Today LM went in for a sweat test. A sweat test is used to rule out diseases like Cystic Fibrosis, of which constipation is a common ailment.
My DH took LM to the lab at the hospital for the test. The staff there were fantastic as usual and the test went smoothly and quickly. It wasn't scary or invasive. They had recommended that LM bring some toys/snacks/books to pass the time while he did the sweat test but he and DH barely had time to put together the puzzle they had brought before the machine had collected enough sweat for the test. Perfect. :)
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Two Week Update
Things are going well!
LM is having regular DAILY bowel movements without pain or blood. He is not running to me crying when he has to go anymore; instead he comes and tells me. Soon he'll be going all on his own!
We have made 2:45pm our time to go and have him sit on the toilet if he hasn't had a BM yet by that point in the day. I have him sit there for 10 minutes, and usually something will happen then. I am so glad!
We have switched fully over to whole wheat pasta - the Great Value brand (Walmart) tastes great! I've started putting whole wheat flour into our baking (biscuits last night) and fibre is always at the forefront of our thoughts about food. I kept track of every gram of fibre that first week and it was very easy to slip into it becoming a habit and to just know when we'd gotten enough fibre into the day.
All snacks are now fibre filled, and that is where we get the bulk (haha) of our fibre as the kids don't really eat much at mealtimes.
I am now working on the kids to start drinking more again; LM loves cups with straws and our 2 year old drinks much better from sippy cups than open-topped cups, so we've had to go back to those kinds of cups. This is kind of a big thing for me because I don't like sippy cups, and at age 1 we start giving our kids normal cups to drink from. However, this is a medical situation that I don't want to struggle with anymore, so sippy cups it is, for as long as the kids want them. At least the sippy manufacturers are making some cups to look more like travel mugs than sippies - I really really appreciate that. Our kids each have one in their own colour - even our 8 year old and 7 year old each have one. We bought them for a road trip last summer, and now they are being used on a daily basis by the younger kids. And I am going to stop making a big deal about cups right NOW. :D
Anyway, things are going well on our quest for more fibre. LM is down to just the Lax-A-Day once per day, and we have not had to increase the dose at all, which is something that the nurse said might happen.
YAY! :D
LM is having regular DAILY bowel movements without pain or blood. He is not running to me crying when he has to go anymore; instead he comes and tells me. Soon he'll be going all on his own!
We have made 2:45pm our time to go and have him sit on the toilet if he hasn't had a BM yet by that point in the day. I have him sit there for 10 minutes, and usually something will happen then. I am so glad!
We have switched fully over to whole wheat pasta - the Great Value brand (Walmart) tastes great! I've started putting whole wheat flour into our baking (biscuits last night) and fibre is always at the forefront of our thoughts about food. I kept track of every gram of fibre that first week and it was very easy to slip into it becoming a habit and to just know when we'd gotten enough fibre into the day.
All snacks are now fibre filled, and that is where we get the bulk (haha) of our fibre as the kids don't really eat much at mealtimes.
I am now working on the kids to start drinking more again; LM loves cups with straws and our 2 year old drinks much better from sippy cups than open-topped cups, so we've had to go back to those kinds of cups. This is kind of a big thing for me because I don't like sippy cups, and at age 1 we start giving our kids normal cups to drink from. However, this is a medical situation that I don't want to struggle with anymore, so sippy cups it is, for as long as the kids want them. At least the sippy manufacturers are making some cups to look more like travel mugs than sippies - I really really appreciate that. Our kids each have one in their own colour - even our 8 year old and 7 year old each have one. We bought them for a road trip last summer, and now they are being used on a daily basis by the younger kids. And I am going to stop making a big deal about cups right NOW. :D
Anyway, things are going well on our quest for more fibre. LM is down to just the Lax-A-Day once per day, and we have not had to increase the dose at all, which is something that the nurse said might happen.
YAY! :D
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