Why babies get constipated?
give her fruits like bananas and papayas regularly and when constipated give her prune juice… Add more fiber foods to child’s diet. Fiber softens the stools by drawing water into them, making them bulkier and easier to pass. Fiber foods for older babies are bran cereals, graham crackers, whole-grain breads and crackers, and high-fiber vegetables such as peas, broccoli, and beans. (For a fiber-rich diet, see fiber foods.) CONSTIPATION How do I know if my child is constipated? Constipation refers to the compactness of the stools and the difficulty passing them, not the frequency of bowel movements. The consistency and number of stools varies according to age and from baby to baby. Newborns have several stools a day that are soft and the consistency of seedy mustard, especially if breastfed. Formula-fed infants usually have fewer, firmer and darker stools. Once solid food enters the diet, the stools become more formed and less frequent, and some babies may have a bowel movement without
