Baby needs fibre to prevent constipation

Posted on Saturday, March 15th, 2008 under Babies, Breast Feeding, Health, Personal. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Baby Clarisse had problems with constipation last week. Her stool was very hard and dry she cried when passing motion. There are two things which led to this I suspect. First of all, since I’m breastfeeding her, it could be that I’ve been avoiding fruits and vegetables when I had a cough last week. That could’ve caused my breastmilk to contain less fibre. Secondly, two days before baby Clarisse’s had constipation, I switched from Bellamy’s Oats Cereal to another brand. For several months, I’ve fed her Bellamy’s Oats Cereal every morning. So I quickly bought a box of Bellamy’s Oats Cereal and fed her in the evening. The next morning, her stool was back to normal.

Having seen the immediate effect of lack of fibre, I’ve got to make sure she gets her daily dose of fibre to promote healthy bowel movements.

JO-N writes ...

True, fibre is indeed very important. Prune and prune juice is good too but I’m not too sure whether it’s suitable for young babies.

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March 16th, 2008 at 2:04 am

Joan writes ...

well i found this site that is very helpful about these kind of things
http://helpwithconstipationinfo.com/

January 31st, 2010 at 2:58 pm

Usman writes ...

Try this
http://constipationrelieff.blogspot.com/
It’s really helpful.

April 22nd, 2010 at 7:52 pm

rara writes ...

Does the fibre from mother’s milk also pass to the baby? If i drink prune juice, will it pass to my baby and relief it’s constipation? Or I eat more fibre, my baby is going to get more fibre?

May 10th, 2010 at 10:36 am

constipation charity writes ...

There is actually no “normal” schedule when it comes to a baby’s bowel movement. A baby’s individual pattern of passing stool depends on what he eats and drinks, how active he is, how fast he digest food, and how quickly he gets rid of the waste. Breast milk on the other hand, has a mild laxative effect and has the perfect balance of fat and protein, thereby making stool almost always soft. Thus, a breastfed baby normally pass stool up to 5 times a day.

October 14th, 2010 at 9:44 pm