Poop Troubles

Re: Poop Troubles

• ashanne88 member

  December 2014

  Your LO is eating solids so his poop should be more solid and firm.  Does he strain when having a bowel movement or look like he's in pain or having difficulty?  If you're worried about them being too hard or solid, I would ask your pedi about it.  You might be able to just call and talk to the nurse practitioner or the pedi.

  
  

  Also, three times a day for solids seems like a lot.  At our 6 month appointment our pedi said not to introduce a second meal until 7 months.  Perhaps he is getting too much solid food?  Every baby is different though so maybe 3 meals is just fine for yours.  I would maybe talk to your pedi about this too, if you haven't.

  
  

  
  

  

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• mtrhomegirl member

  December 2014

  my dd is 6 months old and is eating 3 - stage 2 gerber foods a day also and her poops are harder but i have been giving her prunes every other day in the morning and it seems to help:) 
  

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• lest12 member

  December 2014

  How often is he going?  I am not sure that it even makes a difference but...

  Things that have been helping us - giving a few ounces of water/juice with each meal, doing lots of 'exercise', and giving certain foods - squash seems to help a lot.  If we do too much banana or rice cereal, the poops don't come as easily.

  Sometimes they're harder and other times he's still having poopslosions.

   

         

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• Kinipela7 member

  December 2014

  Agree with the pears - we gave her a jar of pears for breakfast and wala - pooplosion a few hours later (not like that is any better, but hey!)

   

  
  

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