Constipation home remedies for infants

Almost every baby in the period of introduction of solid foods show a majority of discomfort caused by constipation. Reasons for the constipation are multilateral. Primarily infant's intestinal system is not yet mature and developed enough to be able to absorb new food. Lack of enzymes for digestion and the daily progress in the development of gastro-intestinal system, is a reason more for the pain and constipation.

In one of the previous articles, I mentioned that some home recipes for constipation proved to be the best, and I will list all the things again that really helped us.

• Add some extra fluids into daily nutrition (in addition to breast milk)
• plum juice, which contains natural laxative and enables easier bowel movements
• Peach puree, which contains plenty of pulp and provides faster bowel movements
• Apple and banana puree, which regulates bowel movements in the both cases of diarrhea and/or constipation.
• chamomile tea (sweetened a bit – approx. one tea spoon per 100 ml)

This is what definitely helped after 4 days of constipation and a painful nights without a sleep. It helped our baby to sleep comfortably at night and remove the existing nervousness during the day.

Symptoms to recognize constipation with your infant are following:
• bowel movements are painful and very rare (maximum of one in 4 days)
• stool is a hard and consistent in shape and even with traces of red-light blood (which is nothing to concern you except it’s excessive and recurring), and painful bowel movement
• petulance babies and nervousness during the day
• periodically waking during the night and crying
• excessive crying during the day on many occasions
• violently strain during bowel movement with straining sounds

If your baby has these constipation symptoms, which is the cause of solid food introduction, and if everything lasts longer than 4 days, you need to contact your pediatrician who will likely prescribe glycerin spill that has to be applied anally, which would relax the colon and 15 minutes after application release the bowel movement automatically. These meds can be misused in this way that some parents apply it quite often, and the baby does not develop the effect of bowel movement and can lead to big problems later.