no fruit or veg and horrid hurty poos

[booboobunny]

can anyone advise how i can sneak enough fruit or veg into my 3yo daughter's diet to stop her literally crying in pain as she tries to do a poo. it is getting quite ridiculous now. today she won't eat anything as her tummy hurts too much from the poo that she needs to do. when she eventually does it, it will be like a brick.

her diet is dreadful. she'll eat an apple sometimes also a strawberry or raisins, but nowhere near enough to keep her movements regular and easy (and def not daily). i sneak carrot into her pasta sauce and give her the fruit purees (but i don't think these will help as i think it's the roughage of unpureed fruit that helps with pooing? might be wrong there). i really am getting a bit desperate now as it's all so unpleasant. she understands the link between fruit/veg and poos and when she's in pain she says she's going to eat them, but then when i peel her an apple or add strawberries to her lunch they just get left, despite my reminders about the hurty poo.

tbh she isn't a great/huge eater, so she's not filling up on rubbish, she just isn't that interested in food (except pasta). can anyone help. i'm all out of ideas and off to the shops this pm. any ideas can welcomed....

[ChopsTheDuck]

I used to puree prunes and mix them up with semolina or yoghurt for my dd when she was younger.
Will she eater sweeter veg, like swede or carrot mashed with potatoes? Soups with peppers, and squash?
Mine don't like vegetables boiled, but will eat them with spices, such as in curries, cabbage served with a little nutmeg in.

You could get a mild laxative from your chemist too, as a short term relief.

Sympathies, my dd suffers a lot with constipation even with eating fruit and veg.

[ChopsTheDuck]

spinach and ricotta pasta?

vegetable ratatoille?

[Scootergrrrl]

What about bran loaf, if she'll eat raisins?
Mix a cup of All-Bran, a cup of milk. half a cup of sugar and a cup of raisins and leave it for half an hour to go soggy. Then mix in a cup of SR flour and bake it in a loaf tin at gas mark 3 for an hour and a half. You can mix in chopped apple and stuff too.

[TheFallenMadonna]

How about whizzing up some prunes in a chocolate cake mixture? I use a food processor and it chops them up very finely, and actually the cakes taste lovely. Prune juice is very good for constipation if she'll try that. And you can get a lot of veg, and maybe some lentils, into a pasta sauce if you whizz it enough. Brown bread?

[LibrasBiscuitsOfFortune]

AS others have said whizz up prunes (and apricots) into sauces. Will she have smoothies? Freeze some natural yogurt and then whizz up with fruit gives a milkshake type drink but much healthier.

[leisurely]

More water could help too.

[Montifer]

Some orange juice (with bits in) and lots of water

[meltedmarsbars]

Water?

[thisisyesterday]

def agree with plenty of water.

what;s the rest of her diet like? some thi8ngs are notorious for causing constipation, in our house bananas and weetabix are the biggest culprits

[DesperateHousewifeToo]

Chocolate and eggs can also exacerbate constipation.

Lots of water is very important. This is the main thing that will help.

Just keep plugging away at the fruit and veg and hiding it where you can.

You may also have to consider lactulose to soften her poo. Perhaps have a chat with the gp (you may be able to get it over the counter tho).