Weaning twins help! Constipation.... What should I do?

[Twingirlsrock]

I have 5.5 month twin girls who showed the signs of ready to wean. Have been following Annabel Karmel but they seemed really hungry and so I stupidly gave them more than she had in her book plan.

The result after 9 days is horrible and I feel so worried and guilty.... They are both passing hard stools and really strain poor things. One twin has such problems I have to help her as her poo gets stuck. It is so traumatic and I can't bear it because I feel as though I did it to her.
I've since cut right down and just giving baby rice plus pear purée at breakfast and a few little spoon tips of root veg/fruit purée at lunchtime with water. Still having 2 breast feeds and 2 formula feeds as well as I know that the milk is v important.

Should I just stop and go back to the routine I had before and start again in a week or so? Or do most babies go through this (I've looked online and read up on it and lots of books say its common).

Not sure what to do for the best..... I don't want to mess them around but i can't bear them straining and being uncomfortable.

Would really appreciate some advice.

Thankyou

i think baby rice is not good for constipated babies so i would sto pthat and just give fruit and veg, not banana!

when mine were little and constipated i pureed some prunes and mix an ice cub of it in with some natural yog for them to eat, that always helped :)

I think you'll be ok if you just cut down the amounts they eat. It sounds like their stomach can't digest the large amount of solids. The most common cause of constipation in baby is lack of fluid. (Which obviously milk is full of it)!

And no they don't have to go through this. Mine never did, but then I did BLW. With self feeding, it's hard for them to eat loads initially. By the time they can (around 9mo for mine), they can also drink water confidently from a sippy cup. But you really don't need to switch to BLW. Just keep the amount small, and watch out for their bowel. Also, I hear pureed prunes and apricots help with constipation. With apricot, make sure you buy organic ones because the normal ones uses sulphar to dry, which is a known allergen (it'll be on the packaging).

Thankyou so much for your advice. I've given prune purée ( a little), cut out baby rice and scaled the whole thing down.

Cross fingers!