hii i m a mom of 9 month old daughter.. and from the past one month or sooo...my daughter has been having sever constipation problems..her poop is soo hard that she cannot excrete without my help.. i stopped giving her solid foods and kept her on liquid juices like pear juice,apple juice, orange juice and carrot juice..but i c no change in her... her teeth r also not out yet..i live here in the uk and at present cannot avail the health services... can anyone plzz help me.. i m really worried yestrday i gave her saunf ka pani which she refused to take..plzz help i will be really thankful to al of u..
Hetal replied. at 9months, give her total diet of what she needs. when constipatn occurs its not neccsry to STOP SOLIDS TOTALLY,,but you have to offer fibr diet. since you are already giving her juices and its not doing ne good,,she needs to have FIBER in her diet and not only liquids !

when i say fiber,,the below foods will help :
1. at first, get her in regular diet routine,,solid is something that babies need at 9months, unless baby is sufferng from some digestive problem where babies are adviced to stay hungry !!!
for 9months, your child must be eating as below :

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go thru above, for diet recmndatns...

2.make sure she eats the below food, atleast one serving per meal :
--- pear juice,spinach soup at every serving of meals or spinach in all meals,warm water after meals,lukewarm.

--- give her soups 30mins before her meals.make sure her meals include, some lubrication, either ghee or oil in tadka or as an addition//avoid cheese, as of now !

--- constipation result of lack of fibers in your baby diet.increase them.
juices sp pear,apple,grape and plum or prune juice helps.raisins soaked in hot water and then given to chew is great way to give fiber ,,if not chew,,offer her boiled soaked raisins,,it helps....dont remove skin for kids above 1 year.

include alot of greens in her diet.
---- giving appricots, with ne fruits esp banana,, often helps to regulate bowels.

---- its the insoluble fiber of that prevents constipation and also protects colon against cancer (e.g. strawberries, citrus fruits, sweet potatoes, some potatoes,,and dried beans).include vit c diet like oranges,pineapples in her diet.esp the diluted juices in later part of noons.

-----finally a 9month old can be given a tsp of ghee in 8oz of warm water.give 1 oz every warm in every 1 hour...its not harmful, cleans stomach. but personally i will not recommend this,instead go tadka of ghee in dal or lentil soup, put in some rock salt and offer that...

these all are pretty much good alternatives for relieving constipation at ne age.

all these should help,,if not, please see if you can get some dr or ask your dr in india(give a call) and see if he recmnds some bowel softner or lubricatn.
other tips on constipation,,you can check on the posts below :

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=7287&table_name=dis_feeding


good luck