What remedy can a 2 year old baby take to relieve painfull bowel movements?

Answer 1

Fruits but no bananas. Fruits with the peel left on, such as plums, prunes, raisins, apricots, and peaches, have a lot of fibre.

Cut back on milk and dairy products...have your child sip water.
Massage lower stomach and move feet in bicycle motion. Warm bath will help...and practice normal bowel movements even when your child doesn't feel the need to go. Have them sit on the potty for 5 minutes same time everyday.

Other sources..

Offer fluids, fluids, fluids Plain water is definitely the best choice. Your child needs to have a cup of water available to sip on. When you get a drink for yourself, offer your child a drink. One way to tell if s/he is getting enough fluids is to look at the urine — it needs to be a very light shade of clear yellow. The darker the urine, the more likely s/he is not taking in enough water.

Similarly, do not wait till your child, or yourself for that matter, is thirsty. If someone is thirsty, s/he is already dehydrated, so offer it before. Just keep that bottled water or thermos handy.

Up the fruit 'n fiber
Add a bit more fiber into his or her food choices with whole grain breads, crackers, cereal, and lots of whole fruit (e.g., prunes, pears, plums). A healthy eating plan for a two-year-old includes (fyi: minimum serving size for toddlers is approximately one tablespoon per year of age or ¼ of an adult serving per year of age):



4 servings of grains — one serving equals 2 tablespoons of cooked rice, pasta, or cereal, or ½ slice of bread

2 servings of fruits — one serving equals 2 tablespoons of fresh or canned fruit, or fruit sauce

2 servings of vegetables — one serving equals 2 tablespoons of cooked vegetables

Avoid offering your child bran, however — your two-year-old is too young for that fiber source.

Cut back on constipating foods
These may include rice, cooked carrots, bananas, cheese, and yogurt.

Get on the move
Your two-year-old needs a reasonable amount of exercise time and movement — running, jumping, time with playground equipment, etc. Being a couch tater tot will increase the tendency to be constipated.

Give just enough milk
Stick with no more than 2 - 3 six-ounce cups of milk a day. Exceeding this amount may encourage more constipation. It's thought that constipation due to dairy products may be a form of allergy to the protein in milk; the sugar component (lactose) and fat percentage doesn't seem to make a difference in constipation.

If your child is still constipated with 2 - 3 cups of milk a day, cut back to 1 - 2 cups daily. If s/he is still having trouble with constipation, try a different source of calcium, protein, and fat; you can try soy or rice milk, although soy can often be an allergy source in children, as well.

Schedule some potty time
Try popping your child on the potty for five to ten minutes after each meal — sit yourself down as well, and make yourself comfortable while you chat or read a book to your child. This designated potty time can allow your child a calm routine to look forward to, where s/he can learn to relax and let nature take its course.

Some guidelines of when to head straight to your health care provider include:


1½ - 2 weeks have passed, and none of the simple fixes listed above is working.
Your child has gone three days or more without having a stool.
Your child is experiencing ongoing, unrelenting abdominal or rectal pain.
Your child passes blood in the stool.
Your child is occasionally leaking stool.
Your child is vomiting or has diarrhea.
Your child develops a fever.

Your health care provider may suggest using medication to help soften your child's stools. Do not use these products without consulting your provider first.

Answer 2

The first point of call is your GP. The toddler shouldn't have to suffer the pain. It is important to get a quick remedy first and the doctor will help with this. It may be that he/she has an illness and this must be diagnosed if that is the case.

The next stage is to look at the family's diet. Obviously the toddler is eating the same food as you. An adult's digestive system can put up with far more than an infant or baby can.

Speak to the health visitor about the diet. Also there are plenty of useful programmes on TV about the family's diet (i.e. You Are What You Eat) and you'll be surprised at what you an learn from this.

Answer 3

I know this is a bit old fashioned, but get some Karo syrup, mix about a table spoon with some milk, or water. That will relieve them within a few hours. Also they make baby suppositories you can get at the pharmacy, for constipation. You can also massage their lower abdomen and lay them on their back flat on the floor, sit in front of them and gently fold their legs up to their tummy a few times, this helps best when they first start going to kind of push out the bowels a little easier.

Answer 4

A two year old child should not be having painful bowel movements - you need to sort out its diet.

Answer 5

Water and fibre are the two best things. The longer the poo stays in the body the more water is absorbed from it making it harder. Fibre will encourage it to move through the body quicker making it softer when it comes out. Water will help make it nice & soft to start with.
Good luck with it.

Answer 6

Chamomile and fennel oil rubbed gently into the tummy is the best remedy for baby bowel problems, and its entirely safe for them. Very weak chamomile or fennel tea is ok for them too, but you'll probably have trouble getting them to drink it.

Answer 7

my son had this problem. You must be very careful as this may lead to a dislike of going to the toilet altogether. If you have checked that his diet is healthy and the doctor has checked him out, go to a chemist and ask for a stool softener for children. Its a sweet liquid that helps lots.

Answer 8

Homeopathy has good and safe remedies, but you will need advice from a good homeopath. Liquid paraffin is safe for adults but I am not sure for children. It is not actually a medicine but lubricates the stool. Check with your doctor about is safety for kids.

Answer 9

In an emergency(if they are in agony and crying) you can buy small glycerine supposatories from the chemist,they work in about 10 minutes.

Then plenty of drinks,and try to get some fibre into them so it doesnt happen again.

Answer 10

gently massage his tummy, ask at
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show u how to do it and, they even have
classes.
this will relieve any constipation , colic & help your
baby grow healthy.

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