My 6 months old daughter is constipated. We called the doctor and they suggested Prune Juice. She doesn't like the Prune Juice and it's really difficult to get her drink even 1 ounce. She seems to like Prunes in the baby food form. Applesauce is what "stopped" her up and the doctor said to steer clear of that, carrots, and bananas until she's normal again. Other than prunes/prune juice, what else can we give her? We just started her on stage 1 foods on her 6 months birthday and we don't want to completely stop feeding her solids but we definately want her feeling better and back to normal a.s.a.p.
2006-12-19 06:38:07 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
We had diluted the prune juice with water when we gave it to her. She likes Apple Juice (diluted with water) but we gave that to her first for a couple of days before calling the doctor and nothing happened. She's not eating rice cereal anymore, sometimes oatmeal but not much since we started fruits and veggies.
2006-12-19 07:32:47 · update #1
Massage your baby's belly. Measure three finger-widths below her navel and apply gentle but firm pressure with your fingertips. Press until you feel a firmness or mass. Maintain gentle but constant pressure for about three minutes.
• If you feed your baby formula, ask her doctor about switching to a different brand. Some babies are less constipated on soy formula. And sometimes adding a teaspoon of Karo corn syrup to the formula also does the trick.
• Switch from rice cereal to barley or oat cereal, or add fruits or vegetables to her regular cereal, once your baby is ready for them.
• ask her doctor if you can boost her fiber intake by adding a teaspoon of bran to her cereal. Cut down on constipating foods like rice, bananas, and cooked carrots, and try mixing her cereal with a little bit of apple or prune juice or a few tablespoons of pureed prunes, apricots, or pears to help loosen her bowel movements.
• Increase the amount of fluid your baby drinks to help keep her stools soft. start by giving her 1 ounce of prune juice diluted with 1 ounce of water, twice a day. As her constipation improves, you can cut back.
2006-12-19 07:09:18 · answer #1 · answered by Kristin Pregnant with #4 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-18 02:33:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My niece struggled with constipation after commencing solids. My sister never provides her daughter rice cereal, bananas, or apple sauce because of the fact they're constipating. as a substitute supply "p" ingredients like prunes, peaches, or pears. Breast milk is a organic laxative so supply extra breast milk than juice. My daughter is two months youthful than my niece so I asked my daughter's GI physician what to do exactly in case. She advised me all the above information and to no longer possibly supply juice aside from possibly jumbled in with cereal. She additionally advised me that breast fed babies on occasion only poop each and every 3-4 days, yet to be demanding if there is various straining then convey her back in.
2016-10-05 12:31:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pears, peaches, green beans, peas, all are good with fiber.
For my son, pears always seemed to work-more gentle on his system than the prunes also.
Check the back label of the baby food-choose one thats higher than 1 gram of fiber in it. Also, don't feed her rice cereal. Oatmeal cereal is less binding and if you want, mix it with warmed prune juice instead of formula/breastmilk. That works now for my little guy and he gobbles it right up.
Also-try a warm bath and then exercise her legs to help move it out. Good luck
2006-12-19 06:47:18 · answer #4 · answered by Jamie S 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
When my daughter was constipated, I mixed the prune juice with formula because she wouldn't drink it otherwise. That worked well.
With my son, lots of pears (baby food in a jar, I mean) always worked. My doctor had said pear juice could also work. It's hard to find, but if you have a Whole Foods near you, you should be able to find it in the baby food section -- Earth's Best brand.
2006-12-19 08:27:22 · answer #5 · answered by KL 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you are breastfeeding at all, breastmilk is the best thing to get things regulated again.
Maybe she needs a little plain water with her solids. Do NOT add sugar or suryp or anything like that to her water.
Does she eat cereal? Baby cereal, especally rice, is notoriously constipating (though it was never a problem for my ds).
At this point it would not hurt at all to stop all solids for a few days to a week until her pooping is back to normal.
2006-12-19 06:47:07 · answer #6 · answered by doxhaelend 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would stick with just prunes to help with de-constipating her. I would have thought that with just one serving of prunes, it would have done the trick? Water is also good for this. DON'T give her anything like whole-grain, bran, etc. She is too young to be eating any foods like that. The prunes really should work here soon!!!
2006-12-19 06:46:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The nurse that comes for weekly visits to my home told me that if you need something to help with constipation, mix 1 part apple juice with 3 parts water throughout the day and that should help.
2006-12-19 14:29:36 · answer #8 · answered by erica_hefner 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I give my daughter prune juice and apple juice. I also try givong her the prune baby food.
2006-12-19 08:44:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try giving her cheerio's they are whole grain which helps with a bowel movement, give her high fiber foods and plenty to drink, water if she'll drink it.
Once we started feeding my daughter solids she went from having a bowel movement 3 or 4 times a day to just one or two. Also instead of being very soft, it was more solid.
2006-12-19 06:49:36 · answer #10 · answered by momoftwo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋