food for baby who gets constipated easily

loonypooh · Mar 18, 2010

mommies, once again need suggestions....

i have started to realise that DD is one of those who gets constipated easily. its funny though that once in a while even with EBF she has had issues passing motions, which is when i had given her little warm water.

we started purees with her nearing 5 months, and went really slow, but heck i eventually realised we ended up giving her all "binding" foods...
she did well with applesauce but poop went missing with bananas .. we went back to applesauce . only recently i introduced few tsp of homemade rice cereal, and she went without pooping for 4 days, ended up putting her on prune juice for a couple of days... she pooped but was straining a lot. it wasnt pleasant to see that after all.poor her

i have been trying to hunt stage 1 fruits/veggies and couldnt find fresh pears/peaches/plums.......gave her sweet potato, she is not too bad with it, but i need further recommendations to feed her.
for now i hv stocked gerber baby prunes, pears,plums, squash..... but was wanting to get options which can be freshly prepared.

what else can i give her in her coming months....every next step dreads me as if she would be constipated again

hs2009 · Mar 18, 2010

Poonam

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tikka · Mar 18, 2010

the other culprit can be the formula, which is also new in Z's diet. Just wondering if you need to look at that.

loonypooh · Mar 18, 2010

no tikka, she isnt on formula at the moment... so that is ruled out

himani.... as i said plums peaches, avocados... arent avail all that easily here... rather i havent seen!
the readily available fruits i tried made a big mess...i am lost!

aparnag · Mar 18, 2010

Hi poonam.
i had the same problem with my DD..

Finally with the advice of pead i did this.

soak raisins 2-3 overnight in luke warm water.
give the baby, this water in the morning..
this really works!!:thumbsup

loonypooh · Mar 19, 2010

aparna am going to try this!....i had heard about raisin water, but doubted whether it really worked

thnx!

Vishalini3 · Mar 19, 2010

Poonam, yesss raisin water worked for DD too. We used to give raisin water daily, from her 5.5months onwards For DS, i give it whenever i remember, but he doesnt get constipated, so far so good on solids

pashni · Mar 19, 2010

yes raisins are good for adults also.we adults can eat two,three raisins a day to avoid constipation.and infants can be given the water.it is not going to do any harm.it will sure ease ur daughter's constipation.i give my kids(7 and 4 yrs old) 2, 3 daily before they go to bed.and morning 1st thing they do is finish their work

AnithaA · Mar 20, 2010

Poo, yes raisin water works. You can also try freshly pureed fruits and veggies after steaming them. Have you tried carrot, beetroot, apple, papaya? Apple might lead to constipation but the others wont.

Pavarun · Mar 20, 2010

Poonam, for V apples and bananas were constipating. Fruits and veggies that helped were pears, green peas, spinach, green beans. Also initially instead of rice+dal+veggie khichdi I did oatmeal+dal+veggie.

Now he is fine with most things except apples.