My baby has started to pass stools once in 3 or 4 days. This started only after i started her on solids. When she was purely breastfed there was no problem. Since she goes after 4 days she cry in pain. The pediatrician asked me to give prune juice or sometimes use laxative. I didn't want to use laxative everytime as this might become an habit. So i give her prune juice or prune fruit from jar everyday. Now she passes stools freely without pain. But some days even after giving prune she won't go for 4 days continuous. Why? I thought if i give her prune everyday she'll gio eveyday. Because of this her feeding gets affected. She doesn't feel hungry at all. I think she feels heavy. I have been noticing this for about a week and this is the pattern. The day she passes stools, feeding goes well. If she doesn't pass stools, she hardly drinks. Can anyone give me some advice? Jichi replied. hi visa

Constipation usually starts when we give them cereals which has iron content.

my son is 41/2 months old. he too had that problem. i did the following and the constipation turns to be nil also, he passed his stools regularly.

1 cup of water, 4 or 5 raisins,1/2 teaspoon jeera. boil raisins and jeera in water. when the water starts boiling, squeeze the raisins. the color will change. add a pinch of sugar and give that to ur child. remember u can give only 3-4 oz of this water only once around afternoon. raisin is rich in fibre content. jeera helps to digest the cereals. water, hleps to heal constipation. this works for my son. hope it iwll help u too.

with love,
jichi Vinitha replied. I am vinitha , mother of 10 months old baby boy .

Since ur baby is having constipation problem after u have started giving her solids ... try this out .
Watch out on what solids u r feeding ur baby . Take out one food and notice for 4-5 days . This way u can know which food is causing constipation in ur baby.
Do u give banana to ur baby ? If so stop that and see.
Also give lots of water and fruit juices (orange / Prune)
Give lots of water and juices . Mel replied. I used to put orange juice for my baby then and he would pass stools soon,preferably fresh orange juice diluted with water,if one part of orange juice then 2 parts should be water
If not you can give one tbspoon of orange juice directly and that she should help,give loads of liquids as well
water is very good as well
Good luck