consti[pation

[elwick]

my six month old baby is having very hard stools. I have tried giving him more fruit for dessert and having weetabix for breakfast. can you suggest anything else

[TEAK36]

Try prune juice.My son suffered really badly with constipation.He actually used to bleed, and very quickly became afraid to do a number two.The prune juice worked pretty quickly, but the problem was getting him to drink it.

[ursula62]

mix the prune juice into the weetabix and then top it with yogurt. He will love it as prune juice is very sweet to taste.

[smudge]

Heinz do a Baby Prune Juice - but be very careful when giving babies neat 'adult' prune juice - it should be watered down. Giving them too much, can obviously have an adverse effect, giving them real bad tummy pains & then the runs.

To be on the safe side, it might be best to contact your local pharmacy first.

[spudqueen]

Is he drinking enough liquids during the day?

[buffydarla]

I would suggest more liquids. Try a little pure orange juice diluted with water.

[mr. piper]

childhood constipation is much more of an issue than people think. i recently heard of a child so constipated that it vomitted faeces. prune juice and general roughage is always good, but if he is struggling to pass stools try putting a very small (like an oxo) piece of simple soap up his bum, it does help after 10 min.

[Kgrayz]

I agree my son is 8 months he had trouble going to the toilet, so I diluted pure orange juice with cooled boiled water every other day only a little ounce, it used to clear him out.

[smudge]

Apparently, in the 'olden' days, Mums used to place a tiny bit of soap just inside the botty - sounds awful, but if it worked.......!

[noxy]

Actimel do a yoghort with prunes at the bottom (sorry!) of the pot and its just a right amount to get things going. Also make sure the baby is having plenty of water

[LionNo4]

A good vindaloo should get him moving...

[Nickienickie]

give him a bottle of water to drink ... cool boiled .. sounds like he's dehydrated ..

[dunya-anneli]

One more vote for a sliver of soap up the popschi - unpleasant but it makes them do a smelly in 5 to 20 minutes