Comments on: What Are Some Baby Foods And Juices To Help With Constipation?

By: Kristin Pregnant with #4

Kristin Pregnant with #4 — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:26:01 +0000

Massage your baby’s belly. Measure three finger-widths below her navel and apply gentle but firm pressure with your fingertips. Press until you feel a firmness or mass. Maintain gentle but constant pressure for about three minutes.
• If you feed your baby formula, ask her doctor about switching to a different brand. Some babies are less constipated on soy formula. And sometimes adding a teaspoon of Karo corn syrup to the formula also does the trick.
• Switch from rice cereal to barley or oat cereal, or add fruits or vegetables to her regular cereal, once your baby is ready for them.
• ask her doctor if you can boost her fiber intake by adding a teaspoon of bran to her cereal. Cut down on constipating foods like rice, bananas, and cooked carrots, and try mixing her cereal with a little bit of apple or prune juice or a few tablespoons of pureed prunes, apricots, or pears to help loosen her bowel movements.
• Increase the amount of fluid your baby drinks to help keep her stools soft. start by giving her 1 ounce of prune juice diluted with 1 ounce of water, twice a day. As her constipation improves, you can cut back.

By: KL

KL — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:26:01 +0000

When my daughter was constipated, I mixed the prune juice with formula because she wouldn’t drink it otherwise. That worked well.
With my son, lots of pears (baby food in a jar, I mean) always worked. My doctor had said pear juice could also work. It’s hard to find, but if you have a Whole Foods near you, you should be able to find it in the baby food section — Earth’s Best brand.

By: impala40

impala40 — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:26:01 +0000

i use apple with prune baby food or prune apple juice mixed with water..we have the same problem

By: Jade121

Jade121 — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:26:01 +0000

I found the best thing was a small amount of corn syrup in the milk. It usually ran through them within an hour to clean out the pipes!

By: Deana G

Deana G — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:26:01 +0000

My neice and nephew get horribly consitpated. They have been this way since birth. It’s horrible the pain they go through.
Their doctor started them on a program of a Tablespoon of mineral oil in their bottle once a day. It works and they don’t seem to mind the taste.
Applesauce has too much fiber (I know, doesn’t sound possible) but try apple juice to help loosen her up.

By: MasonMom

MasonMom — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:26:01 +0000

Best thing to try first is a bottle of Karo Syrup and water. I give it to my son when he is stopped up.

By: Jennifer H

Jennifer H — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:26:01 +0000

DID YOU TRY DILUTING THE PRUNE JUICE WITH SOME WATER? MAYBE TRY SOME APPLE JUICE TOO, THEY ALWAYS WORKED FOR MY DAUGHTER.

By: Lori C

Lori C — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:26:01 +0000

pears, peaches, water is good too. green beans, spinach, peas, broccoli. just think about what makes you poop!

By: tweetyha

tweetyha — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:26:01 +0000

Apple juice! Seams strange that it would do the opposite of apple sauce. It worked wonders for many children in my care. Don’t water it down. I use 8 oz when the baby is hungry. This young I would stay away from citrus juice. They can cause other digestion problems.

By: Toni_bus

Toni_bus — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:26:01 +0000

I would stick with just prunes to help with de-constipating her. I would have thought that with just one serving of prunes, it would have done the trick? Water is also good for this. DON’T give her anything like whole-grain, bran, etc. She is too young to be eating any foods like that. The prunes really should work here soon!!!