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3week old constipated baby girl :(

So my daughter is 3 weeks old and has been.constipated since i brought her home from the hospital.. well yesterday the doctor gave her merilax(prob spelled tht wrong) and one once of apple juice twice daily. Now she is having running watery poo and cryin alot when she is awake. Doc said they would call me to check her and give me further instructions but no one gave me the measaged that they called and its friday so they arent open tomorrow. And im a very worried first time mommy :( also running on only a few hours of sleep 20-30 mins here and there for 3 days .. :(
Im breaking. Help! Any advise anyone?
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Well that is neat girl.
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I have so many Indian friends who got kids and they always give me some tips for baby care and I trust them that's I tried this carom seed water n its working for my little man, I hope you find Asian shop over there. Also this is a herbal thing so no side effect, u just have to measure the right quantity.
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Also she was def havin diaherra because it was like water and was def constipated before because it was thick and forming little balls.  Sorry tmi
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Also she was def havin diaherra because it was like water and was def constipated before because it was thick and forming little balls.  Sorry tmi
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No asian shop near me but ill look around for it.. sounds very interesting! How did u learn about that ? :)
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Carom seeds u can find from any Asian (Indian/Pakistani) grocery shop. It's called AJWAIN in HIndi language, I don't know if u have any Asian shop around where u live? U need to put 1/2 tea spoon carom seeds in 1.5 ltr water n boil it nicely and when it's cool down, use this water for your formula milk I mean add milk powder in this water. It really helps luckily for my son its working very well good luck
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What is carmon seeds and what do u do?
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Hi! I have a 4 1/2 weeks old son and he had the same problem since we came home from hospital and I really gave up but then I started giving him carom seeds which is really helpful n now he is doing great. If u want to try that for a day n see the difference I can tell you how to give that......good luck
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Oh poor baby girl, miralax and apple juice probably gave her bad stomach cramps, I really don't know what to advice you but if I would be in this situation I would stop giving her miralax an apple juice till she recovers from those cramps, and if later she still has constipation try a smaller doze of apple juice, I know prune juice helps also but have no idea if it's safe for a 3 week old, and also it might not be a diarrhea, just a regular baby poop, it supposed to be runny and yellow in color and be kinda seedy texture, sorry for too much details, if your baby poop looks like this then its normal, she just has hard time passing it through.
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