If prune juice didn't work for your LO...

KickinWingg · April 2010

Did apple juice or pear juice? This kid hasn't really pooped in about a week. The pedi suggested oatmeal and fluid. She didn't care for the oatmeal. She's 9 months and she's straining occasionally during the day with no results but otherwise she is not in discomfort. Her stomach does not feel hard. When do I get worried? When did you go the suppository route?

mechanicsgirl · April 2010

I went the suppository route after a few days, but it was when she was clearly struggling to go and it was causing her pain.

Prune juice normally works for us.

egsquared · April 2010

We used the suppository after about a week - it produced almost immediate results. Nothing else seemed to work. The nurse also recommeneded trying white grape juice.

allishags · April 2010

I mix prune juice into every bottle and that does the trick! 2 tsp per bottle! Our LO must go daily or else he ends up w/ a huge belly ache and will scream his little head off:(

livinreality · April 2010

We mix it in every bottle, the amount varies... our pedi recommended an ounce per month, so do up to 6 oz a day when LO is straining.

We use apple prune or pear juice.

KickinWingg · April 2010

livinreality:
We mix it in every bottle, the amount varies... our pedi recommended an ounce per month, so do up to 6 oz a day when LO is straining.

We use apple prune or pear juice.

Sorry, what did you mean here. I assume this is typo. An ounce per bottle?

Cityplanner · April 2010

I've never tried prune juice, but I did just pop in to say that baby food prunes have ALWAYS worked for my DD. Earths Best makes them as a Stage 1 food. I usually mix them with yogurt, but you could do them straight or with cereal.

TimsMayBride · April 2010

Pureed prunes work for us (remember the "P" foods - pears, peaches, prunes). Also, try mixing pear juice into the oatmeal, she might like it better that way and it's a double whammy. My pedi says there really no cause for concern (as in an obstruction) as long as they're eating and passing gas. It's still got to be uncomfortable, sorry she's stopped up!