please can anyone suggest what i can give my 2 year old daughter to stop her constipation.?

Question

Its been on for over a month and though i've increased her liquid intake its still the same. She doesnt like fruits but manages a little.

Answer 1

Prune Juice or Kaopectate.

Answer 2

The best and fastest thing which she wouldn't have to ingest would be a suposetory (sorry if mispelled). They have them for baby's/toddlers. It's very simple to insert, the only hard part is keeping it there for the amount of time neccessary for it to work. Hold her cheeks together to prevent her from pushing it out. She will go right away! I had colics and a lot of constipation as a child, and now that I am pregnant, you can imagine!! My mom always did this for me, and as an adult, I have done the same, seldom, but have done it and it works like a charm.
You can also try prune juice or prune baby food or bananas or pretty much anything high in fiber. Stay away from iron as it will only worsen the constipation.
Good luck, hope she is better soon!

Answer 3

Have you asked the doctor, usually increasing fluids should do the trick, try really hard to get her to eat more fruits they are the best to help constipation, especially mandarine oranges, also give her a few unsalted sunflower seeds, my daughter loves these(she is 2 also). Peaches are also really good to get the bowels softened up a bit. Cut out bananas and cheese. Don't give her castor oil without asking the doctor.

Answer 4

we are having the same problem with our 2 yr old daughter....for which we took her to the urgent care clinic......if at this point it's been a month since she has put out any major amounts you need to take her ASAP.

our daughter's x-rays showed she was backed up to nearly her stomach

do not give her a suppository.....the doctors put our daughter on Agarol and Colace.....both are very cheap over the counter meds that will act as a stool softener and laxative....our daughter was so severely constipated that she is now colace dependant and the doctors say it could months before her bowels are functioning correctly

take her to the doctor immediately

Answer 5

My son had the same problem. My doctor recommended apricot, pear and peach juices. He also said I could give him
1/2 tsp. of metamucil in a drink of some kind. Dried apricots and raisins work well. Don't feed her dairy products because they can clog. I also found that prunes don't work as well as other fruit because my son hates the taste of them and won't eat/drink them. Main thing is try to increase the fiber and decrease white breads, pasta and dairy.

Answer 6

Constipation in Children:

The cause could also be emotional. Is your toddler going through a negative phase or emotional upset that may cause reluctance to have a bowel movement? When a person is upset, his or her intestinal functions may be upset, showing either diarrhea or constipation.

Your child may not be drinking enough water and/or fluids. Consider giving your child 2 to 3 extra glasses of water or dilute juice (¼ juice to ¾ water) a day.

Not enough fiber (fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains) in your child's diet.

treat constipation

Not drinking enough fluids is also a subtle contributor to problems with constipation, especially in the very young and very old.
Add more fiber foods to child's diet. Fiber softens the stools by drawing water into them, making them bulkier and easier to pass. Fiber foods for older babies are bran cereals, graham crackers, whole-grain breads and crackers, and high-fiber vegetables such as peas, broccoli, and beans.

Get moving. Exercise improves digestion and speeds the passage of food through the intestines. A moving body gets the bowels moving, too.

Flax seed meal (ground flax seeds) is an even a better laxative than flax oil since it contains fiber. They look similar to finely ground bran flakes and mix well with soupy cereal, or even better, added to a high-fiber smoothie .
Dosage of flax seed meal:
Toddlers: one tablespoon a day

Make a smoothie. An easy way to get lots of fiber and laxative foods into your child is by making a stool-softening smoothie

Answer 7

Dealing with constipation is one of the things that my parents really have trouble with my two year old sister. They generally try to give her less dairy products because we found that constant intake of cheese made it harder for her.
Also, she loves prune juice. Raisins and grapes work well too.

If her constipation does not get any better, talk to your Pediatrician. My sister takes this powder that you can put in a drink. It works fast and really well. I can't remember the exact name of it, but I know it started with Glyco.

I hope this helps & good luck!

Answer 8

It always helped my son to sneak some prune juice into his cup. Not a lot or you will give her diarrhea, but just like a tablespoon twice a day or so.

Answer 9

Is she going through potty training ? I know that when some kids are that they will refuse to have a bowel movement. Try putting a tablespoon of dark it has to be dark corn syrup in her drink it will help trust me

Answer 10

I gave my son fennel tea. You can buy it at Whole Foods. It tastes like licorice. Very tasty and good smelling. When he was a baby he drank it out of a bottle inbetween his meals (instead of water). Fennel tea is good against gas, bloating, all kinds of digestion problems. Check out this website:
http://www.helpforibs.com/teas/fennel.asp or just google fennel tea. In my country most of the babies grow up with fennel tea. :-)