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Warm water works well here and our grocery store has organic prune pouches that help too.
Hope your LO feels better soon

Something that works for me as a constipated pregnant lady is this Good Belly juice I've been buying at the grocery store. It's probiotic juice and I've been much more regular since I started drinking it!

Spinach smoothies can help get things moving! Water, spinach, some prune puree and frozen fruit of your choice. I put it in a colored straw cup so LO can't see the green color (he's suspicious of veggies, sigh). Pear is another good one for my LO.

@MrsF: I buy the prune pouches from Plum Organics. I squeeze in half, add a handful of fresh spinach, 2-3 strawberries, and a spoonful of yogurt. I then add about 1/2 cup of water to really thin it out and blend. You can remove the yogurt too and probably a little less water. He sucks it down!

@anbanan15: makes a yummy constipation buster snack! Hopefully she chimes in with the recipe

@Ash: I am just seeing this! You should have told me to look!

We made these "constipation candies". Their basically coconut oil, but really help my LO keep things regular. We were using miralax but I want to avoid that whenever possible. She gets very constipated, to the point of needing enemas, but she cannot have enemas (ever), so I have been using these to keep things moving.

http://www.mommypotamus.com/constipation-candy/

I talked to a pharmacist and she said Pedia-Lax glycerin suppositories are perfectly fine for babies and toddlers as long as its used sparingly, so I went ahead when DS had REALLY bad constipation at 4 months old. He was sooo relieved afterwards.

Otherwise, we feed him lots of sweet potatoes - it gently pushes out poop when you're constipated and keeps you regular. Warm water also works. I would put your child on a probiotic if she will not eat yogurt regularly.

If you don't want to make those constipation candies, you can just as easily throw a spoonful of coconut oil into your kid's smoothie - you can't really taste it and it gets sucked down fast. I make some for my husband with frozen strawberries, yogurt, coconut oil, almond milk, and a splash of orange juice. You can easily throw in some spinach or beets or use a whole peeled orange instead of OJ for the fiber.