bliss - re: juice for constipation

lytedark

was your ds using a sippy by the time you were trying this?  i've let v play with her sippy with just water but she mostly just chews on it..not sure if she'd be more interested with the diluted pear juice...  would you put it in a bottle if they weren't sippy-adept yet?  something about juice in a bottle is bugging me, though i'm not sure why

Genevieved

I never had to give DD juice for constipation we up her fruit and I cut back on how often I gave her solids for awhile.  (DH has an allergy to stone fruit so we didn't want to give these juices until after a year)  We found kiwi and strawberry helped move things along.

However because you can give juice I would do that.  I think try the sippy first she might like it with the juice.  If that doesn't work put it in her bottle but I would only give it to her when she is sitting up eating solids.  If you have to give the bottle keep working with the sippy. 

Good Luck

 

babyluv617

I put juice in a bottle like once for declan. Never caused any problems. He only had bm in the bottle other than that.

You could always do a medicine syringe or dropper. 

I like doing juice for constipation if it's really bugging him because it works quickly.

danaann78

We actually had to give juice for severe constipation early (I think he was 8 weeks), so it was in a bottle.  We diluted 50% and it worked really fast.  Other than a few times we were battling constipation, he didn't have juice again until he was consistently using a cup. 

When he got older, though, and was eating solids, I found the applesauce worked much better and faster for constipation than juice did.

babyluv617

I put juice in a bottle like once for declan. Never caused any problems. He only had bm in the bottle other than that.

You could always do a medicine syringe or dropper. 

I like doing juice for constipation if it's really bugging him because it works quickly.

lytedark

thanks!  any guesses on how much ofa 50/50 juice/water combo she would need to take in to 'help'?  i don't want to push more than necessary.