Constipation, WWYD?

vaohara

Hi my LO is breastfed and is taking about 4-6 oz of solids a day. He has been constipated ever since starting solids. I make my own and we have tried all the poop initiating ones, prunes, peas, pears, mango (someone recently suggested that) but he's still backed up. He's not uncomfortable but he does strain to get 2 marble sized poos every day. Should I give him a suppository? I did once when he didn't go for 14 days as my pedi suggested it at that point and it worked but I don't want to do it if it's not necessary. TIA!

AMcLaws

Put 1 tsp of karo syrup in his bottle. Guarantee it'll clean him out!

CLL1001

katem3277:

My pedi recommends a 50/50 juice to water mix.

This. I just spoke to pedi about this today - she said to do about 1 oz juice (pear or prune) and 1 oz water every day to try and get her back to regular, soft, comfortable stools. She said only giving the juice once in a while when there's a problem probably won't help too much-so I'm gonna try that every day for a while and see what happens. DD only went 4 days without pooping but she was really uncomfortable for those 4 days. Once she went she was ok for a little while but then started straining to go again (today was the 2nd day) so I tried the juice today and she pooped about an hour after she finished drinking it.

Karen1998

AMcLaws:

Put 1 tsp of karo syrup in his bottle. Guarantee it'll clean him out!

Do NOT do this.  This can be very dangerous as corn syrup can cause botulism and make your LO seriously ill.  While this used to be common practice, pediatricians (including ours) vehemently recommend AGAINST doing this.  Here's an article from Mayo Clinic about it.  The article also has constipation remedy suggestions.

OP - have you considered backing off of solids for a few days to let him clear out?  BM naturally helps to get things moving and going EBF for a few days should get things moving and help to unstop him.  

ClickMama

Do you offer any water with the solids? This helps soften things up. 

AMcLaws

Interesting. Karo syrup was used on all of us as kids, and we're all alive and kicking. My ped had no problem with it (i tried it after exhausting every other avenue).

kdel09

Karen1998:

AMcLaws:

Put 1 tsp of karo syrup in his bottle. Guarantee it'll clean him out!

Do NOT do this.  This can be very dangerous as corn syrup can cause botulism and make your LO seriously ill.  While this used to be common practice, pediatricians (including ours) vehemently recommend AGAINST doing this.  Here's an article from Mayo Clinic about it.  The article also has constipation remedy suggestions.

OP - have you considered backing off of solids for a few days to let him clear out?  BM naturally helps to get things moving and going EBF for a few days should get things moving and help to unstop him.  

This. My son had infant botulism (from a spore in the air, not karo syrup) and it is not worth even trying. He was in the hospital for 2 weeks and he still gets backed up regularly because of the botulism.

KahlansMom

I would recommend doing the 50/50 mix of water and juice too.  Also, what kind of solids are you giving your LO?  Rice still backs my LO up, so I switched to oatmeal cereal and it's really helped.  My LO was constipated for 6 days and we finally did the suppository and within 20 min, out it aaaalll came. Have you also tried baby yogurt?  The good bacteria in it keeps everything moving right along in their little digestive systems. I've never heard of infant botulism from Karo, but I would ere on the side of caution and steer clear of it.