Constipated from Eating More Solids

At least 8 oz of apple juice undiluted daily, and if that does not work after a couple of days try to add grape juice.

I would try some Apple juice. It works almost instantly on my son. Don't use honey it can make children under the age of 1yr old sick. I have heard some people try Kyro (hope I spelled that right) syrup but it didn't really work for my son. Good luck!!

more whole grains and fruit will help. But you have to make sure that she's getting enough water/juice/fluids now to make up for the missing fluids in her pared down nursing schedule.

Now's the time to introduce a sippy cup, start without the valve and keep paper towels in every room of the house. She should have a cup with her at all times until she's two to make sure she's getting lots of fluids.

My dr. recommends pear juice for constipation. He said it is better than prune juice. Good luck.

My son is older (16 months) but he has the same problem. Our doctor suggested prunes (obviously) and pear juice. High fiber vegetables, like corn and peas help too. I think if you were able to get her to drink more breastmilk though, that should help too.

Our daughter went through the same phase when she was 9 months old. Her ped told us to give her a couple of ounces of apple or white grape juice diluted with 1/3 water and mixed with a spoon of karo syrup. It didn't work for us, but maybe it might work for your daughter. What eventually worked for us was feeding her more veggies. She ate a lot of spinach and we limited her intake of cheerios and oatmeal/rice cereal. This helped a lot. If your daughter is eating a lot of starches and protein, it might cause her constipation. Try having her eat more things with fiber such as bran flakes, cooked carrots & peas, and letting her drink more water and some juice. I wouldn't let her have too much juice though since it could cause cavities. Watch her intake of potatoes, pastas, white rice, and meats. A combination of too much of these types of foods could cause constipation.

4 oz. undiluted pear juice.

Give her apple juice full strength.

With 6 kids I have had more trouble and drama with constipation than I would like to tell anyone about, however, there are several things you can do to help her.
She is 9 months you say? Try putting a little vaseline on the ends of a few qtips and rubbing it around her little bottom opening to stimulate her to push, try doing this before it gets too bad, she is learning how to use her bowel and bladder without really knowing it, how to *hold it* when she has to potty or go poopy....many kids have problems as well when it comes to eating solid foods (esp table foods which can be full of different flavors, seasonings and grease) they send a big sign to her digestive track when all she has been used to getting is baby foods and formula. Add some apple juice and some white grape juice to her diet, also give her a lot of fiber such as cereal (cheerios are a good one or get a FIBER-FULL cereal by reading the labels) offer her this a few times a day with a WHOLE FRUIT JUICE as whole fruit juice mixed with cereals such as cheerios also help her body absorb iron, and that is good for her too!!!

Other than that there is not much I can think of, there is always glycerine suppositories which I had to give my son almost daily when he was little, but this was a guy who was taken off formula at 8 months and put on whole milk and was eating 9 jars of #3stage baby food a day!!!!! LOL!!! He ended up with a enlarged colon and it has haunted him every since...he is now 10 and still struggles to use the bathroom, however my now 5 year old started off with the same problems, and I found when he started grunting if I did that qtip thing, and tried to help him by raising his legs up and pushing them into his tummy *not hard* it often helped him get it out and get the pain over with and we could move on to more productive things again....the qtip thing WAS recommended by a Dr on BOTH of them, so please know that I didnt just come up with that on my own, it seemed a little gross to me, but it actually helped them, and it got it over with faster and then we could focus on what we needed to be doing to fix it rather than spending all our time saying *oh poor baby and we feel sorry for him* because it honestly makes you feel helpless when you cant help her when you need to....this is your outlet;)

Hope this helps!
T.

Yes! I agree with the fruit juice suggestions. My third child had 'bathroom issues' up until the age of 2 1/2, and would strain so hard that her rectum would literally pooch out a bit. Very scary for us! I called the doctors a few times it happened (probably actually only 4 or 5 times that we KNEW about)but they weren't too concerned. They prescribed a mild laxative, and said that if it continued she should be checked out. But it stopped! I just wanted to share this, in case your precious little one experiences the same. Straining can be hard on a body. Best of luck, and enjoy the apple juice!

Hi L.,
go with more juice's and fruit's I wouldn't do alot. only 3 fruit's a day and juice would count as one of them also yogurt is a good one to on a regular basis. Keeps your system cleaned out. hope this helps W..

My son had the same problem when he started to eat alot of solid foods. I found that prunes work well. I give my son oatmeal in the morning, mixed with a little bit of milk and pureed prunes. Constipation solved.

If that doesn't work see if movement or even giving a little bit of water.

Overall more fiber will help prevent the constipation. Grapes and raisens always did the trick for my kids. I would just make sure and cut the grapes up small so she doesn't choke on them. Some diluted apple or prune juice would probably help. If none of this works, try some Karo Syrup (dark)...put a couple tablespoons in a drink and shake it really good.

Bottom line...her system is just adjusting to the diet change so it might be trial and error. Good luck!

Try a little apple juice and mix it with water. Like half and half. I find that plums help me too:)