What food would you give to a toddler (3) with slight constipation???

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Any advice anyone???

Give dried apricots, orange juice, plenty of water
cut out/down on bananas
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will s/he drink orange juice?
I would give lots of fluids and maybe some extra fruit (fresh/dried) for a while and see if that helps before trying anything else.

Thanks all! Will try more fruit and grapes esp.

dried apricots work like magic!

kiwi fruit v effective!

prunes (maybe mixed with breakfast, or the juice in water as a drink), pears, kiwi fruit, avocado seem to work for us. Hope it goes...

dried apricots and grapes - and stay away from apples & bananas.

Dried prunes taste like toffees - have a couple yourself as a treat.
Mind you my DD1 had terrible constipation this summer which culminated in a screaming session in the loo at a garden centre - sounded like we were abusing her! Basically what she ate made no difference (she lives mostly on fruit) it was just a big poo that kept getting bigger as she was scared to push it out. So I would advise lots of encouragement at this early stage to stop it getting worse. Think back to giving birth and take the role of the midwife.

Good luck!

dried prunes taste like dried prunes - ugh!

also - lots of water!

You could try fibrous veggies and pulses - frozen peas and sweetcorn are high in fibre, as aer baked beans (obviously!) and things like lentils.

My ds has the opposite problem...

Kiwi fruit works every time for both my DS!