Constipation - Columbiaville, MI

Hi J.,

My son has been battling with constipation as early as when I stopped nursing him at 9 months. He just turned 6 and we are still trying to keep it under control. I find that a glass of prune juice a day with dinner along with a high fiber low dairy diet keeps him going every few days. Too much milk, cheese, yogurts will make him more constipated. Soy milk is not good either because I asked my doctor about that and she told me there is too much fiber in the soy milk and too much of the soy milk fiber could cause constipation also. You will have to limit your sons consumption of dairy and try to get him to eat veggies and whole grain breads and snacks. Most importantly keep him away from bananas..they are the worst. I let my son have milk in his cereal or oatmeal once a day and thats all the milk he gets that day. Hope this helps.. feel free to email me if you have any questions as I've dealt with this for 5 years now!! :)

Make sure he eats lots of fresh and dried fruit. Prunes are actually tasty. That might help keep him regular.

Herbs are best and natural way to settle your LO's bowel movement. Toddlers magic tea is supposed to relieve them from constipation and other tummy aches.

Does he like bran muffins? That is what I feed my daughter when she hasn't gone in a few days

Lots of us don't do well w/ dairy. My daughter drinks rice milk, but there are a lot of other kinds (oat,hemp,almond). I give my daughter 1/2 an acidolphulus, and push more water.
You'll find what balance he needs, it just takes a bit of time.
A. H

have you thought to try the activia yougart?? that really helped me maybe it will help him... or maybe giving 2 percent milk instead of whole persent. good luck

A.

i have had years of issues with this and I have to say, the best thing is to get on yahoo and search the groups. They have some very specific ones. Everytime I face an issue, I find a group on there that is dealing with it and I join for as long as I need the input. Good luck!