2Y4M 31W1D 便秘には To ease Takara's constipation

タカラはまた便秘になった。よく食べてくれるからと、離乳食を上げ過ぎているかもしれないと反省。試した便秘解消法は・・・。

１．便秘が治るまでは離乳食の量を減らす（おっぱいの量が増えることで離乳食開始前のような軟らかいのになれば良し。）

２．日本から買ってきたベビーフードばかり上げていたので、スターチー過ぎた？にんじんとバナナを少しだけ上げることにする。

３．特に与えていなかったが、水を少し飲ませる。

４．プルーンをピューレにしたものをあげる。

５．自転車をこぎ体操をしてあげる。

６．極めつけは・・・

出そうで出なくて苦しんでいる時にオムツを開けると、おなかに冷気があたるからか、足を持ち上げることで、自転車こぎ体操と同じ体勢になるからか、その場で出ることが何回かあった。ところが、土曜日は同じ状況でも、ちょっとだけ出てくるのに、いきみきれずにまた戻ってしまうという事が続いた。（私は生中継で見ている訳だ。）

硬そうだし、これはまずいと思い、最後の手段を実践した。Jasonには「虐待になる」から止めろと言われていたし、英国のサイトでもしないようにと書いてあったが、日本のサイトでは、赤ちゃんの便秘対処法として紹介されている。オイルを塗った綿棒をほんの少し入れて刺激する。

効果は抜群で、瞬時に誘発された。ただ、長い間溜めていたので、硬くて太くて、痛そう。タカラは、泣き叫びながら押し出していて、あまりにもかわいそうなので、最後はウンチを引っ張り出してあげちゃった。ちょっと出血も。

大変な試練だったけど、出口を塞いでいた「栓」がなくなると、その後2回、次の日は離乳食改善の効果も現れてか、軟らかいのを大量に2回した。すっきりしたようなので、プルーンはやめて、離乳食も水分大目で再開。ところが、昨日から、一日に5回も6回も液体状のをするようになってしまった。お尻も荒れてかわいそう…。いったいどうしたらいいの？

土曜日、Jasonの幼馴染のキンベリー達とWappingのTurks Headでランチ。Turks Headの、

アラタをかわいがってくれたシルバン

の従妹がまだ働いていて、私達を覚えていてくれた。隣の公園ではアラタカラそろってブランコ。ここのカフェ、子連れにはやはりとてもよい。

Takara has been constipated again. I think I gave him too much solids as he eats very well and I kept feeding him without thinking much. I've decided to try the followings to ease his constipation.

1. Reduce the amount of solids and make him take more breastmilk. Hopefully, his poo will go back to the soft or liquid one.

2. Stop using ready made baby food I bought back from Japan. I must have relied on it too much. They must be a bit too starchy, I think. Instead, give him small amounts of pureed bananas and carrots.

3. Give him some water after meal.

4. Give him some pureed prune.

5. Move his legs in cycling motion in clockwise.

6. And as a last resort....

If I open his nappies when Takara is trying hard to push, he often manages to do it. It's probably because he has some cool air on his tummy or it causes the same muscle movements as I move his legs in cycling motion. But on Saturday, even this trick didn't work. I could see one end of a poo nearly coming out but Takara couldn't push hard enough and went back. (I saw everything in live!)

It looked quite hard and I felt I had to do something drastic. And I did it. Jason told me not to do 'this' as it's a child abuse! On U.K. web sites, they also said not to do it. But on Japanese sites, it's introduced as one of the things we could do to treat constipation. Well, it's to stimulate a oil soaked cotton bud.

It worked immediately. It definitely stimulated the bowel movement very well. But unfortunately, his poo was too hard. He pushed very hard screaming.... I felt sorry for him and pulled out the last bit with my fingers!

It must have been such an ordeal but after the 'plug' was gone, he could manage to do two more. The changes of solids started to make different on the following day and he did two big soft ones. It looked most of the hard bits were cleared and we stopped giving him pureed prune and re-started his solids with more liquid. But he's started to do very liquidity poo all the time! Since yesterday, more than 5 times a day, he poos but not solid at all! His bottom has become red and looks very sore... What shall I do now.....

On Sunday, we went to Turks Head in Wapping to have lunch with Jason's friend, Kimberly and her partner Grant. One of the waitresses remembered us. She is a distant cousin of

Sirvan, who looked after Arata when we went there often.

There is a park and playground next to the cafe and I still think it's one of the best cafes for those with children. Aratakara were on swing side by side for the first time.