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I gave my LO a prune concentrate with probiotics in it around that age when we struggled with constipation. Our ped was fine with it. I found it at CVS, but that may not be helpful because I think you are in Canada.

We also did juice, peaches, pears, Fig Newtons, etc. and tried to limit banana and applesauce.

I used the same prune concentrate @jhd: mentioned at that age - the brand is called Baby Move. It's available on Amazon and Jet, and I've also purchased at CVS and Kroger locally.

There are a few pouches that do the trick for my son: Plum Organics peach/pear/prune/pumpkin, Sprout pear/spinach/prune, and Happy Tot banana/peach/coconut/prune (yes, even with the bananas). When he was really constipated we'd let him have two pouches a day.

Will he eat the prune baby food? I think gerber? I call it special apple sauce

If he'll eat poaches, plum organics has a simply prunes one that I used anytime my son's poop would get harder. Worked well for him

Drinking lots of water - specifically warm water will help!

If he likes cereal like oatmeal or something, you can mix the puréed prunes with that or a little yogurt. Also ripe pear chunks and maybe muffins with some bran flakes or buds, flax seed baked in. Letting my son drink from an open cup with regards to the prune juice always seemed to be novel enough to get more into him (you can hold it for him to sip)

We did the restoralax over Christmas as we had a really bad situation and it did work but we had to stop as his poops became too loose! It's a fine balance so just be cautious. It took a couple days to get him back to normal.

My boys eat something oat based for breakfast every morning. Usually it is granola (homemade- just rolled oats, molasses, and oil). Sometimes it's muffins or baked oatmeal. I can tell the difference when I give my 10 month old waffles instead. It's easy, fast, and they both love it.

Also, if you are willing to let him eat popcorn, my boys LOVE it straight (only a little salt sometimes, nothing else) and will eat an entire bowl full.

Ground flax. You can put it in baked goods, oatmeal, smoothies, etc.

We ultimately did a lot of prune juice, but what helped us most was limiting or eliminating dairy, rice, bananas, and wheat to prevent the problem from starting in the first place. And drinking lots of water. Milk and cheese are still really constipating for my kids and we limit their access.

Unsweetened dried fruit like mango and pineapple rings are really good and they clean you out. Trader Joe's has them - the pineapple is like candy.

lots of water!