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OMG. My LO was constipated for 12 days!!!! She had a crazy long and solidly painful poop on day 12. I've been feeding her a pouch of Happy Baby pears every day. One pouch/day.
http://www.amazon.com/HAPPYBABY-Organic-Stage-Fresh-Anjou/dp/B0030VJ7T6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328156460&sr=8-1
So far so good.
I would try giving your LO some water or apple/prune juice every day.

I cooked prunes, I got the ones that are dried, unsulphered and pitted. I would toss them in with an apple or pear, because on their own, the taste was strong.

I never did prune juice, but would have if the prunes didn't get things moving. In general, I wanted to avoid introducing fruit juices. P fruits are supposed to get things going, so if pears aren't doing it, try peaches, or plums.

Also, rice is binding, so you may want to back off on that a bit. Sub in a sweet potato and see if that makes a difference.

@Rubies: MAke sure you don't let her go more than a week! If she does, you can always probe with your pinki like I did.

I would also suggest not to give rice until there is poop again since you give rice when kids have diarrhea. It is binding as @looch said. The "P" fruits all help them go: pears, prunes, peach.

Have you tried massaging the tummy?

@chopsuey119: @Rubies: You can stick in a thermometer if you don't want to use your finger!!

@chopsuey119: well, i figured you would not mind but maybe others don't want to use their fingers. you probably made a video of yourself doing it.

@Andrea: I never understood how sticking something up their bums makes them go. Like, as soon as you stick your finger in there, do they poop immediately? I don't get it...