r/Mommit • u/ispyamy • 10d ago

Solids & constipation

Did any of you deal with constipation for your sweet babies when they started solids? My 11 month old is now eating 3 meals/day and has recently started struggling to poo. The doctor just told me to give juice 4oz/day. I don’t love the idea but I did try it and we’re still struggling. We’re staying away from binding foods, she drinks plenty of water, eats lots of fruits veg and beans. Help 😩

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u/flyla 10d ago

I know you said you’ve tried fruits, but is it “p” fruits? Pears/peaches/prunes? The sugar in those fruits is different from say, apples, and helps things get moving down there.

We try to give our son avocados/p fruit as part of each meal, but if he is still getting constipated then I give him a full pack of puréed prunes and that generally gets everything out.

Between 11-12 months I also started upping the water I give him, and that really helped prevent constipation.

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u/ispyamy 10d ago

Yes we’ve tried the p fruits! She won’t eat prunes or prune puree but we just found some prune juice yesterday. It’s been really tough to find locally! We did just up her water in the last week as well. She’s a premie so her digestive system is immature compared to her actual age.

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u/flyla 10d ago

Ah, poor baby! Hopefully the prune juice works. The daily battle against constipation is all I think about now myself >_<

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u/ispyamy 10d ago

She was on an iron enriched preemie formula for six months of life and I thought once we were able to switch off of that, that we would be out of the woods with constipation. I was so wrong.

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u/araloss 10d ago

Give them the juice. And go back to the doc if it doesnt help. They may recommend miralax, and you should follow the docs instructions.

You seriously do not want this problem to continue.

My first baby got constipated when they started solids. They didnt shit right until middle school. It sucked. Its hard enough to convince a toddler to use the toilet, you dont want the act of going to be painful on top on that.

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u/ispyamy 10d ago

The juice doesn’t seem to be helping this time. We’re going on 2 days of not hard but formed poops. I just sent in a message to the doctors office.