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Have you tried giving her water? I heard you should have them drink up to 2ozs of water when starting solids to help with it.

I second the prune juice...like you said an oz or two with water, should do the trick.

@heartonastring: How old is your LO? Keep offering diluted prune juice, and pears and then cut out foods like rice, banana and apple sauce. That should help. Good luck!

this happened to us too...she hadn't pooped in FOUR days, and it was bad. really bad. i won't get into the details. anyway, you should probably up the prunes a bit...a tbsp is not going to do much if she is really constipated. just continue to offer water and prunes and in the next day or so, you should have some results.

water, diluted apple juice or prune juice....we finally used a suppository after 12 days of no BMs and tons of discomfort. It worked really fast!

Poor thing! I was majorly stressed out when my DD first had constipation when she started solids.

I would try to up the water intake, and offer her pureed stewed prunes. The prunes DEFINITELY helped! It'll take a while for her to adjust, but it'll pass!

@sorrycharlie: My LO also had some blood from tearing, and i felt awful!! Our doctor was old school and suggested brown sugar water. I felt awful giving such a young baby sugar but i was desperate! Did you up the amount of prunes? I found that it only started to work after she had a certain amount.

@heartonastring: we do prunes as well, but my ped said apricots and mangoes help too. Either as a purée or finger food.

@heartonastring: When my LO started eating more solids, he didn't poop for a week. I FREAKED and gave him tons of prunes and water... he eventually pooped and it was normal, not hard. His system was just off kilter for a while. When we went to 3 meals we went through the same thing but he was crying when pooping and we had to change what he was eating fast, and it took about 2 weeks to adjust again.

When we started solids, LO went EIGHT days without pooping, it was horrendous! We were giving her prunes and pears from about day three onwards, as well as much water as we could get her to drink, but nothing. We were on holiday in the UK at the time and the GP we took her to said not to worry, just keep up with the P foods and she will eventually go. She didn't seem too bothered by it until the 7th day when her poor little belly was getting swollen and abdominal massage seemed to cause her discomfort. The next morning, we were all set to take her temperature rectally as everything we'd read said that is the sure fire way of getting them to go, but she started pooping just as we were about to insert the thermometer! She knew what was coming It took a few days to get everything back to normal but she got there.

We did continue to having some issues for the next couple of months, which our doctor told us was normal, especially for EBF babies, so we were given something called Parachoc (not sure what it would be called in the US). It is basically paraffin oil that lubricates the intestines mixed with a stool softener. I did not want to give anything that would stimulate her bowels, as I was too worried about long term effects, but lubrication and softening seemed to work well. We've only had to use it a few times but it was a lifesaver when we did use it! There are some precautions you have to take when using it, but it's something to look into it if it becomes an ongoing problem.

Water, warm apple juice (but NOT apples or apple purée), a warm bath, lots of movement for baby- crawling or walking, ground flax hidden in food/ drink, a smoothie with lots of fiber, any of the "P" fruits (prune, pear, plum, peach) in solid, purée, or juice form. We have had some issues with this and our DD usually responds to a few items on the list combined. We also give her less dairy when she's backed up (she loves cheese) as that can be a contributor.