Yorkiegirl - when my ds1 was little he used to suffer from constipation, though not to the extent your dd is suffering of course. (I'd actually forgotten all about it as it was such a long time ago.)
Anyway, the only thing that helped us was a very high fibre muffin recipe that I found:
This recipe comes from Susan Reimer's book 'Muffins', which can be bought from Lakeland Limited, (cost about £4, I think). The book is full of loads of dead easy foolproof muffin recipes, all of which sound much more delicious than the one below, and are simpler! buy it! (Lakeland also sell muffin trays and paper liners).
I calculated that each muffin of this recipe contains a massive 4g of fibre - so go easy with them, especially for very young children.
ORANGE-DATE BRAN MUFFINS
7 oz plain wholemeal flour
2 oz natural wheat bran
1.5 oz wheat germ*
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarb of soda
.5 tsp salt
4 oz butter or marg (softened)
finely grated rind of 1 orange
5 oz soft brown sugar
1 egg, beaten with a fork
10 fl oz milk
3 oz dried dates, chopped (or raisins)
- Prepare muffin tins, preferably with paper liners as these muffins do tend to stick. Preheat oven to 375-400 deg F (190-200 C), gas mark 5.
- Combine wholemeal flour, wheat bran, wheat germ, baking powder, bicarb of soda, and salt. Stir well with fork.
- In a large bowl, blend together butter, orange rind and sugar. Add egg gradually, beating well until smooth.
- Use a minimum of stirring for the following steps: Add half of dry ingredients to butter mixture. When this is mostly incorporated, add all of milk. After a few strokes, add remaining dry ingredients and continue stirring just until evenly blended. Add chopped dates during the final strokes. Batter will be thick.
- Spoon into muffin cups. Makes 12 standard size muffins. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Tops should spring back when touched. If liners are not used, cool for several minutes to make removal easier.
My boys and I enjoy these split and buttered. But they don't appeal to everyone - my husband can't stand them. But then he doesn't like anything that he suspects of being healthy.
*Wheat germ is great. Add a spoonful to just about anything - yoghurt, salad, stew, etc. It's very high in fibre and extremely nutritious.
HTH