Hi, my son is 5 months old, i started on his solid 2 weeks back. off late he has developed very hard stools. he keeps straining and grunting and does not motion even after 2 days. As i could not c him suffering i inserted a laxative and after that he has been passing loose stools for almost 3 days now. I read couple of messages where they advice to give prune juice to the baby. if someone can adivse me to how to prepare the prune juice would be of great help.

Pls help this desperate mother who is in distress. Veena replied. Since yr baby is so young, try to water down the solid and supplement more formula. Give him a small cup of organic apple juice. Just increasing his fluid intake will prevent constipation. It is very common to have the baby be constipated when you first introduce solids. That is why, try one solid meal a day every other day till his digestive system gets used to it. Always start with iron rich rice cereal then moving on to mixed grain cereals. Your son has a long time before he is ready for cooked food like peas and rice.

Hope this helps. console replied. If you are in US you can get gerber prune juice in bottle.but he is just 5 months old so take your doctors advice before giving anything.