anyone giving anything to their lo on a consistent basis to relieve constipation? If so what are you giving, how often and how long have you been doing it?
When my son was constipated, the peditrician said we should give him infant pear juice (less sugar). She said we should give him no more than 1 oz a day. I found that giving LO 1 oz resulted in diarrhea so I cut it back to 1/2 oz mixed with 1/2 oz water once a day. This resulted in a bowel so it was not needed consistently. I would suggest checking with your peditrician if your LO is consistently constipated as it may be caused by formula or something you are eating (if BF).
LO used to be on 1 oz prune juice mixture once a day to help her have unpainful stool. Because she's FF, we changed her formula. I was told by everyone to use prune juice.
I wouldn't give anything that is food related such as juices without first consulting your pediatrician as 2 months is really early to be introducing food other than BM or formula. There are medical reasons why you don't introduce certain items at a young age due to the immaturity of the gastrointestinal system and the potential dangers that you may present
My pediatrician recommended glycerin suppositories and/or a little vaseline inserted in the rectum and that works well for constipation.
We just had our 4 month check up (1 1/2 months adjusted). Sophie has been dealing with difficult bowel movements. She only goes about every 3 days and it's difficult for her to go. We had been using Glycerin Suppositories, but the pediatrician said we could now start giving her up to 2 ounces of apple juice a day. We started out slowly 1/2 ounce of "baby" apple juice and increased it to 1 ounce.
Check with your baby's pediatrician before adding juice (even if you just call the office).
Sophia Elizabeth born at 28 weeks, 6 days. Weighing 3lbs, 3oz and 15 1/8" long.
I wouldn't give anything that is food related such as juices without first consulting your pediatrician as 2 months is really early to be introducing food other than BM or formula. There are medical reasons why you don't introduce certain items at a young age due to the immaturity of the gastrointestinal system and the potential dangers that you may present
My pediatrician recommended glycerin suppositories and/or a little vaseline inserted in the rectum and that works well for constipation.
I agree with this entire post. My pedi also recommended the bolded part as well for any constipation issues.
we give half water half apple juice but only when she is constipated. we use the suppositories or petroleum jelly inserted with a baby thermometer only if the water/apple juice does not work. our pedi suggested all these.
Re: white grape juice to relieve constipation?
I wouldn't give anything that is food related such as juices without first consulting your pediatrician as 2 months is really early to be introducing food other than BM or formula. There are medical reasons why you don't introduce certain items at a young age due to the immaturity of the gastrointestinal system and the potential dangers that you may present
My pediatrician recommended glycerin suppositories and/or a little vaseline inserted in the rectum and that works well for constipation.
We just had our 4 month check up (1 1/2 months adjusted). Sophie has been dealing with difficult bowel movements. She only goes about every 3 days and it's difficult for her to go. We had been using Glycerin Suppositories, but the pediatrician said we could now start giving her up to 2 ounces of apple juice a day. We started out slowly 1/2 ounce of "baby" apple juice and increased it to 1 ounce.
Check with your baby's pediatrician before adding juice (even if you just call the office).
I agree with this entire post. My pedi also recommended the bolded part as well for any constipation issues.