constipated baby-what do i do??

babygroves

what have you done to help a constipated baby???

apple juice

prune juice

prune baby food

water

SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!!!

 

Alexandra*sMom

Your list is a good one.  Corn syrup in their formula/milk/juice also helps.  DD2 has never had that problem.  Hers is always the opposite (so much that we limit fruits for her).

almost momma of two

I've used prune baby food and it does the trick for DD.

lyvienna

 about 2 tbsps prune juice mixed in rice cereal was enough for us. 

Bride2bMO

All of the above is good. I also eliminated things that back him up.

We've quit rice cereal in favor or oatmeal or barley. We cut out bananas and carrots when he's backed up (and only do those sparingly at other times to help prevent constipation). 

seawatch06

I feed BG 1/3 a jar of prunes every night with dinner. I have also switched from rice cereal to oatmeal since rice makes it worse. I also avoid bananas and sometimes apples for the same reason. What else.... oh I give her water with every meal and that helps too.?

As you can tell she has had this issue quite a bit!

chatty6176

prunes, prune/apple juice mixed with cereal....all work.  yogurt is helping now too...good luck.

seawatch06

Carrots back up baby too???! Oh no, I didn't realize this and that is her favorite food by far!

pouka1

1/2 tsp of Karo Syrup to 2 oz Water

 OR   

 This is not the fun way to do it.  But take her temperature rectally, for some reason this open things up.

 My daughters had gotten to a point where she hadn't popped for 5 days, we took her the doctor and she gave me the above pointers.

ms_mellor

Probiotics!

DD has a huge constipation issue, and we've tried it all.  I BF (but only once a day), and when I switched to probiotic yogurt (activia) she became very regular!!  I even ran out over a weekend, and she became constipated again, so I know that must be it.  Apparently there are some probiotic supplements for infants too, so if you FF that could be an option. 

Marie Tourville

Q-tip.  I read on here to insert just the cotton portion of a q-tip into the anus to stimulate things.  Be very gentle.  It has worked every time with us.  I'll do it, put on a clean diaper, put her in her excersaucer and not too long later we have a diaper.