this is puzzling me..constipation in 20 month old

[mummysue]

can anyone advise me where im going wrong.i have a 20 month old daughter who keeps getting constipated.the puzzling thing is she eats fantastic.her diet is better than mine.she has brown bread and weetabix for breakfast,fruit like its growing out of fashion,from grapes,strawberries,blueberrys,pears.thats in aday.her dinner is what we have vegetables,potatoes..etc.her dad is a fitness fanatic....not me unfortunately but she still gets constipated and you can see it hurts her.oh she drinks water all through day and even pure orange juice.any ideas

ive a 20 month old daughter and she keeps getting what i would call a "sty" in one of her eyes,i bathe it will warm water and it goes but only to come back.her eye doesnt run just the bottom rim of her eye gets red and a little lump comes on it then it goes.ive been to doctor and he just told me to keep bathing it.anyone else experienced anything like this.thanks

weetabix is guaranteed to constipate ds.
too much fibre can make yuo constipated, so maybe cut down a little. try a different breakfast (oatibix a good alternative) and maybe a little less fruit if she eats a lot.

sorry message gone on same topic,

i always thought too much fruit would make you...not being disgusting but to have a runny poo put politly haha.she wont eat any other cereal,she will eat coco pops though

but oatibix is identical to weetabix, she'll never tell the difference. it tastes very, very similar.
plenty of fibre will keep you regular, but too much can constipate you.

is it all the time?or just now and again?just asking as my 20 month old dd always gets constipated when shes going to cut a tooth.she will have 2 or 3 days of being constipated,then a day of explosions,then she will have a new tooth(took me ages to notice the pattern).

i give her tummy a massage when she cant go and it works every time.

its now and again,but last week she hardly went at all,it has to be something like what you said divastrop as it cannot be her diet,

sorry to keep going on, but it could be her diet.
just because she eats a lot of fruit doesn't mean she can't get constipated- as i've said too much fibre can make you constipated, it's about getting the balance right.

i know what your saying but her diet is more or less the same everyday.and she is having enough liquids to make the fibre soluble....i havent a clue what im talking about but partner study nutrition,give me kfc and mac d's anytime