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Calcium Rules
If you’re breast-feeding and you stop eating dairy products because

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your baby is sensitive to them, rest assured there are many other
ways to get adequate calcium in your diet. Besides calcium
supplements, you can also get calcium from green vegetables
(broccoli, leafy vegetables), sesame-seed butter, dark molasses,
fortified orange juice or soy milk, corn tortillas, etc.
Eliminating dairy foods from your diet is not a risk to your child.
However, if you stop dairy products for more than a few weeks,
speak to your doctor to make sure you’re meeting your body’s
calcium needs.
That’s why doctors often recommend bottle-fed babies switch from cow’s
milk formula to soy. Many babies improve by doing this, but as I noted
earlier, at least ten percent of milk-allergic babies are soy-allergic too.
These babies require a special, hypoallergenic formula; ask your doctor
about these.
Constipation: Interesting Ideas on a Dry Subject
Like grandma always said, “It’s important to stay regular,” and that’s
especially true for babies! Fortunately, breast-fed babies are almost
never constipated. They may skip a few days between poops, but even
then the consistency is pasty to loose. Bottle-fed babies, on the other
hand, do get constipated, but several commonsense approaches can
usually help rectify the problem:
• Change the formula—Sometimes changing your baby’s formula can
help resolve her constipation. Some infants have softer stools when
they drink concentrated formula versus powder (or vice versa);
others do better with cow’s milk formula versus soy; and, rarely,
some may improve with a switch to a low-iron formula.
• Dilute the mix—Your baby’s poops may improve when you add one
ounce of water or half an ounce of adult prune juice (organic is
best), once or twice a day, directly to the formula. (Never give

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babies under one year of age honey or corn syrup as a laxative.)
• Open the door—One last way to relieve constipation is to get your
baby to relax her anus. Infants who strain to poop often accidentally
tighten their anus. Like adults who can’t pat their heads and rub
their tummies at the same time, many babies have trouble
tightening their stomach muscles and relaxing their rectums
simultaneously.
Try getting your baby’s anus to “loosen up” by bicycling her legs
and massaging her bottom. If this fails, insert a Vaseline-greased
thermometer or Q-tip one inch into the anus. Babies usually respond
by trying to push it out, and they often push the poop out at the
same time.