6 months old passing hard stools!! urgent please!!!..

Dear Vaali
Your baby seems to be constipated... How was texture of solid food you fed it must be watery when you newly start feeding your baby with solid food...

Please check this sticky thread
http://www.indusladies.com/forums/baby-kids-foods/30121-constipation-remedies.html

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http://www.indusladies.com/forums/baby-kids-foods/42700-introducing-solids-reference-table-4-a.html

 

Dear Vaali...
Solid food is new to him so he needs to get adjusted to it babies usually eat about 1/2 teacup or still less... but never force feed as babies eat as much as they can handle...

 

Hi..

Good to hear that you had given your baby exclusive BF till last 6 months..

Well as far as my experience goes as a 2 year old baby's mom..i have the following advice to you..

Apple is a good source of fibre for your child..pureed apples are good..as you have just started with solids

Try giving Ragi Kanji/Porridge with Jaggery..( Try Silver Spoon Brand-very Safe)You can very well try Health Mix Porridge (Brands like Mannna)..Please note these should be given in watery consistency initially..Again this is very good fibre content for your baby..

Slowly introduce vegetable soups/pureed Carrots and Spinach/Palak..one by one..

Give him boiled and warm water..after each meal..

Pls take your doctor's advice before you decide on any meal plan..

Don't worry each stage has its own problems and with time and efforts you can overcome these challenges!!

Happy feeding

Regards
Lakshmi

 

Dear Vaali!

Since your baby is 6 months old and he just started eating solid foods, actually constipation is very much common in this stage, to avoid this, try to give the food quite watery and give him 4 to 5 spoons of water for every one - two hours. (Luke warm water is very much best), usually babies wont hesitate to drink luke warm water

Also if you are giving cow's milk, add some water and boil it, even though cow's milk is light, but still there will be some lactose stuff which can make stomach upset to some babies (not all babies will suffer, some, one in 10 will have this problem).

1. I think you can steam the apple in water itself, because apple itself is quite heavy breakfast for the baby, if you add the milk it will become more heavy to baby, which he will suffer to digest. So, Steaming apple in water itself is good enough for the baby. He will get all the nutrients in that itself. (Or) You can give one mashed Hill banana (MALAI VALAIPALAM IN TAMIL) without adding anything to that. That is very good for baby's morning breakfast.

2. Paruppu sadam (rice with lentil) cooked so softly with the anyone of the following vegetables like, three or four slices of carrot, one beans, five pods of green peas, three or four slices of potato along with the drop of ghee. (Dont add salt, till one year salt and honey are not advisable for the babies). Also you can try Ragi Kanji for the kid, that is you buy the ragi from shop, wash and soak, after soaking, let it dry for the day, slowly the sprouts will come the ragi, then slightly fry the sprouted ragi and grind it in the mill, then you can cook the ragi kanji with the purified jaggery juice and with light cow's milk or the low fat milk in the liquid consistency.

3. For the night dinner, please dont give cow's milk, fruits and curd to the baby. These are all the heavy food for the baby in the night. It will really tough for the baby to digest. since curd is having protein content you should start curd only after 8 months.

4. If you are starting solid food for the baby for the first time means, dont start giving solid food for all the three times at a stretch. You should gradually increase the quantity of the solid food in the proper gap.

I will give you a chart which has been given by my pediatrician for my son and daughter.

Starting solid food for the first time:

First 15 days:

1. Breakfast - Hill Banana or Steamed apple (before 9 am) + Exclusive Breast feeding for the rest day.

Next 15 Days:

1. Breakfast - Hill Banana or Steamed apple (before 9 am)

2. Lunch - Kulaindha Paruppu sadam with vegetables like carrot, peas, beans and potato (rice & lentil should cook nicely, it should be easily mashed with the spoon itself) or Ragi Kanji cooked with purified jaggery juice and low fat milk or lite cow milk in the liquid consistency. (before 1 pm)

3. Exclusive breast feed for the rest of the day.

After that:

1. Breakfast - Hill Banana or steamed apple (BEFORE 9 AM)
2. Lunch - paruppu sadam or ragi kanji (BEFORE 1 PM)
3. dinner - one idli or cerelac 1st stage rice, wheat or wheat apple (Dinner should finished before 7 pm for the baby)
4. Should give the Breast feed in between.

It is very necessary to give 4 to 5 spoons of water for every 1-2 hours for the baby while you starting the solid food. It will help for the digestion of the baby and helps to prevent the constipation.

After Seven months, you can give idli with veggie, pongal (rice and moong dhall) and cerelac as a dinner.

BEFORE STARTING SOLID FOOD FOR THE BABY, IT IS COMPULSORY TO CHECK WITH THE PEDIATRICIAN ABOUT THE DIET CHART FOR THE BABY.

Dont worry, slowly your baby will start loving the solid food

Take care.

All the best.

Cheers
Vidhyabharath.

 

Vaali, it's good that you exclusively BF your baby till 6 months. Since it's just been a week since you have introduced solids, you should take it very slowly.
- Introduce only one food (rice cereal/vegetable/fruit) at a time. Give the same food for 3-4 days and see how your baby reacts.
- The food should be nicely pureed and in thin liquid consistency.
- Foods that are good to start - rice cereal (home made is best), banana, apple, potato, sweet potato, carrot
- Don't start lentils/dhal until your baby has adjusted to the solid feed
- Ragi can cause constipation. My daughter had this problem when I introduced it.
- Check with your ped before you start cow's milk. 6 months is too early according to my opinion. To make kanji, you can use breast milk. After boiling rice cereal in water, add a few drops of BM.
- Apples can cause constipation. Instead of apple sauce, you can strain the pureed apple and give apple juice.

It's been just a week, so give your baby enough time to get introduced to the new tastes and textures of other foods. Since your baby is crying while he is trying to poop, I suggest you take him to a pediatrician. Usually, they give a stool softener syrup which will help the baby to poop. You can stop giving him solid food for a day and give him just BM. That would also help him to poop.

Take the solid introduction phase slowly. Don't be in a hurry. Babies have a lifetime to eat and enjoy new foods

For constipation, foods that have worked for my DD are prunes, raisins, palak, banana, ghee, omam water, pear juice. But since your baby has just started solids, it's better to check with your pediatrician.

 

Hi Vaali
Please check the link
How many times a day should my baby poop? - Yahoo! Answers