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8-Month Old with Constipation
The past few days he has been painfully constipated. ... You can wait up to a year before starting solids as long as you're breast feeding. ...
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- You say you offer him water only at mealtimes, try throught the day. The body needs water to help it stay "lubricated". Even as an adult, I sometimes get constipated-...
- Just went through this with my 6 mo old... prunes (baby food) or you can do 1/2 apple & 1/2 prune juice. If it get's to the point of little to no evidence of a bowel...
- Give him a couple of spoonfuls of prunes (baby food) until the transition is over. I had to do that with my son both when we started baby foods and then again when we ...
4 Month Old Constipated
enfamil gentlease constipation · baby constipation after starting solid · enfamil gentlease and constipation · my seven month old is constipated ...
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- Put some molassess(teaspoon to 6/8 oz)in her bottle and let her drink it. She will have bowels movements and they will be softer.
- reg prune juice is fine but water it down say..70/30 I have to use flaxseed oil in my daughters milk daily because she developed an anal fissure at 3 months that cau...
- L., If your baby tends to be constipated then the prune juice is the most natural way for her to go. I am not sure they make prune juice for babies just jarred pru...
Does Baby Food Cause Constipation?
Ever since then, he seems to be constipated a lot, or either has very hard stools. His..." ... Starting Solids and Constipation ...
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- I would just feed him veggies and fruits and give up on the refined carbs. He doesn't need the carbs. Also, if you are feeding him a regular milk formula, then that is...
- My osn had a reallt=y har time with Oatmeal in the begining (4-6 months). People thought I was crazy but he got constipatred whenever I fed him oatmeal. I stpped gin...
- I can't remember how much formula is needed at 7 months. Gosh, was it really that long ago? :-) I agree with PP that you should probably give water at meal times (g...
Starting Solids
Starting Solids - Ithaca,NY. Hi all! My son is 4 months old and we just tried rice ... with bananas and avocado and she has never experienced constipation. ...
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- B., I started my daughter on solids when she was 6 months. She was a late sitter so I wanted to make sure she could at least be seated and have some sense of balan...
- I actually gave my son sweet potatoes and pears before cereal. I would keep up the rice cereal for at least a week, but then add some pears to it. After another week...
- Sometimes faces are just a result of trying something new. Did you make the rice cereal very watery? It should be pretty thin for the first few feedings. Did you mi...
My Child Seems to Be Developing Chronic Constipation
I am scared to try new things because the constipation seems to be getting worse . does anyone have a .... Next question: Starting Solids and Constipation ...
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- My thinking is that she's too young for an enema. My son is 3 now but our Pediatrician has always recommended an equal mixture of 7-up or Sprite with some prune juice....
- Hi K., My son had a similar problem, and my 88 year old grandmother gave me the answer. Add 1/4 teaspoon of corn syrup to the 8 oz. of formula until the constipation...
- Hi Kathy- I would recommend Juice plus Gummies. Our pediatrician recommend them and my daughter started taking them when she was almost 10 months. She was a late teet...
Constipation
My son (3 yrs old) has had constipation issues since he was a baby, ..... It didn't last long, and never had a problem after starting solids. Helpful? ...
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- My little one went through the same thing. I was told by her pediatrician to use Baby Lax for each age group. Do you think maybe you started using the cereal a little ...
- If he's on cow milk based formula that is a likely culprit. Constipation is a side effect of cow's milk. The reaction can go either way. There was an article on this t...
- What kind of formula is he on? If you don't mind me asking. My son had the same problem and his pediatrician ended up putting him on Nestle Good Start Supremem Soy f...
Teething Baby Wont Eat!
She has one tooth that is halfway up and another two starting to surface. Here's the problem, she isn't cranky she ... Starting Solids and Constipation ...
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- If she isn't cranky while she is teething then that might not be the problem. Especially if you've already tried tylenol and that didn't seem to do anything. I would...
- I agree with Heather, babies go thru phases where they grow and eat non-stop and then eat hardly anything at all. The main thing to remember is as long as she is stay...
- I have had both of my boys suck on a lemon while they were teething. It help with getting the tooth to come out and though they make the weirdest faces they are gettin...
Constipation
I suggest though that maybe if you switch the cereal and the solids timing around that .... My first son got really constipated after starting rice cereal. ...
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- My pediatrician recommends Kern's Apricot Nectar, and it always did the trick for our kids.
- YES! The rice cereal can ABSOLUTELY be the source of the problem. I would suggest giving her oatmeal with some fruit mixed in. I breast feed, so I mix my baby's (also ...
- Rice Cereal always consitpated my babies. Give the kid applesauce. Prune juice is good if she'll take it. I bet if you didn't give her rice cereal in her bottle she...
Gassy 7 month-old...because of Solids?
I also have a 7 month old breastfed daughter who we started solids on at 6 months. ..... baby constipation after starting solid · 39 weeks and diarrhea ...
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- S., the answer is simple----Go back to the breast ONLY! The baby has a sensitive digestive system right now. All he needs to strengthen him is your milk! He's obvious...
- I feel for you! I too am a mom to a seven month old. She started waking during the night just before we started solids. I noticed when I was up with her at night af...
- My son was also gassy when we started rice cereal and my dr. told me that I could try the baby oatmeal cereal instead. It worked for my son. Also, keep in mind that wh...
Starting Solids
I'm surprised that nobody else has said this but starting solids is not .... aware that the transition into rice cereal can cause tremendous constipation. ...
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- R.... Listen to your son's doctor. All baby books and pediatricians say not to put rice cereal in a bottle. It takes a while for babies to get used to spoon feedi...
- Good Morning. I've never heard the advice that spoon-feeding prior to 6 months is bad. I started both my kids on rice cereal around 5 months with a spoon. My Pediat...
- Our pediatrician also started us on rice cereal at 4 months. The baby is just learning to eat it so don't over feed. It's about learning right now. if you put it in th...
