Does anyone have any ideas how to....

[Rockett]

soften DD's bowel motions? She's 6 months old.
When she does a poo,I can feel her pushing/straining to get it out,and it's like little nuggets, not hard,but firm.
I"ve tried pears,and diluted prune juice,she will only have a few sips,so I'm going to try mixing it into her food instead.The doctor suggested peas :confused: mashed into her food aswell.
Any suggestions????

[angcaltam]

Hey Butterfly,
We used a thing called infants friend, you get it from the chemist, it helps with a lot of stuff not just that, it helps with things like wind as well. It's great, we swear by it and will make sure I have some in the cupboard from when this bub comes along.
Good luck and let us know how you go.

[xkwzit]

Hi
Make sure you offer her plenty of water (I know that getting her to drink it is the difficult part), maybe mix it with some fruit juice (apple / pear / prune) about 1/3 to 1/4 juice to make it more palatable.

I always found that fruit worked well for our DDs. Pear and any stonefruit (peaches / apricots) are supposed to be good, you buy canned fruit or stew it yourself and then mash it to her required consistency. I did have a doc once tell me not to give too much fruit (only max one "piece" of fruit per day).

Cheers

[Melissa1983]

Hello.
My youngest sometimes suffers from that, i use 2 teaspoons of brown sugar in water, and that works for her.

Good luck

[mummyb]

oh the poor little thing how uncomftable it must be.
ive been thinking but neither of my boys have realy suffered from this problem but a good friends little girl was getting so constipated that she got quite ill,
the doctor gave them a strickt diet and i remember strictly no bananas .
some formulas can make bubs stools realy hard .
sorry i dont have a miracale cure what about baby massage and warm baths to help relax her little tummy and make her feel yummy.goodluck :p

[onabreak]

My dd has been bottlefed and she did get constipated when she was about 4 months old. But she is fine now with eating solids. But you can get coloxal drops from the chemist and these work really well. I would put the required amount in her bottle and give it to her that way.

[Kamaikia]

I used brown sugar in water also, but only about half a teaspoon and found that worked great.

[Rockett]

Thanks for the tips.
I'm trying extra fruit and diluted fruit juices at the moment,so if that doens't work we will try the other things suggested. :)