7months baby constipated for 7 days now! help!

[samali]

You can give her rice water in the morning before any feed(boil 2 tablespoon of rice in a glass of water take out rice only thick water left) it helped my son.

 

[yuukalim0404]

Lylee,
How old was your baby then? and you mean 4oz of water per day right?

MLBW,
Ice chips sounds like a good idea, not sure if she will take it though as she also has this really shocked look on her face when she takes something cold!
The last time I gave her a teether that was fridged she got that shocked look...let's see

Geomum,
I have been giving papaya and prune on off, seems to help before but not this time, think I will try spinach!

Thanks everyone...

 

[Frenchy]

When I started to give solids to my son, he got constipated too... As I was only breastfeeding, I just reduced the amount of food, and even stopped it one or two times, during 2 days, and everything went back to normal. Then I started to feed him solids very little to little, with a lot of BF milk, so the food was nearly liquid. It took him 2 months to accept solids without any trouble.

 

[lylee]

My baby was 6 months then & yes, the doctor recommended 4oz of water. My baby's feed schedule is pretty much like your's, except she's only having 1 solid & then 4 milk (3 BM & 1 formula, total ~20oz/day) feeds right now. I space out the 4oz of water throughout the day & find that she's more willing to take in the water after Eg. fruit puree, teether biscuit & solids. Good luck!

 

[sniffer]

This also happened to my breastfed baby when I started her on solids and when transitioned to formula. On top of upping the fluids and fiber, try also to move your baby's legs on a "bicycle" motion, for a few mins every couple of hours. And while your baby's straining, feel around the anus if it's hard, then do the bicycle legs on her, and this motion would help pushing it out. I remembered my daughter was crying while straining because it was really hard and when some came out, she felt relieved! Half an hour later, the straining started again, and whoa! It's unbelievable how much got out!

 

[yuukalim0404]

Today is the 9th day and for the past 2 days I just gave her BM and puree papaya and pear diluted with lots of water.
But today still nothing - so out of desperation, we gave her a glyerin suppository. Poor girl she cried so hard and after 2mins, she pooed! not hard as I expect though... very tube like but quite a lot and very yellow colour,is this strange for after 9 days??

I am going to start congee tommorow again - this time must be careful to incorporate the 4oz of water somewhere in her meals and up the fruit/veg puree part.

One question- do you just let baby poo "naturally" into the diaper or do you actually try to make her go at certain times with sounds?
Because for the past 2 days we kept trying to make sounds to help her go and now everytime we tried this, she crys so I am not sure if it is a good idea to continue?
Thanks again

 

[muimuimolina]

My son had constipation when he started solid at 6 months. Longest was 4 days. When he pooed, it was really heart breaking to watch, he'd cry, shiver, sweat and push really hard and his little face turned red. I was feeding him apple puree(cooked), carrot and rice. A friend told me all these cause constipation and I gave him uncooked apple puree, spinach and other cereal instead, it did help.
As for the water, he hated it at first. I've to give him with a syringe at the corner of his little mouth, as time goes by, he now drinks it with a sippy cup without any problem. I guess it takes time for them to get used to drinking something without any taste.
Hope you little angel would get better.

 

[kazbar]

Hi All,

I am just wondering what cereal to give my 7month old boy? Which brands do you get from HK supermarket as we are new to HK.

He tends to get constipated on baby rice cereal due to the high iron content. Is it ok to give him porridge for breakfast?

Thanks,
Karen

 

[tstmum]

Mine went for 8 days I think without a poo just after starting solids at about 6 months - she was exclusively breastfed before that. I cut down on baby rice and any other recently introduced foods for a few days and cooked up some apples and prunes, plus gave her extra water (I'd tip a feeding bowl up to her mouth and she lapped it up). It actually took her a month or so to adjust to solids, and would sometimes go for a few days without a poo.

 

[tstmum]

Hi All,

I am just wondering what cereal to give my 7month old boy? Which brands do you get from HK supermarket as we are new to HK.

He tends to get constipated on baby rice cereal due to the high iron content. Is it ok to give him porridge for breakfast?

Thanks,
Karen

Hi Karen, it might not actually be the iron but the actual baby rice that's causing constipation. One of my Robyn Barker books says to stop the rice cereal for a few days and try pureed pears or mashed paw paw.

When you say "porridge" do you mean oatmeal? My baby loves baby oatmeal (either Gerber or Earth's Best) mixed with mashed banana and pureed fruit. We started oatmeal at about 7 months.