help!!!! 6 month old baby having hard time pooping...??????

Question

i don't know what to do, i don't really want to give him a bunch of meds to help him poop easier, i want to try something natural first. the thing is he does poop but he crys a lot while straining and his poop is hard (sorry i know it sounds gross...) both of us bearly get any sleep at night and during the day i can't do much cuz he's always strainig and crying... PLEASE HELP I DUNNO WHAT TO DO....

Answer 1

Ok, baby's get constipated too so heres what you do. Go get some prune juice and dilute it with water or you'll have one heck of a mess on your hands. Lay baby on his back and grab his ankles and push his knees up toward his chest and down a little onto his tummy. It helps to get the poop out. Do this repeatedly as it will not help it make it's way out but it also soothes baby while it's happening. Also, to help avoid this in the future, when baby needs a drink during the day, give water instead of milk or formula or breast milk. Water is good!

Answer 2

I have a 6 month old daughter that was doing the same thing. They now have her on a medicine that she takes in her formuls every day. And it has helped alot. She does not strain and cry anymore. I feel so much better for her. Before that I gave her juice and baby foods. But if you give them prunes in baby food, or prune juice. That will help too. But she was straining and pushing so hard that it made her bottom raw. So I talked to her doctor, and he perscribed her that. I did not like the meds either. But I did not want her to go through the pain. They say that if they get used to that while they are growing up, then when they get a little bit older that they will try and hold it, and that it would cause problems in the future. So have a talk with the doctor. Good Luck!

Answer 3

you baby is constipated. if he is on a bottle and the poop is hard it will pass, if he is breastfed and it's hard you might want to go to your doc. Try eating dried prunes and raisins that could help the baby poop easier. Also what you could do is put some olive oil or petroleum jelly (olive oil works Better) on a q-tip and gently stick it into his anus when you expect that he is trying to go, you can do this up to 5 times a day but don’t over use it. You can also put a little boiled water in a syringe and once again gently push it into his anus, that will water down the poop and allow it to pass easier, but that can be done about 2 times a day. Good luck

Answer 4

My 2nd daughter had issues with this too, I would take and lay her on her back with an open diaper undernieth her (yeah a little gross but it works better that way) and I would pump her legs back and forth, and massage her tummy. A little bit of vasiline on her and around that area to smooth the way ;) I also would give my daughter juice regularly, prune juice helps in a pinch but if you start giving him juice (4oz a day a couple hours before his normal poop time) everyday it will help ease this problem. It was a daily ritual for us for a little while and although not fun, for some reason she needed help?! Good luck... oh and sometimes if I needed too I'd just leave her bare butt for a little while on a big towel and let her move around without a diaper and that helped move things around too.

Answer 5

The best thing you can do is give him some prune or apple juice, but no more than 4oz's in a 24 hr period. It doesn't take much, and it really works quite quickly...the same day. If your baby is already on baby food then do try either applesauce or prunes, it will get things running smoothly again.

If this is a continious problem be sure to take the baby to the doctor because it could be something more serious.

Answer 6

Avocados are a great first food. I don't know why people think baby foods are the only thing to give a baby. My daughter began with eating them only a couple of foods in. She also had problems with hard poop at first. Pears fix that up fairly quickly. I cut my daughter's pears in half. Microwave for five to ten seconds to soften and make it easier for me to peel. Then a mash very well with a fork. Sweet potatoes and butternut squash are also insanely easy to try. They also freeze well, too.

Answer 7

I also have a 6 month old who had the same problem. My grandma told me to mix 1 tablespoon of brown sugar with 120ml water and give it to baby. It worked better than I could have imagined!! Lots of people say to give your baby natural juices. It does work but you will still be up all night because it will upset baby's stomach. If you use this information please remember only use brown sugar not white sugar.

Answer 8

A few spoonfuls of prunes is what he needs. They sell them in the baby isle by various brands as one of the stage 1 single ingredient foods. Or, you can try gerbers prune apple juice...water it down half juice half water only about two ounces are needed during the day. Also, you may want to do some diet changes if hes on solids, I find barley cereal isn't as binding as rice. Even if hes formula fed, if hes on milk based you may want to try soy. Talk to his pediatrician. Good Luck! My little boy does the same thing without his prunes hes a miserable little boy, even every other day helps in his case. You may want to start on every day until his bowels are regulated.

Answer 9

DON'T USE KYRO ... it's pure corn syrup. This might do the trick, but it's not good for the baby because it's pure sugar. Take that one person's advice...applesauce or applejuice. His poop will come out nice and soft. Before I discovered this, Embra's poop was one big turd and he wasn't even 4 months old yet :(

Answer 10

My friends mom ( who knows her stuff ) told me to softly put a q - tip in there.
I did, and an 16 inch frozen rope of poop shot across the changing table and landed at the same time, like a baton. I'll never forget that.