HELP! How to help baby poop easier?!

Question

My daughter just recently turned a year old and we have completely broken her of the bottle and taken her off formula and switched to a sippy cup with whole milk. I’m really careful about not letting her have too much( she usually has about 18-20 ounces a day) but it seems to be making it hard for her to poop. She’s been a good once a day go-er since she was born, but now she is passing hard balls and it seems like it hurts her to poop. Any advice? Anyone else go through this? I’ve tried apple juice but she just isn’t that into it. She will just want water if not milk. I feel bad for her!

Answer

You can try switching your baby to 2% milk. It’s perfectly safe and recommended for toddlers who get constipated. Prunes, pears, peaches, etc also help, but I can’t recommend giving juice because it’s so awful for their teeth. We just had our first dentist appointment (my lo is 13 months) and our dentist was pretty stern about that. Definitely avoid constipating foods like bananas as well. I also give my son a sippy with water at every meal, plus I let him keep it with him in his playroom so he always has access to water. Good luck!

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Pear juice helped my little one

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My daughter is 13 months and she had that same problem when we switched her to whole milk a month ago. I tried apple juice and that worked, luckily she loved it. I’ve also given her other juices like grape or berry and those worked as well. You could try and see if your daughter likes any other juices. Otherwise, I find that feeding her peas, beans, and pears also makes her go. There’s a ton of fruits and veggies that you can feed her that are high in fiber and will help. We’ve also watered down her milk a bit so it doesn’t give her such bad constipation because it was horrible in the beginning. Hope this helps a bit!

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We go this often actually. The worst was over 4th of July. She went 6 days with out pooping and would scream when she tried. Broke my heart.
Purée prunes and apple juice really helped. Do a warm bath and when they try to poop, stand them up and and help spread their cheeks. Sounds horrible but the water softens it and you need to manually help it.
There are also suppositories that are safe to give them. Of course check with Dr but they have them to help the poop softer. Thankfully she went before I had to try them.

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How much fruit and veggies are you giving her in the day? What about water? If my baby doesn't eat much veggies in a couple of days then the same happens to her.

HELP! How to help baby poop easier?!

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