Baby’s paed and surgeon had warned us many times that one of the causes of UTI is constipation. Constipation will put pressure on the bladder and the unmoved wastes in the guts contain bacteria. Thus it’s very important that she moves her bowels everyday. Unfortunately, Baby has been suffering from constipation for the past few months. I suspect that this is one of the causes of the bacteria in her urine lately. I would not say that she had a UTI coz she has no fever, no vomiting and is well. Only her urine looked cloudy and smelled foul.
Last week when we brought Baby to the paed, he prescribed her with these stuff to help regulate Baby’s bowel movement:
Restore probiotics (which is freaking costly!), Lactulose syrup, Novalac formula for constipated toddlers and enema. So far, I have not used this enema on Baby. I have been feeding Baby with psyllium husk twice a day (1/2 teaspoon each time) and thank God, her bowel movement is quite regular now. I may continue Baby on Novalac (skimmed cow’s milk) since she is accepting it quite well.
wow..does she like raisins or sultanas? I find these really help my lil guy poop like nobody’s business…all nice n soft.
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i’m surprised. with her healthy diet, she still constipates ? I hope this is just a passing phase coz i remember Amber constipated very badly for some time when she was abt 2 yrs old altho’ we fed her pears, kiwis and prune juice.