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Offline jaylabliss

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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #90 on: March 24, 2008, 18:07:34 pm »
I reccomend any type of berry- they go right through my son, seemingly cleaning out everything on they way!!!
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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #91 on: May 27, 2008, 01:28:57 am »
ugh...i'm in the same boat....
I have a question for Jaylabliss....do you know what kind of berries are safe at this age?
she is only 7mos?
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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #92 on: June 24, 2008, 06:10:48 am »
read through pages.... have a nearly 7 mo old that is constipated, hard pellet poops as everyone describes.....

been doing ripe bananas, but maybe not ripe enough as not helping.  apples & peaches are every other day.  also have quite a few pears in the mix.... still, he's constipated.  all of these are boiled until very soft. 

was thinking of trying prunes tomorrow, but realized DH bought 'Lemon-flavored Prunes'  ????  by accident, so do you think raisins completely softened in water would work also?  wanted to give him something to get things moving before heading out of the house tomorrow a.m. 

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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #93 on: June 30, 2008, 20:00:27 pm »
Sorry didn't get back to you in time for you to get out of the house :-[ did you find something that worked for your lo?

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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #94 on: July 13, 2008, 11:45:18 am »
Ive just come for a peek on this thread as now my lo has more established meal times and is consuming more solids he quite often has the pellet poos you describe and is visibly straining more and more. Like just now after his lunch there was some mega red faces and grunting, I thought it would be a monster poo but there was just a little hard one. He has cereal or porridge every morning I wonder if that could be the problem? He's always had this though well before he started getting constipated.
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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #95 on: July 13, 2008, 20:42:46 pm »
Hi,

my 9 month old little one suffered terribly from constipation once we started solids. I even had to resort to giving him a suppository....twice!! I have no clear cut solution but I have done the following which seems to have alleviated his constipation. At least he goes every day now without too much straining...
* No bananas. I was told that bananas actually make the constipation worse.
* No carrots. Same reason as with bananas.
* Prunes. I have starting buying dried prunes, which I boil in water for about 15 mins, and then puree. I freeze the puree in an ice block tray and pop out a cube every morning, heat it up and give it to him before his cereal in the mornings.
* Stopped taking my pregnancy multi-vitamin. Someone advised that perhaps the iron in the tablets comes through in my breastmilk and adds to the constipation. Just have to be extra careful with my own diet to keep up my energy levels while I am breastfeeding.
* Spinach. I feed my little one lots of spinach. I actually make a spinach lasagne for the whole family and before putting the lasagne together, put aside some of the spinach filling and he loves it. I also mix it with a little tomato sugo before feeding it to him.
* Water. I give my little one lots of water in sips throughout the day.

I'm not sure which one of the above has made the difference, or whether it is a combination, but I have introduced these five things over the last 2 weeks and there has been a marked improvement with his constipation.

Hope this helps
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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #96 on: July 14, 2008, 12:43:48 pm »
It does thanks! he eats a lot of bananas so that may well be the culprit!! I thought I had read they help with both constipation AND runny poo?? I will certainly limit these now (pity as he loves them). I do have some spinach I had pureed some so will add that more often.
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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #97 on: July 21, 2008, 20:17:51 pm »
My boys (2 and a bit years and 8 months) both had quite a lot of dried apricots with their breakfast and omg we have had so many poo's today. (gross bit coming) ds#1 had liquid poo's for most of the day and ds#2 went for 3 poo's today which is not like him at all. I can only put it down to the apricots.
They're gonna be my constipation stopper from now on!
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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #98 on: July 21, 2008, 20:33:02 pm »
Banannas can be one of those fruits that can either help or cause problems.  With my DS, they helped him, and he had a bananna a day to keep the constipation away.
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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #99 on: August 06, 2008, 09:03:04 am »
My LO was so constipated again last week that I took him to the doctor. The doctor told me to manage the constipation through diet (which I thought I was doing  ???) and I should definitely avoid the following:
* raw apples
* not very ripe bananas (he did say that very ripe bananas are good however)
* carrot
He also prescribed a lactose syrup and I have been giving my LO one teaspoon per day. Since then he has been going once per day and seems to be straining less. I think they key difference has been this lactose syrup.

The lactose sysrup I got is called LAEVOLAC. I am based in Austria so don't know what it would be called elsewhere. Maybe you can find something similar where you live?
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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #100 on: August 09, 2008, 14:46:56 pm »
This has been a very interesting read. I didn't have a clue about the carrots - Dan loves carrots. It's probably the only veg he is happy to eat by himself.
We are having a problem with constipation too. Dan really strains. It must have taken him a good 15 mins to pooh one hard lump. Poor little boy's in tears.

I've taken to giving him 1ml of lactulose a day. Been 4 days now and it's really hard for him to go.

I think I will get some dried prunes tomorrow and give those a go.

Thanks for all your suggestions ladies.
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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #101 on: August 09, 2008, 20:15:20 pm »
Raisins are fine with my LO, but with nephew they come out whole! eww!
I just give my Lo a small bag of prunes, she loves them, weirdo!
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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #102 on: August 13, 2008, 03:06:35 am »
Sorry that it took me forever to get back to this post!!!!  Yes, i did try boiling one pear, one apple, one plum, 3 prunes & a handful of raisins in 2 inches of water on the stove.  Once everything was very plump & soft, I mashed it with a potato masher & added a touch of nutmeg & a tsp of cinnamon.  He loved it -- I mean absolutely loved it -- and it helped move things RIGHT along.  We were good to go.

P.S. -- This is also a favorite of DH & I over vanilla ice cream now.  So good!!!!
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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #103 on: May 30, 2009, 19:23:57 pm »
Just reading through these posts is it true about carrots ive just started my lo on solids his poos are firmer but didnt know if he has been constipated hes been eating butternut squash carrots and apples Think ill give carrots a miss 4 a few days just incase
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Re: Laxative Foods
« Reply #104 on: July 08, 2009, 09:39:17 am »
hi- after earning the T-shirt I just wanted to give you the heads up about what really helped us.

YOGURT!! Not much  needed (1 or 2 tablespoons per day)- and never looked back since!!

I know this is not exactly a first food, but if I recall correctly we started at around 7 months and DS still gets at least 3 tablespoons per day!!
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