had cleaned the cord a little bit and told me that if the cord does not fall out by itself within a week then she would remove it with a surgery I want to know is it usual / common for my son's situation Do you know what is the cause of it Should we remove it manulay / by surgery or should we wait and see I just want to get a second opinion Thanks for your help
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nap problems Question hi there My almost 10 month old has suddenly changed her nap duration She used to take 2 naps a day for 2 hours each Now she is taking 2 naps for 45 minutes each this has been going on for almost a week She is sleeping great at night goes from 7:30 p m until 7 a m Is this just her getting older and modifying her nap duration Or should I just leave her in there for longer hoping she will go back to sleep Once I didn't get her right away and she did go back to sleep for another 30 minutes but most of the time she just screams untl we get her up I will mention that she has recently started crawling and has 2 teeth coming in right now Thanks
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Laura Hunter, LPN , Parenting Specialist, is a mother of five, a pediatric nurse, an entrepreneur and the most sought-after infant care consultant in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Laura has over 15 years experie
nce in nursing. It is her desire to educate, enjoy and have happy, content babies and confident parents. 
