4 week old drinking water and orange juice??

kittycat18 · Aug 20th, 2011, 15:13 PM

My daughter is only a month old tomorrow and was in Hospital the 8th to the 10th of July with chocking fits which turned out to be reflux and she also lost 2lb of her birth weight. She was being breastfed before she went into hospital but my milk supply had reduced and she just was not getting enough from me so the nurses on the children's ward suggested giving her formula milk to help her gain weight.

She is getting Gaviscon in her formula feeds during the day and Carobel in her formula feeds during the night. On sunday she was constipated and I made the consultant aware of this at our appointment in paediatrics on Wednesday. She prescribed Lucia Lactulose only to be used if she was in distress with constipation.

Well the student health visitor rang my house on Thursday morning and mum told her about the constipation. And she told me to give her water and orange juice... I was under the impression the the NHS did not advise you to give a newborn water incase of water intoxication and also not to give water and orange juice until they have started solid foods?

annaandoli · Aug 20th, 2011, 15:52 PM

I have no idea...sorry! Although if it was a student health visitor that advised this I would probably double check with another health visitor/nurse or even give the maternity ward a quick ring and ask them? x

**AtomicPink** · Aug 20th, 2011, 15:58 PM

She would mean a tiny bit of water with a tiny bit of orange juice to help with constipation. Not like a bottle of the stuff
But we never ever did it-we stuck with lactulose.

Becky123 · Aug 20th, 2011, 16:03 PM

She meant a tiny bit of water with orange juice from a freshly squeezed orange like literally the juice from half an orange squeezed into a bit of water. My health visitor also recommended this for constipation

blondey · Aug 20th, 2011, 16:07 PM

I have heard of this before, but I would be a bit careful, because of the reflux. The orange will be quite acidic, which could aggravate the reflux.

In my opinion, I would stick with the lactulose. We used it for LO because she was on infant gaviscon and it worked a treat. After a couple of days we only had to use half the dosage. It's not very mediciny iykwim? It's basically a sugary solution.

xx

sophie22 · Aug 20th, 2011, 16:13 PM

ive been told to give water for constipation or sometimes they are just thirsty. a couple of ounzes he has had before.

Cattia · Aug 20th, 2011, 16:24 PM

I have heard of giving them water with a tiny bit of prune or orange juice, my HV just told me to give water, but make sure it is cooled boiled water. She also told me to give it in a sterilised syringe rather than a bottle as it apparently works better for wind.

bigbetty · Aug 20th, 2011, 16:34 PM

As others have said it's fine to give 1 or 2 oz to aid constipation - I gave Fran some at 2 days old and it worked a treat xx

brittneyrose8 · Aug 20th, 2011, 18:25 PM

ive never heard of the orange juice trick but we use to put a little splash of prune juice in my daugters bottle and it always helped loosen things up

kiasuten · Aug 20th, 2011, 22:47 PM

my dr recommended i give LO a bottle (2oz) or 2 of water a day instead of formula at those times cuz he was eating too much. its okay if its only a little and not all day long.

Aug 20th, 2011, 15:13 PM	#1
kittycat18 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 3,992	4 week old drinking water and orange juice?? My daughter is only a month old tomorrow and was in Hospital the 8th to the 10th of July with chocking fits which turned out to be reflux and she also lost 2lb of her birth weight. She was being breastfed before she went into hospital but my milk supply had reduced and she just was not getting enough from me so the nurses on the children's ward suggested giving her formula milk to help her gain weight. She is getting Gaviscon in her formula feeds during the day and Carobel in her formula feeds during the night. On sunday she was constipated and I made the consultant aware of this at our appointment in paediatrics on Wednesday. She prescribed Lucia Lactulose only to be used if she was in distress with constipation. Well the student health visitor rang my house on Thursday morning and mum told her about the constipation. And she told me to give her water and orange juice... I was under the impression the the NHS did not advise you to give a newborn water incase of water intoxication and also not to give water and orange juice until they have started solid foods?

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annaandoli Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 122	I have no idea...sorry! Although if it was a student health visitor that advised this I would probably double check with another health visitor/nurse or even give the maternity ward a quick ring and ask them? x

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AtomicPink Mum (Mom) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 27,374	She would mean a tiny bit of water with a tiny bit of orange juice to help with constipation. Not like a bottle of the stuff But we never ever did it-we stuck with lactulose.

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Becky123 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: UK Posts: 1,884	She meant a tiny bit of water with orange juice from a freshly squeezed orange like literally the juice from half an orange squeezed into a bit of water. My health visitor also recommended this for constipation

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blondey Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Essex, UK Posts: 2,463	I have heard of this before, but I would be a bit careful, because of the reflux. The orange will be quite acidic, which could aggravate the reflux. In my opinion, I would stick with the lactulose. We used it for LO because she was on infant gaviscon and it worked a treat. After a couple of days we only had to use half the dosage. It's not very mediciny iykwim? It's basically a sugary solution. xx

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sophie22 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: north yorkshire. Posts: 1,805	ive been told to give water for constipation or sometimes they are just thirsty. a couple of ounzes he has had before.

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Cattia Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 6,749	I have heard of giving them water with a tiny bit of prune or orange juice, my HV just told me to give water, but make sure it is cooled boiled water. She also told me to give it in a sterilised syringe rather than a bottle as it apparently works better for wind.

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bigbetty Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Burton-On-Trent, UK Posts: 8,724	As others have said it's fine to give 1 or 2 oz to aid constipation - I gave Fran some at 2 days old and it worked a treat xx
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brittneyrose8 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Boston MA Posts: 23	ive never heard of the orange juice trick but we use to put a little splash of prune juice in my daugters bottle and it always helped loosen things up

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kiasuten Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA Posts: 648	my dr recommended i give LO a bottle (2oz) or 2 of water a day instead of formula at those times cuz he was eating too much. its okay if its only a little and not all day long.

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