bub constipated!!!

[milly5]

Over the last few weeks, DD (5 & 1/2 months) has gone from the daily or second daily poos to the twice per week or longer.
She is constipated - again. It has been 6 days since she last pooed. And she has gone 5 days twice before. She is straining to go, going red faced and everything, and only getting a few farts, and she is really uncomfortable. I have resorted to the coloxyl drops - again. But I hate doing this.
how can I help her poo without medicating her?

what I have tried so far:
chiropractic adjustment - twice
water - she hates it and spits it out, only had success on those BOILING hot days
massage - doesn't seem to make a difference

She was exclusively breastfed (except for a little water) up unitl 3 days ago, when we first started solids. But she really hasn't "eaten" any of it, more like just moved it around her mouth. If anything, she ate one (or two teaspoons at the most) of pears and rice cereal two days ago.
We are still BF, but she seems to have "gone off" her feeds a bit at the moment (probably because she is so full and uncomfortable).

any suggestions?

[Junglemum]

Rice cereal constipated my Dd1 every time. So we skipped it and just started on fruit and veg.

I'm not sure on tips to help right now, but I'd skip the rice cereal if your bub seems to have a bowel that is prone to constipation.

[CinderToriella]

Rice cereal gave my bubble tummy pains she screamed both day I gave it to her..we never gave it again

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[onthefly]

Is her poo hard, or is she just taking longer to have one? If it's still runny/soft then she's not really constipated (though they are often quite uncomfortable when they do finally go).
The cereal does often cause some issues with their guts.
Sometimes a nice, deep warm bath offers releif. Tummy massage (clockwise) and cycling the legs can also help.

[ree]

i used sugar and water for my kiddies worked nearly everytime my MIL used to do it

[~Minny~]

I added pears if i ever gave farax to counter act the constipation

[STARRYSKY]

We had the same problems here with rice cereal.
starting solids can cause issues anyway, their little bellies getting used to new things etc.

BF babies can go up to 2 weeks without going and as a previous poster said, they may be uncomfortable when they do eventually do it.
The warm baths and cycling the legs helped here, I did also (on the advice of the parents helpline) one night give him brown sugar in warm water, within half an hour he had a massive poo and went soundly to sleep, after whinging, screaming and being in pain for a few hours. I think my DS was about the same age too.

Its so hard to see our little ones in such obvious discomfort, hope you are able to find something that works for you both.