Bowel matter !

My little 16 mo old daughter has always had more share of trouble with her gut system since birth. She had blood in stool at 6 weeks old. Even though I was only breast feeding her at that time. We found out that she had allergic colitis, I had to give up all the dairy to continue breast feeding. That resolved right before she turned 6 mo of age.

After introducing solid food to her diet, she suffers on and off bout of hard stool. Always straining and crying during her bowel movement. It is a common problem for infant becomes constipated with the introduction of solid foods. By adding more fluids and fiber to the diet may help. Diluted apple/pear/prune juice. Personally, I have found prune juice or pureed prune to be the most effective. You can get organic pureed prune for the little one. Or dried prune for the older kids.  Choose high fiber food group like whole-grain bread/cereal. Avoid bananas and applesauce, that generally can make firmer stool.

Rule of thumb: daily intake of fiber = age +5g. Up to a max of 35g/day