This is about my niece; not sure of best place to post.
My heart breaks over my little niece who will turn 1 in a week. My sis works, and pumps during the day. She usually only gets enough for only one bottle, so she does formula for the rest. Baby had been constipated for some time (and she's never been the type to poop much) and sis has been giving her suppositories every few days, but supposedly the docotr has said she "needs to learn to poop on her own". For the past few weeks or so, baby has been periodically refusing bottles (except for EBM), Sis tried changing her formula but she wouldn't take it.
Wednesday she stopped drinking anything other than BM & EBM. She had a suppository & made her regular large, hard, dry stools. And that's when we discovered the hemorrhoids. :( Clearly she is on her bottle strike because of the pain she associates with it. Luckily, she'll eat solids, and gets prunes mixed in but honestly I dont' know how often. But she really needs liquids too.
I know she'll be on whole milk soon, but 1) will that even help? and 2) what to do in the mean time? She won't get the 1 yr checkup for another week, and the little girl is in AGONY. She seriously cries all the time. I had them when Iwas PG & I know how bad they hurt! I think there is also seperation anxiety too, but I don't know what can be done about that, aside from sis quitting work & I don't think she is about to do that.
Sorry this was so long. Hopefully it made sense! I'm not sleeping much w/ a 4 mo old of my own.
Any help or experience appreciated. I hate that my formerly happy niece is in such pain, and I know my sister is beside herself with worry and guilt.
Thanks!