https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 13 Nov 2026 04:36:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1545285 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 06:46:52 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1545285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yogurt can impact constipation depending how how bad your LO has it. We mixed a splash of prune juice into C's milk once he was really bad (after age 1 - whole milk was our biggest problem and still is). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1545278 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 06:39:58 +0000 Foodnerd81 1545278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trailmix: she likes blueberries but I won't buy them when it's $6 for a tiny container and half end up on the floor! :)</p> <p>Another question- is yogurt bad, for constipation? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1545265 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 06:29:24 +0000 Trailmix 1545265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I think both of those are totally fine! Mine love blueberries too, those are good bc they can feed themselves! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1544548 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 20:18:20 +0000 Foodnerd81 1544548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trailmix: At least she loves pears, but they are hard to wait for them to be just ripe enough. And she does love her prune purees. </p> <p>She loves avocado and butternut squash, too-- any issues with those? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1544212 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 18:47:31 +0000 Trailmix 1544212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: It's very annoying, mine love it too but I limit how much they have. Basically, all the good, easy early baby foods are binding, argh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1544159 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 18:28:11 +0000 Foodnerd81 1544159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the idea of giving the juice to her in a medicine dropper! I'm upping the prunes but I think we will do some prune juice too. Thanks for the advice! </p> <p>@Trailmix: she loves sweet potato. I didn't realize that was a problem one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542818 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 12:42:40 +0000 lady grey 1542818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Make sure to avoid all white binding foods: cheese, potato, rice, applesauce, white bread. And also peanut butter! If she takes any baby cereal, oatmeal is less constipating then rice.</p> <p>Check the ingredient list if you give her any puffs or mum mums, a lot of the packaged baby snacks have rice in them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542800 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 12:37:08 +0000 tororojo 1542800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: AAAAH!!! Maybe a world record for baby poop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542471 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:21:28 +0000 Silva 1542471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: it was really really hard and like 7 inches long (that's what she said. Sorry.). I took a picture and sent it to my husband. The worst part was that while it was coming out she had this look of horror on her face, like "what is happening to my body mom?!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542366 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:00:56 +0000 Freckles 1542366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: Poor kid! Seriously, her constipation stressed me out so badly. I was really hesitant to give her meds but it helped to regulate things. I hope her constipation goes away soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542352 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:58:04 +0000 autumnlove 1542352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: I am going to ask about Miralax at LO's 12 month appt! She eats prunes, pears, drinks water &amp; juice and she still has issues. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542296 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:48:11 +0000 tororojo 1542296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: In the tub?! That sounds like a horror movie! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542277 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:45:18 +0000 LomaLinda 1542277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went through this too! It is hard to see your baby cry and scream when pooping! We ended up giving him 1-2 oz of prune juice diluted with 2-3 oz water, in a bottle, after breakfast every morning. It's solved the problem completely!(he's 10 months now and drinks the diluted juice in a sippy cup now. He also regularly drinks plain water, which took longer for him to get used to!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542271 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:43:33 +0000 rattles 1542271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD's constipation was so bad at that age, and she was eating "p" fruits more than she was eating anything else. Her pediatrician also suggested prune juice, about an ounce a day. Rather than give it to her in a bottle or sippy cup, I gave it to her in 2-3 little doses with a medicine syringe. It only took a couple of weeks of doing that on and off as needed for things to regulate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542246 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:38:58 +0000 Trailmix 1542246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Prune purée always gets the job done for us...I also avoided sweet potato, banana, apple sauce and rice and offered lots of water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542237 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:36:55 +0000 Silva 1542237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: oh, yeah- when I had to give juice the medicine dropper was the best way to do it. She hadn't gone in like a week, so I gave her a couple droppers full every few hours and then massaged her belly in the tub. It was terrible, but it came out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542233 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:35:53 +0000 Silva 1542233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, it lasted a few months for us. They grow out of it as their digestive system matures. We gave prune purée periodically to help, and Apple cider or prune juice when it got bad (like if she wasn't going at all- this happened twice). Make sure she's drinking water with every meal, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542212 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:32:16 +0000 tororojo 1542212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had issues a few months after L started solids (she would scream and cry when pooping and it was like pebbles...so sad!) and what worked best for us was giving her a dropperful of prune juice- you know, like the dropper from baby tylenol. I just treated it like medicine (which she happens to love!) and it didn't take very much to do the trick. I tried to limit cheese and bananas, and once she started eating clementines like candy, all of her constipation issues disappeared. I bet a dropper of prune juice a day would clear things up without creating a juice addict! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542143 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:19:37 +0000 Freckles 1542143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went through this for a good 2 months after she started solids. For a while, i avoided anything that could cause constipation - bananas, cereal, puffs, and stuck to fibrous fruits and veggies. I also offered her water constantly!! I started giving her pureed prunes with her breakfast. </p> <p>I understand your reluctance to give juice - her constipation was getting so bad and i felt so guilty when i gave her sugar water to help. You could always dilute it (and just so you know, my LO is 2 and doesn't care for juice). She would be fine for a few days then get constipated again, and finally we decided to give her miralax to reset her system. That was the last time we had to intervene with her constipation, and was really good after that, no matter what she ate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-constipation-questions#post-1542097 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:10:07 +0000 Foodnerd81 1542097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ever since starting solids two months ago, C has been having issues with number two. I expected that at first but it's been two months in and the poor thing is still having trouble. </p> <p>Lately, she is going almost every day, but she really strains when she goes- sometimes she cries out or screams. The poops are very very firm and usually pretty small, but she will have three of them in a few hours. </p> <p>She eats mostly fruits and veggies, very little dairy, some carbs but not a lot. I give her prunes every day (still adjusting the amount so it helps without causing a pooplosion!) She loves pears, and I almost never give her banana or apple since they can be binding. </p> <p>The ped said I could try juice (prune or pear) if it's bad, or try more prunes, pears, apricots, and peaches. I'd like to keep juice as a last resort since she'd have to have it from a bottle. </p> <p>Anyone else deal with this? Recs for foods that help or to avoid? I don't want my baby to cry when she poops!! </p>