my son is 7months he's constipated wat shall i do to help him.?

Answer 1

prune juice, prune baby food, orange juice

Answer 2

You can always make a homemade enema with warm water and a teaspoon of liquid soap, preferably antibacterial soap. All you do is mix a cup of warm water with a teaspoon of soap in a squeezable bottle. You can use a nose sucker. Just put the mix in a bowl, then suck it up into the nose sucker. Apply a small amount of petroleum jelly or anything like it that will help lubricate the nose sucker or whatever you are using. Insert the tip in the rectal area and squeeze the contents into the rectal area. Give it about half an hour and see if that allows the baby to go. If this does not work, contact the baby's pediatrician.

Answer 3

If the baby is on solids already their is nothing wrong with a jar of prunes. (Gerber stage 1 or 2)Works everytime. My doctor told me this is what to do. Only give one jar every few days. Too much and you will get the opposite effect

Bananas constipate. My daughter has the opposite problem and I was told no fruit juice and only let her have bananas as fruit because bananas harden not soften the BM.

Do not use fruit juice. It contains sugars that will give your child diarreah

Do not use laxatives


Also found this on the net:
Often, just giving the baby as much as two ounces of water once or twice a day is all that is needed to soften the stools. For infants who are already on solid foods (five months or older), pureed prunes are another good way to treat constipation.

Answer 4

If this isn't a longterm problem, Karo syrup works, and prunes. Also, avoid bananas, applesauce, rice white bread and mashed potatoes. Fruits, such as pears, peaches and vegies likes, peas, beans, brocoli can all help. WE use oatmeal as our cereal because it has 1 gram of fiber in it. Plenty of water is also good. If you do the juice route, buy standard juice and then mix it 50/50 with water. My son has had very little juice that wasn't watered down. The suppositorys are also fine, but consult your pediatrician for the correct dosage. My son had cronic consitipation, so we ended up using a prescription after all other avenues did not work. My younger son now has had the opposite problem, but I had the tools to fix that one. Apple and Pear juice are great to. Even though both my sons are doing fine now, I still really encourage fiber intake to avoid the misery my eldest felt for so many months, plus it is good for them in the long run.

Answer 5

From birth my youngest daughter has struggled with bouts of constipation. The best thing that i have found is Lactulose, this is a stool softener and can be purchased over the counter of any pharmacy (also good for adults too) - i have always found this very effective. I also place vaseline around her bum just to help soften.

If you do the above along with extra water it should solve the problem. (i have tried apple and orange juice and they didn't work for her. I also heard that aired water with a little sugar in was good but this didn't seem to work either).

Good luck and hope this helps x

Answer 6

Laying them on their back and moving their legs in a cycling motion gently puts pressure on the intestine, can stimulate bowel movement. Massaging the baby's tummy can help. Rub a little baby oil or cream in clockwise circular motions from the navel outwards. This can also make the baby relax, which helps towards relieving constipation. Similarly, a warm bath can also help to put the baby at ease and relieve some of the tension in the bowels.

Answer 7

My daughter had trouble with this quite a bit when she was an infant try any of these,mylan gas relief for babys or the walmart version,small bottle maybe 4 ounces since hes 7 months half apple juice half water,or even using his thermometer to stimulate his bowl like your taking his temp put a lil vaseline on it that worked good for my baby so any of these and if this continues to be a problem check with his doctor on his diet and formula.

Answer 8

Mix a few ounces of juice and a few ounces of water together, prune juice works, but I've found that Pear juice isn't as harsh. Also try rubbing his tummy in a clockwise circular motion, not to hard but firmly for about 5 minutes. That should do the trick.

Answer 9

Some stewed apple always worked wonders with my little one (apple pieces with a couple of tablespoons of water, gently softened above a heat until mushy) - within a couple of hours the problem was usually solved! And she loved it!
Plenty of water, or if yours is like mine and won't have water much - try watering down apple juice.
Hope whatever you try works, and soon! Bunged up babies are not much fun!

Answer 10

apple juice halved with water works well and does not hurt them, prunes work good sometimes causes cramping, my kids did well with mashed carrots no cramping, no pain but each child is different I would try several ideas before going to the drastic.
also check with you dr about diet, I found out that apple sauce, bananas and baby cereal are all blockers, you may need to talk to your dr to make sure you are giving a balance of food.

Answer 11

You can give him more water to drink. Another thing that can help is a warm bath. if this doesn't work diluted juice, or sugar water can help. However, if nothing is successful after 48 hrs you should contact your GP or HV. it may be that his formula may need changing, or his diet needs some modification.