Suggestions to relieve constipation???

CLL1001

LO hasn't pooped in about 2 days. Normally I wouldn't be too worried but she's very uncomfortable. I diluted 1 tsp prune juice with 3 oz water-she drank about 1 1/2 oz of that so far but it's not helping. Does anyone have any other suggestions on how I might help her poop? TIA

AMcLaws

You can add about a tsp of karo syrup to her formula/breast milk bottle. Cleaned my little girl right out lol. Her doc suggested it when we first tried solids, because she became SUPER fussy and I realized she hadn't pooped. Stuff worked like a charm! I had to do it with 2 bottles, and then I sae results (did it with her bottle at bedtime, then in the am. She had BM in the afternoon)

melissa0726

Pears always work for us

superchixor

white grape juice, prune juice and Karo syrup worked for us.

JerseyGirlRD

Pear juice is another juice option you could try.

LupeVallejo

raw mango... no skin.... just mash it up and serve.  baby will love it and don't feed it to LO with cereal.  feed JUST mango, and then she should poop... then you could carry on with the meal and add cereal. works every time for us.

sgibbs16

our little guy has been suffering from reoccurring constipation for about 2 months now.  Our doc had us give him 1/2 tsp of milk of magnesia to start.  That always works within a day usually.  Unfortunately when we stop giving it to him he gets constipated again. 

 so we give him 2 oz of prune juice in the morning and also make sure he gets solids with lots of fiber (prune, plums, pears, green beans, peas) and then we now put 1 tsp of the milk of magnesia in his pm bottle.  we had to up the dosage to 1 tsp when he started solids.  

our ped was not too concerned, said that a lot of babies suffer from constipation especially right before becoming mobile and that they will grow out of it.  she has instructed us to keep up this ritual for 4-6 weeks and then hopefully he will be good.

when your baby finally does poop see how hard her poop is.  not going for two days doesn't necessarily mean she is constipated, its the consistency of the poop.  

T&HLove

I know you said you tried prune juice.. but what about just introducing prunes? My dd was having a little difficulty, so I introduced prunes today and it worked.

ChelsiAnn13

We give her a container, we use Plum Organics, of pears or prunes everyday to help her keep things moving.

MamaAllison

Can you try feeding her some prune pur?e? That worked for us! (maybe too well, you've been warned!)

gatchison

Pears or pear juice. Also, check his temp rectally, just be prepared for an immediate result.

JenWhite123

Since weaning DD, she struggles with constipation. I give her prunes or pears daily.  I also add 1-2 oz of prune juice to one of her bottles daily.  Pear juice seems to work the best, though.  I add 2 oz of pear juice to 2 oz of water. She typically doesn't drink the whole bottle and we see results within 6 hrs.