Benefiber

[Anonymous]

Seth is usually constipated and struggles with his BMs. He has also recently been telling us his bottom hurts. I asked his ped. about it today and she suggested 1 teaspoon of Benefiber twice a day. I thought I have seen where some of you have had success with this. Does that sound like a reasonable dose and is it truly tasteless? She suggested I add it to his rice milk (or per my other post do a Lactaid trial since she thinks the rice milk is backing him up). I don’t know which one to try.

[Anonymous]

All of my children get consitpated on Rice Milk. In fact I always keep one on hand in case they have diarrhea because it binds them right up.

As for Benefiber, yes it truly is tasteless. You can add it to any liquid or pureed food. I put it in Myles oatmeal. I usually only give him 1/2 tsp once per day, but he’s quite a bit younger than Seth. I’d probably start with a lower dose first and see if it helps, then you can work your way up if it’s not enough.

The Lactaid trial sounds like a good idea. If he could handle that than maybe his consitpation issue will resolve on it’s own.

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

We use benefibre. It used to work really well for Hailey, but lately she’s been struggling to go no matter how much we give. I’ve given as little as a tsp a day, up to almost 2tbsp! (which is a lot)

It is completely tasteless and textureless so it doesn’t matter what you add it to, but best to do it in a liquid.

It does give Hailey some wicked gas.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the replies. Does it usually work immediately? I am wondering if it would be a good idea to give it a night or not.

[Anonymous]

I usually give it to Myles in the morning and it usually works in about 8 – 24 hours. It seems to depend on how long he’d been constipated. I never gave it to him at bedtime because I wouldn’t want him to have a big ‘ol poop in the middle of the night.

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