How to Treat Baby Constipation
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When a baby has constipation, it can be very discomforting. Making dietary changes and adding exercise can get them regular again.
Step 1: Give water or fruit juice
Supply your baby with 2 to 4 ounces of water or fruit juice in addition to their usual feeding. This will help keep their stool soft.
Step 2: Feed a high-fiber food
Feed your baby high-fiber foods, such as pureed pears, prunes, or barley cereal.
Tip
Cut down on foods like carrots, bananas, and rice, which are associated with constipation.
Step 3: Encourage exercise
Encourage your baby to move around if they are crawling; if they are not crawling yet, when your baby is lying on their back, move their legs in a forward, circular motion, like they're pedaling a bicycle.
Step 4: Give them a massage
Give your baby a massage. Put your fingers a couple of inches below their navel and apply light pressure with your fingertips.
Tip
Massage for three minutes, maintaining a gentle but constant pressure.
Step 5: Switch formula
Ask your doctor if you should switch formula brands.
Step 6: Add corn syrup
Add corn syrup to the formula to ease constipation. Ask your doctor for the recommended amount for your baby.
Step 7: Contact your doctor
Contact your doctor if vomiting or severe irritability occurs. The doctor may recommend a glycerin suppository if the baby is severely constipated.
Did You Know?
Over 2.5 million doctor visits in the United States are due to chronic constipation.
Watch more How to Take Care of a Baby videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/410147-How-to-Relieve-Baby-Gas
When a baby has constipation, it can be very discomforting. Making dietary changes and adding exercise can get them regular again.
Step 1: Give water or fruit juice
Supply your baby with 2 to 4 ounces of water or fruit juice in addition to their usual feeding. This will help keep their stool soft.
Step 2: Feed a high-fiber food
Feed your baby high-fiber foods, such as pureed pears, prunes, or barley cereal.
Tip
Cut down on foods like carrots, bananas, and rice, which are associated with constipation.
Step 3: Encourage exercise
Encourage your baby to move around if they are crawling; if they are not crawling yet, when your baby is lying on their back, move their legs in a forward, circular motion, like they’re pedaling a bicycle.
Step 4: Give them a massage
Give your baby a m
assage. Put your fingers a couple of inches below their navel and apply light pressure with your fingertips.
Tip
Massage for three minutes, maintaining a gentle but constant pressure.
Step 5: Switch formula
Ask your doctor if you should switch formula brands.
Step 6: Add corn syrup
Add corn syrup to the formula to ease constipation. Ask your doctor for the recommended amount for your baby.
Step 7: Contact your doctor
Contact your doctor if vomiting or severe irritability occurs. The doctor may recommend a glycerin suppository if the baby is severely constipated.
Did You Know?
Over 2.5 million doctor visits in the United States are due to chronic constipation.
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corn syrup to a baby? youre crazy. first we teach people to cut down on
corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup but you’ll happy start a baby off
in life with corn syrup. If youre not of course going ot use a tiny amount
of metamucil you’d try prune juiceor mixing a bit of cooked pureed prunes
into the diet.
Baby Constipation? Fuck You Howcast this is stupid.
EWWW
Can do one for babies under six months
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it.
2.5million visits to doctor over constipation wow
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this was a great help .thank you
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When the baby’s face turned red it looked like an apple. Lol