Okay, now I will try to answer your questions and give you some helpful tips...
Lactulose should be split up into 3x/day rather than one big dose.....This will help with the diarrhea and then constipation issues that you're encountering.
The amount of lactulose should be completely dependent on your baby having 2 soft but formed stools. Not firm and not diarrhea..You can adjust up or down by .5 ml...The only side effect to this is diarrhea. It may take some time to get the dosage just right.
In the simplest terms, lactulose pulls the toxins from the blood into the colon where it can be passed from the body. Giving lactulose 3x/day to achieve 2 Soft stools per day is extremely important. You can give the lactulose with meals.
Another important thing is to give small, frequent meals. 4-6 meals is preferred if at all possible. This helps lighten the load on the liver...You mustn't let your baby eat as much as he wants at each meal b/c basically he will overdose on protein...This will cause your baby to refuse food at the next meal and have symptoms...Split up the food into 4-6 meals.
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