food which constipated (or the other!) with your child Nice topic I know [blush]

[gingernutlover]

dd is now weaning and has had an episode of constipation after eating mango which I just found out can do this - bad mummy for not finding this out before anyway I though it might be useful to compile a list of foods which can constipate or "de-constipate"!

So far I have noticed

Pear with dried apricots - very scarey nappy, obviously a "deconstipater"! Is this even a word?!?!?!

Mango - constipation

apple and blueberry = 8 dirty nappies a day for 2 days! for my dd anyway

My older two both got bunged up with parsnip and also a bit with banana in the early days. Apricot caused a pooh avalanche.

Banana really bungs ds up.Shame as he really likes it!

Raisins = Pebbledash effect

also, brocolli - clear her right out - yuk!

De-constpater (!) : Butternut squash, sweet potato, dried apricots, pots of truly fruits

Constipater : All follow-on-milks, too much rusk / biscuit, packet meals, banana (not if mixed with custard tho)

Banana - constipates

Raisins - create "interesting" nappies

Sweet potato - constipater for ds1 (didn't try it again until he was about 3!)

Bananas - constipate.

The only thing that has ever affected my dd is eggs. She would eat one at every meal time if i let her, but have to limit it to two or three a week otherwise she gets very constipated.

Kiwis and raisins make attractive poos along with sweetcorn

tomatoes - deconstipater!

Pure orange juice diluted with water - deconstipates.