18months old baby suffering from constipation?

Question

my sister had twins in May 2005 and they were preemies (born at the end of the seventh month) (they are 18months old now) . one of them had severe colics for about 5 months and she's been suffering since then from constipation..any suggestions please to help this baby. thank you.

Answer 1

Give the baby some juice apple grape and prune work the best. You could also try to massage the babies belly and rotate the babies legs up to her stomach like she is riding a bicycle.

Good luck!!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Is she breast feeding? That cows milk can be very constipating. I realize that she has twins and they may be difficult to breast feed. There is a baby enema on the market called baby lax. it works really well. After that, I would change the baby's milk, and make sure they eat plenty of fruits and veggies.
Have they been recently prescribed antibiotics? The doctor gave my daughter some antibiotics. (she is two years old) They gave her diarrhea and killed all of her good bacteria that lives in the intestines. After this she became constipated and was scared to boo boo because it hurt. We are still coaching her 6 months later.

Answer 4

The child's diet is deficient in Magnesium. You almost cannot even overdose on it. The GI tract absorbs what it needs, then eliminates the rest, causing stools be looser if too much is ingested. Ask your pediatrician, although he'll probably tell you you're full of it...lol. This is true, though. I have taken Magnesium myself and can adjust as needed. Hope this helps. The diet is probably too high in iron, believe it or not, children accumulate it. I would back off the Poly vi sol with iron!

Answer 5

Yes Colic can be stressful My family uses Dr. Dewees colic medicine its the best and for constipation she should use castoria i think about a teaspoon might help

Answer 6

My son suffered from constipation constantly as an infant. His doctor suggested putting KARO dark syrup in the milk or formula he was drinking. It helped to naturally loosen the bowels. Just put 1/2 oz to 8 oz. milk or formula. We also used simethicone drops. AND occasionally suppositories.

Answer 7

I tried everything with my daughter and nothing work home remedies to anything that was said to me I took her to a specialist and he prescirbed MYRA LAX and that has helped her until now she is going to be 3years old in a couple of months and she is still in treatment to correct the constipation and of course in a balance diet!

Answer 8

ok dont freek i had the same problem when i was months old and 1 through 3 its just the intestines are going slower because he/she is little its pretty normal.They just call it a poopy problem,and all you do is go to the docters ok... and theyll give you a powder medicine that breaks up the poop and it will go through there intestines better.All you do put water or juice or any other drink and stir it in the bottle its kinda like a fiber drink its called stoull softener and they come in pills for adults!!!just incase.GOODLUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

being only 5 months old i wouldn't give them juice... especially being colicy. what worked with my son was a suppository (they have baby laxatives in the drugstores, if they are still very tiny, just break the suppository in half) you just insert it in their tiny bums and hold it there for about 5-15 minutes and viola!! end of constipation!

Answer 10

add a prune to boiling water and then heat it till the mixture is reduced to 1/4 th of the priginal to make a prune juice...this really helps..

also give lots of fluids and juices..u can even try mashed banana/banana made into a paste...