WWYD for baby constipation?

raspberry_bride · August 2012

DD has been having some constipation the last couple of days and I am considering a few options, but not sure what will be best. I am considering stopping rice cereal to see if that helps. I am also considering mixing her cereal with some prune juice, or just avoiding the juice altogether and starting a fruit like pears. I didn't want to start fruit until I introduced more vegetables, so is there a vegetable that might help that I could start?

cvick612 · August 2012

My grandmother told me to add a small amout of white kayro syrup to a bottle. It helped DD. Im prob about to get flammed for this but it really did help her. They did this for me when I was a baby but you still might want to call her DR 1st.

krispy83 · August 2012

PP, I've heard Karo syrup as well, added to a bottle of BM, formula or just water.

We gave DS plain water and stopped giving him oatmeal - it's not worth it to have him miserable all the time. We're going to wait until he hits 6 months and go to veggies then fruit. We'll probably start with sweet potatoes, avocado, carrots, peas, etc.

kaleb87 · August 2012

My dd has had an ongoing battle with constipation. We started with karo and bm, and got nothing. Then went to karo and water, and had success. However it was short lived. So we switched to pear juice and haven't had any problems since. We started with one part juice, three parts water. Once I knew she was handling that okay we have started doing half and half. My dd was lucky to go once every eight days, but now is going every other day. I don't think we'll do rice cereal because I'm afraid it will constipate her again. If your unsure though, contact ur pedi, mine has given me all these ideas. Good luck!

countrygrl5533 · August 2012

We tried the 1 ounce pear juice, 1 ounce BM, 1 teaspoon Karo syrup. Twice. Didn't work. Finally did (doctor recommended) 1 teaspoon of milk of magnesia. Worked like a charm. I just fed it to her with a spoon. This was back when she had gone 11 days without a poop.