Author Topic: Does constipation generally point to one intolerance?? (Read 3902 times)

*Kara* · « **on:** August 26, 2011, 22:49:52 pm »

Just looking for the reason for DD's sudden constipation problems at 8 months... are there any food intolerances that generally cause terrible, sudden constipation?

Shiv52 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 26, 2011, 23:16:42 pm »

I find with both girls too much dairy is very constipating.

Katchloe · « **Reply #2 on:** August 26, 2011, 23:18:19 pm »

Yup dairy! Chloe gets it with bananas too. Apples sometimes.

ZacsMumme · « **Reply #3 on:** August 26, 2011, 23:38:23 pm »

Bananas do it for us and too much cereal.

*Kara* · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2011, 01:13:42 am »

ugh... dairy would be a tough one to cut since her formula is milk based

Don't think that is it though, she was never constipated until we were already 2 months into solids... I almost wonder if it was just the jump in the amount of solids that she is taking.. I am trying to get more water into her now

She won't eat cereal (except for a handful of Cheerios a day LOL), so I don't think that's it. And we avoid bananas unless really ripe - since they can actually be laxative when over ripe

Sigh...

~*Nicole*~ · « **Reply #5 on:** August 27, 2011, 01:16:58 am »

Prune juice??? (Ped. just told me to use this for DS if he goes too long without pooping and seemed in discomfort)

ZacsMumme · « **Reply #6 on:** August 27, 2011, 03:22:07 am »

OMG...just remember to dilute the prune juice if you get it pure.. I didn't and Z got the sore tummy from hell that night...bad momma!!!

*Kara* · « **Reply #7 on:** August 27, 2011, 04:26:31 am »

LOL! This is far more serious constipation than what can be fixed with prune juice

We are in the land of suppositories and laxatives

~*Nicole*~ · « **Reply #8 on:** August 27, 2011, 12:11:37 pm »

Yikes! I hope we don't end up there.

clairebear79 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 27, 2011, 12:21:08 pm »

Ooh yucky - poor thing!!! Bananas, baby rice & bread are big triggers for us.

We're dairy intolerant & that just caused runny poop explosions, rashes, eczema & cradle cap. Never knew it could constipate too!

Shiv52 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 27, 2011, 14:14:18 pm »

Quote from: *Kara* on August 27, 2011, 01:13:42 am

Don't think that is it though, she was never constipated until we were already 2 months into solids... I almost wonder if it was just the jump in the amount of solids that she is taking..

For my DD1 we never had an issue with the dairy being constipating when she was only have milk. It was the cheese/yogurts etc that caused the constipation. And it co incided with the increase in dairy in her diet and cutting a milk feed.

*Kara* · « **Reply #11 on:** August 27, 2011, 14:43:09 pm »

Good to know Shiv! She doesn't really have much extra dairy in her diet right now and is still suffering... ugh.

Katchloe · « **Reply #12 on:** August 27, 2011, 15:58:58 pm »

My doc dis tell me that ANY change in diet can do it. So chloes switch to formula, starting solids, and jumping to "mainly" solids can all do it

*Kara* · « **Reply #13 on:** August 27, 2011, 16:49:56 pm »

That's what I thought Kat... I really think it all started because of the huge jump in her solids intake a couple weeks before we landed in the ER the first time. She went from having 1-2 ozs with 2 and sometimes 3 meals a day to chowing a 7 oz bottle plus 2-3 ozs of food at every meal plus a BT bottle of 9 ozs... that combined with the travelling down south probably was a recipe for disaster... and it was much warmer in Vancouver too and she wasn't a big water drinker at the time...

Now it's just getting her back to "normal." Sigh.

EloysH · « **Reply #14 on:** August 29, 2011, 02:35:08 am »

Maybe try to up her water intake and increase things that help constipation like lentils/prunes/raisins/... ........poor baby.

*Kara* · « **Reply #15 on:** August 29, 2011, 03:53:40 am »

Thanks Eloise! I have kept a sippy close by at all times for the last week or so... it's water/prune juice... started probiotocs again and put her back to a higher dose of the MiraLax to get things moving again... so far so good!

jacsmummy · « **Reply #16 on:** August 29, 2011, 06:26:14 am »

Hi, I just wanted to add, and this may be totally just "my" baby, but I found that sweet potato in any form caused awful constipation ~even in soup form for both my kids...both in homemade food and in any jars I used....and biscuits/bread also, even in small quantities had the same packing effect?

Hope it all settles really soon, it's horrid for them

~*~Louisa~*~ · « **Reply #17 on:** August 29, 2011, 13:30:18 pm »

Gluten caused terrible Constipation in E. no one would help her either all i got was "breastfed babies don't get constipated" We cured her with prunes cooked in prune juice in replace of normal meals just prunes in prune juice 3 times a day. we are talking alot of prunes and it worked amazingly poor thing didnt go for a couple of weeks and was at the screaming agony stage

we do put some of our prune success down to slight sal sensitivity but if you add 3 prune meals to 2 days of it I am confident it will get things going and then 1 prune pudding or breakfast every other day to help keep regular while you figure it

but even a sniff of gluten early on bam she couldnt poop for days

Buntybear · « **Reply #18 on:** August 30, 2011, 16:30:42 pm »

Hi, we also had constipation from apples, bananas, sweet potato and baby rice at that age

*Kara* · « **Reply #19 on:** August 30, 2011, 17:03:27 pm »

so weird... sweet potato is generally recommended to get things moving... so much conflicting info out there!

She loves yams so I have now mixed them with pears 50/50

Buntybear · « **Reply #20 on:** August 30, 2011, 17:11:51 pm »

I know! I think as with most things you have to go with what suits your LO best

*Kara* · « **Reply #21 on:** August 30, 2011, 17:16:04 pm »

So true... and more evidence that babies should come with diagnostic systems like cars do

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