As some of you know, our little princess has been a little backed up. Excuse me, but there is no delicate way to say it! Going several days, or even a week, between bowel movements is pretty common in breastfed babies. It's only a concern when the backup makes the baby uncomfortable. In Alexa's case, she's a happier baby when things are flowing!
So other than helping her out, her doctor recommended giving her 1/2 oz of prune juice. We tried it a couple of times before, and it seemed to help, but it was really hard to get Alexa to drink it. At first I put it in a bottle, but that didn't work. We then tried a medicine syringe. Finally, we turned to her new sippy cup... Thanks to Aunt Andi, Uncle Dan and cousins Jake and Kayla for the sippy cup!
Update: The prune juice worked!
Of course we stripped her down to her diaper and plunked her in her bath, just in case it got messy. And oh boy did it ever!
At least she didn't cry. But we're not sure how much of the juice got into her since it seemed every time we gave her some, more would come right back up!
When we were all done, we filled up her tup with water to rinse her off. And Alexa decided to splash around! Click HERE to watch a video of her splashing! Click HERE to watch another video of her splashing!
