What can I do to help my 4 month old with her constipation, without using juice?

Renee - posted on 11/18/2009

My ped had me use some Dark Kyro syrup in my son's bottle when he would get constipated. (1 tablespoon of syrup per 4oz of bottle) We had a lot of issues with this when he first started on solid foods. He could go 4-5days without having a BM. But if you do use it make sure that you are at home and have a few extra diapers on hand. Everything that has been backed up comes out and you have a much happier baby. It does take a few hours to work...

Christine - posted on 11/18/2009

As for an immediate relief if it had built up for too long and she is in terrible pain try suppository for baby you don't need perscription for it. With my baby it worked within an hour or so.. but you still have to find the core of the problem and the solution.. suppository is only for temporary relief.. if the problem continues you should check with a paeditrician..

Ginger - posted on 11/18/2009

ask your doc.. every baby goes through it... i used a lil bit of karo syrup in her bottle.. it would take some time but after a few hours past and it was all in her system she would have a DIPER EXPLOSION! lol and would feel soo much better.. i say ask your doc bc every baby is diff and he should give you all the answers you need

Christine - posted on 11/18/2009

My baby just turned one and she had severe and constant constipation for months after she started solids.. I tried everything from prune juice to coloxyl which made her gassy and made her reflux worse as well... I avoided every constipating food from rice cereal to bananas... It turned out she wasn't getting enough fluid and water solved the whole problem like magic.. I thought she was getting enough fluid as I put a lot of water in her solids but apparently it wasn't.. so If your baby has started on solids it's worth a try to give more water.. but what's tricky is baby can get intoxicated from too much water especially a young baby as their body weight is not much so you have to figure out the right amout of water to give..

Sophrona - posted on 11/18/2009

slippery elm tea. you just make the herb tea and you can give it to her in a med. dropper. she will be a happy baby. just a few drops every couple of hours. i hope this helps. have you figured out what gave it to her?

Tiffany - posted on 11/18/2009

What works the BEST and i know from experience Miralax u can mix it any liquid no bloating no gas it works AWESOME my lil girl be4ore she got sick and passed had issues w/ that i just got the dosage from her dr since she was a toddler she was 4 when she passed but she used it when she was 2 or 3 it works in a couple of days she was back 2 normal......

Izah - posted on 11/18/2009

if formula fed,make it slighty more diluted..(add a lil more water to ur baby's milk)...prune foods also helped me...

Jaralyn - posted on 11/18/2009

Karo syrup... It helped my cousin's baby, but mix it with her formula/breast milk or get a dropper and get it to her right before you feed her, but don't use water, she's too young and the water will fill her and she won't want her formula/breast milk.

Jazmin - posted on 11/18/2009

My mom's old remedy is 1 drop of olive oil....1 every day. Worked for my baby

Veronica - posted on 11/18/2009

What are you looking for Kelsey?? Have you tried anything other than juice?? How did it work for you?? Are you open to some natural remedies??

Tiffany - posted on 11/18/2009

My son was having the same problems and we gave him 1st stage baby food but it was fruit. We started with applesauce and mixed it with a little bit of baby cereal and he hasn't had any problems since then.

Jessica - posted on 11/18/2009

my maternal child health nurse said give water and if breast feeding more breast milk, as constipation is not getting enough liquid...if it gets worse or not improving, you should see someone about it!

Lori - posted on 11/18/2009

I have always used the mylicon drops or fruit baby food. My mother in law always tells me to use the karo syrup or an enema, but I've never tried it. Yogurt helps also. My daughters doctor can sometimes check her temperature rectally and it seems to get things going...

Ryan - posted on 11/18/2009

I agree, Karo syrup works great! That or mylicon drops

Heathr - posted on 11/18/2009

I used to get my son liquid flax seed oil. The dr. said it was safe so long as I followed the dosing instruction, but even today, my son still has severe consatipationunless he gets 3 cups of straight apple juice. Also, prunes are a good way to go. We also switched our boy to goat milk and that seemed to help quite a bit too, but not everyone knows who has fresh readily available goat milk. I was never a fan of enemas. I never used karo with my son. If she eats some regular food, try the yobaby yogurt! There is grain and stuff in there that helps too, and yogurt is sposed to help soften a little too.

Gabrielle - posted on 11/18/2009

we mix 30ml of water and 3ml of coloxol drops. Does wonders for cnostipation and helps with the gas as well!

Chrystal - posted on 11/18/2009

We did water and Karo try 5oz water and a table spoon of karo or corn syrup

Carrie - posted on 11/18/2009

Masyn had bad gas & he was having trouble going to the bathroom he was about 4 months too so I asked the dr if it was okay to give him a spoon or two of Prune Baby foood that ALWAYS did the trick for me

Katie - posted on 11/18/2009

Ask your doctor but I mixed Karo syrup with my kids formula when they had constipation problems....