constipation in toddlers

[beatrize zuri]

^sis try mo yung yoghurt, effective yon sa anak ko lahat talaga ilalabas niya    kasi ako natry ko na ata lahat sa anak ko pero walang umeffect ayoko naman ng suppository kasi pwersahan kami ayon, umeffect sa yoghurt 

[hmist]

My 2-year old son (going 3 this December) also went through a couple of months of being constipated. Super stressful for all of us. But thank goodness that he has finally gotten past being constipated and now regularly makes bowel movement, usually once a day or once every 2 days. Here's what worked and not worked with my child:

1. Too much fiber can cause constipation, too - removing oatmeal from his diet actually resulted in making his poops a lot softer. He used to eat oatmeal every breakfast.
2. Suppository is just a temporary measure, but doesn't really help.
3. We went on Duphalac/Lactulose therapy for more than a month and slowly tapered it down - it worked!
4. We watered down his toddler milk.
5. Fruits, vegetables, yoghurt, prune juice... didn't really help.
6. We changed his potty chair - he liked the new one better because he was able to spread his legs. This is the potty he uses when he makes poop, even now.
7. We got him potty trained as well, so he now tells us when he feels like making "wiwi" or "poopoo."
8. Oh, and our pedia tried to get us to buy these expensive fiber supplements from him that he says will not fail in making our son's bowel movements regular. He even gave us a sample, but my son hated the taste, so that didn't work out. Honestly, it made me want to switch pedias... I feel like this pedia is just pushing his expensive products on us.

[crimsonclaw]

my bunso also has this since nagstart siya ng solids. hay. enfalac sha before kaso ang tigas ng pupu niya and malaki pati! parang pupu ng adult nagdudugo na tuloy bum nya =(

nagtry kami ng suppository and lactose free na milk, more water, papaya, wala.

last week, pinainom ko siya ng konting milo. ayun lumambot ang pupu. kaso now, matigas na naman =(

try ko mga yan mga sis...duphalac, benefiber, lactulose. kaso pwede ba yan sa 10 month old na baby? try ko din mga yogurt at prune juice. ayaw kase ni cloud ng yakult eh.

[cagabin]

feed your child veggies =)

[leletmd]

@crimsonclaw:
If it only started with the starting of solid feeding, then review your supplementary feeding kasi you may be giving your baby something that is making him constipated or kulang ang water intake niya. Do a day to day food diary and see what food makes him constipated.
Milo shouldn't be given to a 10 month old baby. Chocolate yun, e.
Lactose free milk will not help in constipation. Most of the time, nakakaconstipate pa nga lalo ang lactose free milk.
Do not use suppositories since it may lead to dependence and lalo siyang maconstipate.
Lastly, I suggest you ask help from your pedia before trying anything else para maguide ka sa kung ano ang pwede at kung ano ang hindi dapat for a 10 month old baby.

[momdadsteff]

hi I am new here, but I do have same problem with my 2 y/o. daughter can u help me where toFleet Pedia-Lax Fiber Gummies Daily Fiber Supplement . Is this available here in Philippines. Thanks u so much.