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WHat do i use if my five month old is constipated

LYNDSEY - posted on 06/24/2009 ( 7 moms have responded )

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Lerina - posted on 01/02/2010

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The best thing I have found is apple juice but it must be cloudy apple juice.

Melissa - posted on 06/24/2009

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Prunes or apple prune juice. Safe, natural and works every time! Plus they like it and its good for them! When my kid doesn't have a good poop by the afternoon I give him a 1st foods size container and he gets his business done by bedtime.

Amy - posted on 06/24/2009

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Cool Boiled Water With Brown Sugar! :D Works Wonders!
( I Found My Baby Was Really Constipated On Sma And Aptimil)
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Candice - posted on 06/24/2009

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my daughter had chronic constipation. here are my doc's recommendations:

-avoid rice cereal (or any rice products), bananas, cheese

-try prune juice (diluted) and pear juice

-try prune baby food (and apricots too) if they are eating solids (or as their first food)

-try corn syrup in the bottles if all that doesn't work

-last resort we used baby suppositories (if you buy child suppositories only use half)

none of the first ones worked for my daughter, but the suppositories did...and usually REALLY FAST so they didn't even stay in her long enough to disolve. she is no longer constipated and never became dependent on them, but when all else failed, they were life savers.

Connie - posted on 06/24/2009

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Has your baby started solid food yet? My 5 month old has started rice cereal and it seems like rice cereal is the worst thing for him. So I changed to oatmeal about 1 1/2 to 2 table spoons and I add gerber apple sauce 1st stages or prune or peaches and he does fine with that. Prunes work wonders! Prune juice deluted 1 oz of prune juice and 1 oz of water does the trick every time for me.

Nikki - posted on 06/24/2009

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prune juice is an idea with being 5 months old a little is ok--my daughter doesn't like prune juice but when she is constipated Gerber Pear juice works for her

Lara - posted on 06/24/2009

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Is your baby breast feed or bottle feed? Don't even worry abiut it if you breast feed, but if baby is bottle fed you need to give more cooled boiled water, and more fruit and veges if baby has started solids. Bananas and dairy foods can be a bit binding so lay off those. Don't give baby processed foods at all, just fresh food and breast milk, water and/or the formular you normailly use. Prune juice also works a treat and you can get that at the market. If you want please check out my blog http://baxterandson.blogspot.com/ and let me know how everything turned out, I'm really keen to hear from other mums on all sorts of topics. Hope this helps!

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