Constipation 4 weeks into weaning...

[minko]

We're still on 2 meals a day, though they are big meals as I feed him as much as he seems to want in the hope he'll go back to sleeping through the night. But now he hasn't done a proper poo in 2 days and what has appeared is v. small and v. dry.

Any ideas!? What can I give him to relive the situation?

[lulumama]

watery food.....like melon,

no bananas, no potato

make sure he is having enough milk, at this stage, the food is about tasting and learning about food, not for filling up! milk is the most filling and nutritious thing you can give at 6 or 7 months...

offer milk before any food....

and try a gentle anti clockwise tummy massage and bicycling his legs...might help to get things moving

[DizzyBint]

maybe you are trying too hard to fill him up with food. fill him with milk, the food is just to play with and taste.

[minko]

Oh dear. I was just feeding him up because he seemed to like it so much. He's craning round with his mouth open after the spoon even at the end of a meal!

OK, just apple, pear (it's all I have in!) and milk today.

Thanks for the advice...

[lulumama]

welcome...emphasis still should be on milk as the main food source....x

[minko]

Things are getting worse now. He's really unhappy and I'm pretty sure it's tummy ache. Is it a bad idea to give a BF baby a bit of sugar water??

[SaucyMoo]

Try and give lots of water between his feeds-without sugar-or dilute with a bit of fruit juice if he doesnt like water. My ds is 8 months and has only gone twice a week since he started on solids-he hardly eats so am really surprised at that...gp gave me lactulose syrup so after about 3 days i give him some of that. Also give him a prune every day, the GP suggested i should increase the fibre in his diet...he cries when hes trying to do a poo! dont worry too much as this is quite common but if he really is in a lot of pain, go and see your gp.