Re: Prune juice for constipation

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This message is from PedTalk! To reply to the group, use "" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 02:12 PM 10/23/97 -0400, wrote:

>In a message dated 97-10-22 02:32:13 EDT, writes:

>
>Good point. I forgot to include this in my reply to this post, but I always
>ask first what they mean by constipation. Breast fed babies don't always
>have daily bowel movements.
>
>Moshe Adler, MD
>

We all get calls about the "horribly constipated" young, breast fed infant who's having nice, soft, yellow stools about every 2-3 days and is acting fine. But sometimes it does stretch out to where some babies go once a week or less often. I saw one baby who consistently waited two weeks between poops and I finally had a peds GI see her. She was fine.

If there are no other symptoms except infrequent (but normal stools) in a situation like this, how long will the providers out there wait before before becoming concerned?

Michael Sachs, M.D.
General Pediatrician