Sad and Worried

This is kind of a depressing post. We've been having some problems with Theo for about 2-3 months... constipation problems :( It has been stressing me out. Never had this type of problem with Hayden, and as far as I can tell, we are doing the same things with Theo as we did with Hayden. Anyway, sometimes he won't go for days and then just all of a sudden will go 3 times in one day, screaming with tears rolling down his face the entire time. It almost breaks my heart.

Well I did take him to the doctor about a month ago because I really felt like we needed to get this cleared up (I had already stopped his cereal intake and had been trying to get him to drink more juice). The doctor said to do basically what I had been doing - no cereal - only fruits, vegetables, and juice.

Literally, this past month his diet has consisted of only: breast milk, prune juice, apple juice, and fruits/vegetables. No cereal or protein. But it hasn't gotten ANY better, in fact maybe even worse. He bleeds each time. I want to cry every time he goes... it's that bad.

So he had his 9 month appointment this last week. He is 29 inches long and 24 lbs 6 oz (my big boy!). I told the doctor we are still having major problems with his constipation. He said that some kids just have problems like this for no apparent reason and that he'll probably grow out of it as his digestive system matures more. But, he said that for now, we are to just incorporate this stool softener (Miralax) into every bottle of juice/water/milk that he drinks. He said just make it part of his daily diet.

We just started the Miralax a couple days ago... no dirty diapers yet, but I am seriously hoping that by the end of this week he will start having "normal" dirty diapers.  I am so sad about this, and stressed, and I feel like I have been doing something wrong because I haven't been able to fix it up to this point. My poor baby has to be on stool softeners :( I'm so sorry my Little Theo.