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14 month old is a bit constipated

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jumperooo · 07/12/2013 07:25

Small and hard pebble poos once a day, so I guess she is a bit constipated but (tmi) there is usually a bigger more formed normal poo in the day aswell. She doesn't seem in pain/discomfort from it.

Any tips? This is what she had to eat yesterday and is a fairly typical example of her diet:

Wake up: Bottle of full fat cows milk, about 180/200ml
Breakfast: Ready brek with sliced strawberry. Chuck of toasted bagel with marmite
Lunch: Mild chicken veg curry & rice.
Daytime snacks: Half a Tangerine, 3 mini rice cakes, some raisins. Possibly a baby biscotti at nursery
Dinner: Crackerbread with soft cheese and a bit of ham, other half of Tangerine, raspberry yogurt, a couple of cherry tomatoes.
Another bottle of full fat milk before bed
Water all throughout the day

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mumofboyo · 07/12/2013 08:51

See what the gp says about it? Offer prune or orange juice? Make sure she moves around enough through the day? Try a bit of tummy massage and bicycling her legs like you would on a windy baby?
If she's not in any discomfort could it just be her natural bowel habit?

Someone more helpful will be along soon with better advice Flowers

jumperooo · 07/12/2013 09:18

Thanks. She's very active, has been walking since 10.5 months and doesn't sit down a lot. We were wondering if its the cows milk. And she has a yogurt and babybel most days, might be too much dairy?

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howaboutacuppa · 07/12/2013 19:45

I had this with my DD at 11 months when we made the switch to cows milk. My HV advised to give her milk in a cup instead of a bottle, because she was drinking a lot from a bottle - comfort rather than quenching her thirst. She now has two of the little tommee tippee cups a day - one morning, one evening and dairy intake still quite high rest of the day.

I also visited a pharmacy to help her in the immediate term. They gave me lactulose, which you give them just 2.5 mils twice a day. This sorted her out in a couple of days, and all fine since (including the switch to cup). She is now 13 months.

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