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Mandarin oranges help her go! I still also give her prune puree at 2 years old on occasion.

ETA: and Culterelle for kids probiotic, yogurt, and flaxseed

We work in prunes, pears, and sweet potatoes to avoid constipation. DD loves dairy so she has trouble staying regular.

We never ever had poopy problems with DS, knock on wood! We do eat a lot of veggies and fruit. For now he eats half a banana each morning (and some blue berries), I pack him some fruit for snack at school; I don't know what he eats for lunch at school but if we are eating together we always have some veggies. At night we always have a cooked veggie plus a salad. I don't know if all these helps or if it is just genetics (dad's genes). Lately we have been eating more dessert than fruit after dinner and I really need to change that...

If your kid will drink smoothies, use Activia yogurt and blend some prune juice into it along with other frozen fruit, GROUND flaxseed meal, and OJ. You can add some frozen spinach into it for some extra greens and fiber if you want.

We give our son a probiotic drink (like Yakult) every day and he eats a ridiculous amount of fruit.

@Bao: my girls are eating activa for breakfast right now because it's what Costco had. I don't think it tastes any different than other yogurts. We have peach, strawberry and blueberry right now. It has extra probiotics.

Full disclosure my girls love dairy. So they will eat most any yogurt but are less fond of the Greek varieties.

My son's pedi gastro said probiotics won't do anything to help with constipation per se, but she doesn't see a downside if we wanted to give them.

So right now, we don't unless he's on antibiotics.

I would add any berries, popcorn, and avocado to the list.