I'm Annoyed!

I'm really annoyed right now. REALLY REALLY ANNOYED.

Kira is constipated. It's awful for many reasons:
- she's visibly struggling and uncomfortalbe
- there's nothing I can do to fix the problem quickly
- she cries randomly, and this includes during the night
She's been constipated for about 2 days. She pooped one little poop today, and one little poop yesterday. I don't really consider those real poops. I think her last real poop was on Friday.

I looked up "constipation" on one of my favorite websites for baby information, babycenter.com. Here is an excerpt:

[One reason why your baby may be constipated is] Eating too many low-fiber foods. If your child eats lots of milk, cheese, yogurt, or peanut butter, for instance, and not enough fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, she could wind up constipated. Avoid giving your child too many foods that have a binding effect. These include bananas, cooked carrots or squash, and large quantities of dairy products such as milk, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream. Two to three servings of dairy per day are adequate for a toddler.

When I read that, I pretty much blew a gasket.  Bananas, milk, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream are what she's been eating all weekend.  Why?  Why, you may ask, have I been feeding her these foods with BINDING EFFECTS???  B-E-C-A-U-S-E everything I've read, listed to, and understand says to give Kira milk and high calorie foods!  Do you know how much reading and web searching I've done?  Please see these previous posts: toddler foods, more links and resources.  

Kira used to drink at least 24 oz of formula every day.  It was her main source of nutrition.  It sustained her completely.  Now she's 12 months old, and everyone says she's ready for milk.  Okay.  But milk is going to be a main source of nutrition, right?  Kind of like how her formula was, right?  Many sources say to feed Kira 2-3 cups of milk per day; that's 16-24 oz per day.  Babycenter is particularly annoying to me because they also say 16-24 oz per day, HERE.  But they also say, HERE, 2-3 servings per day, where 1 serving is equal to 4 oz, which means 8-12 oz per day.  That's two different amounts!  Which one are they advocating???

Okay, so I realize babycenter is just a website.  Where I SHOULD be getting my information is from Kira's pediatrician.  Now, I'm annoyed with him.  Why didn't he explain milk?  Is milk her main source of nutrition now that she's done with formula?  At this point, I'm pretty sure the answer is no.  Well then, what is the main source of her nutrition?  I'm starting to realize the answer is: there is no "main source".  Ok, that's fine.  Well, then, what should she be eating???  He didn't explain this at all.  In fact, he confused me!  He said Kira is underweight and that I should be giving her "more fatty foods, such as butter and avocados"...and I think he said whole milk yogurt, too, but I'm not putting that in quotes because I'm not positive he said that.  I know he did mention whole milk yogurt as an example of what to feed to her instead of something else with a lower calorie content.  Furthermore, he suggested that I feed her higher calorie content foods INSTEAD of vegetables.  No warnings about constipation.  No warnings about anything!  

If he doesn't want to explain it to me, that's fine.  He could at least give me some guidelines.  What about the AAP?  Where are their guidelines?  Their website is totally useless.

I'm so annoyed right now.