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12-23-2012 at 7:51 AM
amanda_wah...
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Constipated...your methods/input appreciated!

My lo is constipated....he's miserable!  He strained all night And this morning had just a little firm piece coming out. I got prune juice and gave him some but am wondering how others did this (amount, dilluted?) Or did you use something else? It's our first bout of if as we have given solids and some formula so poor little man is struggling! Please share what you did!  
 
12-23-2012 at 9:33 AM
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How old is your LO?

My advice is to back off on the solids/formula if possible, go back to BM only for a few days and then try a different solid to see if that goes through any better.


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12-23-2012 at 3:52 PM
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For my 7 month old, we did prunes - a third of a container of the gerber organic ones - for three days. It seems to have worked, and now I know to avoid offering yogurt every day. Oatmeal doesn't seem to have the same effect on her.

But I wouldn't do purees for a baby under 4-5 months old.


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12-23-2012 at 9:26 PM
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We started with baby food prunes. That didn't work. We went to diluted prune juice, which also didn't work. Then I tried straight juice, which didn't work. I was told to try stewing prunes then pureeing them, so I did that.  It didn't work either.  We tried all these over the course of about 5 days- after he had not gone in at least 10 days (every 9-10 days is typical for him). Finally, I got out the thermometer and used that to just rub around the edge a little bit, and THAT worked.  We did some gentle massage of his belly at the same time.  The amount that came out of him was amazing...and I felt bad because it was obviously hard for him to get out.  Now we make sure to avoid constipating foods and we give a little bit of prunes with every solid meal.  
 
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