one year old constipation please help

My child had this too. We had to dilute everything with water. Your child is drinking too much but since he is constipated that is okay. You do however, need to start adding water to what he is drinking. Water will help him go easier as will Apple juice or white grape juice. You should be able to call the doctors office and get suggestions on what to give the child. Since it is coming out that's a good thing. This is a little gross but it works. My child hadn't gone to the bathroom for a couple days and I got worried. The doctor said to take a q-tip and put it in the bottom just enough that the cotton was in the bottom. This loosened up what was in there and also helped it come out easier so no blood. You should call the dr office and let them know how much liquid consumption is going on and that it's still this hard. Your child should be eating more and drinking less at 13 months old. With all that fluid things should just flow. Maybe there isn't enough in there to be a solid normal.

Stay away from anything that is a milk product as they will make constipation worse. Lactose free is the way to go also try miralax, you mix it with what your child drinks this will help as well. I have one child that has cronic constipation, we have been doing miralax since he was a year old, mix it with milk and he is fine. However we do still have our bad moments, even with doing this, recently he got very sick and complains of lower stomach pains. With us I think it is time to see a gastrologist. Good luck with your little man

maybe their stomach is sensible with milk product , my daughter use to have constipation when she was 18 months , the doctor advise to stay away from milk powder or any produce with milk for the time being until when she was ok . and at that time , she need to drink more water in case their body shortage of water due to constipation , hope your baby will recover soon

Hello, I know what you are going through, this has happen to our 2 year old, and his doctor reccomeded us to give our son straight apple juice, so not dilute it with water, the more natural the better, and we have notice a drastic change in one day, our little boy was back to regular bowl movements again. To be honest I don't think the kind of milk will make a difference, because our son is drinking 2% milk and he does just fine with it, maybe you should try 1% milk that tend to have more water added, and your son may digest it better. I hope your little one feels better soon. Happy My Lotting!

You received some good suggestions here. First thing I noticed though was that you said he gets 20 oz. of juice per day. Whoa, that's way too much! The AAP recommends no more than 4 oz. of juice per day. My kids all had troubles with constipation. I had to put dark Karo syrup in their bottles. Once they graduated to milk, they were generally OK. However, with one of my boys, I did mix up a "poop concoction" every day. Instead of apple or orange juice with his breakfast, he got a mixture of 2 oz. prune juice, 1 oz. apple juice and 1 oz. water. As long as he had that every day, he was fine. NOTHING worked with the third child though, so we had to go the Miralax route. This is before it was OTC. I would use that as a last resort, though. Best of luck to you! Try the prune juice - it's the most natural remedy and can't harm him.

Sounds like you've gotten a lot of mixed info. My baby is 13 months now, and has been seeing a gastroenterologist for constipation since 4 months. In that time, this is what I have learned: The normal process of the colon is to squeeze the water out to hydrate the body before passing the stool. However, apple JUICE and prune juice naturally stay in the colon to help loosen the stool - they are the only juices that do this. Fiber helps absorb water in the colon to help loosen stool also, but if the body is dehydrated and takes the water out of the colon, fiber can actually make constipation worse. I have also learned that at least for my daughter, bananas, rice cereal, and applesauce are the worst for constipation. She has been on 8.5 mg of miralax in 6oz of formula every day since 7 mos. (Although we did 2 8.5 mg doses for the first three days to pass the blockage). Miralax was such a relief because I was able to just relax and feed my baby without her crying when she had a bowel movement! We are now weaning her from the miralax. First, to start the weaning process, the doctor had us give the miralax for 4 days, then skip 1 day, and repeat the cycle for a full month. Then we are to reduce it by one day each month. Right now we are 3 days on and 1 day off. I have also started giving her bran flakes cereal with apple juice every morning for breakfast, a little bit of sweet potatoes with all other meals, and grapes for snacks. This has helped tremendously. We have also started using 2% instead of formula and it has not seemed to be a problem. We have only had a problem two times in the last two months and both times were because she was given banana bread. I do have to be careful though...no more than 24oz of milk per day, and I try to get her to drink 4oz of juice or mix it with her food. Good luck!

i am not married yet but ...i believe if u dialude the milk with abit more of water, and every 1 hour feed normal warm water with abit sugar.