my son has been having contipation for a while now. I have been giving him wheat cerelac, ragi, papaya (though he take very lil), mausambi juice, soups, carrots...formula milk....but all this is not helping him. I used suppositories also but that led to rectal bleeding so the ped advisd to stick to Livoluk...but that is also not helping...I am very upset and dunno what to so...pls let me know if u have some suggestions. neetu replied. message id 7278
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Date: 2006-12-20
Name: Komal Rai
Subject: Help Hetal

Date: 2006-12-20Name: HetalSubject: Re:after rice,, you started her oatmeal and i dont see ne vegies or fruits,,which explains why your son passd continuous bowels and thn all of sudden constipation.now it dpends how many times you are offerng him solids.can you do onething :1. at first offer him whole moong water(boil whole moong, mash it well acc to consistency desired by your child,do tadka of crushed jeera, hing, curry leaves, some cumin coriander pwder, some salt/if you want to give,,once tadka is done, add water make sure to boil it well ! offer this once or more..2.offer it once with his solid feed//ok to give alongwith oatmeal as well,,just replace the bm but m not sure how far he will accept the taste ! so you can offer it diff like a spoon every 1hour or so/.bfore offering, strain the tadka thru mesh/strainer to avoid choking !3. i want you to go thru 6months onward diet plans that i have already suggested before :messageid=6593,feeding
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i want you to follow the tips..esp the intake part/serving sizes of all types of food and not only grains !!!! which means your child is ready for juices,,soups and single grais, vegies and fruits...with a good combo of all these in proper proportion,,its unlikely that your child will ever have ne constipation probs or bowels probs.start all this only after his bowels are back to normal and not during constipation.apart from whole moong water, i want you to offer him, boiled spinach along with oatmeal serving.boil it/pressure cook it, strain it//make sure the hard fibrs are out, puree it well,,and add in the same tadka..the tadka has to be strained and do this tadka practice only until he is constipated,,once his bowels are regular, you can offer direct cooked strained spinach puree.plan his diet by moving the foods in whole day,,like moong water goes best in later afternoon,,or if you are giving oatmeal,offer moongwater with oatmeal,, if you are giving spinach, offer moong water only after say 3-4hours ! dont overdo 2 fibrs,,your son might go in loose motions..balance it well.secondly..try this for 2 days,,if it does not work, go ahead with below :if with these 2, your child still seems to be constipated,,i want you to start with apple juice...boil/pressure cook the apple with skin, strain it, puree it,add water,, and offer with morning serving instead of bm ! if your child does not like the taste,,see if mashed ripe banana is acceptable to him along with the apple puree juice.as and when you introduce these things,,,you know how much time it takes for your child to react to foods,,so go accordingly..it is not necesry for you to wait until 1 week to check for allergies,,3days is mostly enough !!!if still the constipation continues,after 4 days,,,,continue with moong water, and replace the spinach and apple serving..let the moong water serving be the juice/late afternoon time ! offer in sippy...start him with sippy..these wontt spoil your child health, and is healthy,,you can continue,,i want you to offer him ripe mashed banana as a sep serving,,and not with oatmeal or rice ! you can take the serving amts from the diet charts above and it should help,,still it does not help after 5days,,,add in apricots puree(mostly available in baby aisle section) the gerber is good...or you can like wise, pressure cook dried apricots(with skin),,strain it, and puree it well, offer with solids and you can add ripe banana to it,dont offer more than 1 tablespoon per serving ! offer with banana so that your child accepts it well..all these should help,,if not,,your child needs an immediate attention,as by then i assume,,it will be next 4-5days,,finally last but not the least after 4-5days or in these 4-5 days, he DOES NOT PASS A SINGLE BOWEL,,THN AND THN ONLY,,,,offer prune puree(if not readymade gerber,,just cook them like you will do with apricots i mentioned above,,get the dried ones if fresh are not available) with ripe banana puree,,,that is the last thing you will do on the list,,offer with solid and dont offer it alone ! and when you are ready to give prune, dont offer apricots,apple or spinach on that day or after that day...it will give him loose mottion,,1tablspoon goes along way along with serving of solid !dont try prune or apricots first,,the reason being your child is new to solids and i dont want him to end up in loose motion situation,,,your baby is sufferng from mild cnstipatn which is often caused when solids are introduced,,esp when grains are introduced first without fruits or vegies,,so now start on vegies or fruits and it should help !rest all is ok !take care, prao replied. Wheat, Ragi & carrot can cause constipation in some children. Stop all three immediatly. Once his bowel moments are regular u can reintroduce these one by one and continue it if it does not cause any problem

Until then u can use rice cereal or oats. U can either give him the ready made baby food like Cerelac or Gerber or home made kichdi / kanji

Spinach works wonders, add this to his food or give him plain spinach puree if he' ll eat it. if u r breast feeding him, include spinach in your diet


Pappaya and Musumbi juice help relieve constipation, continue these. (Most ppl these days dont recommend Citrus juices before 1 yr since it is acidic, but anyway it dosent cause constipation)

U can also give a little mango pulp. Banana helped my daughter when she was constipated, but I have read on this board that it causes constipation in some babies. U can try it if nothing else helps

Apart from all this give him plenty of water.