At my wit's end! V stressed FTM trying to get ahead of 9mo DD's constipation before it becomes a bigger problem. This has been going on just over a month. I've not introduced any new foods. Have already tried prunes, plums, peaches, pears, peas, brocolli, orange - in all forms: cooked, pureed, stewed, juice, dehydrated and rehydrated..Tried more water, tummy massage, baths, more crawling time, bicycle kicks, lactulose, more wheat/bran, less wheat/bran, live yogurt, less dairy, currently trying no dairy...
DD was always very regular. Since starting solids she would normally go once or twice a day, missing a day maybe once a week. Always soft - think nut butters if not softer.
Then one day, just a little nugget in the nappy. Small and dry but squishable rather than pellet like. Threw all the P fruits at the problem and it sorted itself out in a week (although final day v traumatic for all concerned!). Nappies back to normal for a couple of weeks, but since then bar the occasional good day it's been constant nuggets or nothing at all. Poor DD strains a lot for them and occasionally gets upset, but generally seems happy in herself until I have to intervene with suppositories.
The GP says it's one of those things when weaning and can just carry on well into toddlerhood. They want me to continue giving lactulose twice daily, though it doesn't seem to do anything, and to use a suppository if DD hasn't had a proper bowel movement in 3-4 days. But currently this seems to mean once or twice a week which can't be good.
Lactation consultant can't see a problem on the BF side of things, and a private dietitian said her diet looks 'perfect' and shouldn't be a fibre issue. Suggested to see how it goes another couple of weeks then try dairy exclusion, but I've just launched straight into that in case it helps. No change yet...
Any ideas or wisdom? Have others had sudden longlasting constipation around the 9m mark and was it an intolerance or did it sort itself out??