DD is so very constipated wdid?? HELP - she is hysterical

[*charmalea*]

DD needs to poop .. really badly .. the last few days she has just sharted alot ..and in alot of pain ..

I have given her brown sugar and water , and its done nothing ...

Also i have given her a massage to relieve consiptation .. once yesterday and twice today , I cant do it anymore than twice in a day so now i need to try something else ...


I massaged her before her nap and she woke about 25 mins after in pain and smelling of poo .. i thought she had done it ... but it was only a little nugget

as i was massaging her again i could see the poo trying to come out ... and she would push and grunt to get it out but it would budge ..

i have held her upo right for gravity to help .. but nothing ..

she keeps pushing but nothing happens .. her bottom is so very red and sore ...

I thought about a laxative , but IME coloxal doesnt work well ... and a suppositry , i dont have any one me but if the poo is just there i dont think it would go in ..


how long do i leave it before i go to the docs ... its been well over a week but she has been doing nuggets so im not sure if thats classed as a poo or not in their eyes ...

HELP ... my poor dd is screaming soo much !!

oh she is 8 mths old , so i dont know if i can really give her anything too strong ...

[jackrose]

Oh poor thing! And poor you too!

THis is exactly what happened to my DD at the same age. It was terrible.

I gave her prunes soaked in warm water, let her drink the water and gum the softened prunes and I think they did the trick.

To get the poo out asap, we had a nice bath together which calmed her, I bf her in the bath and held her across my chest with her knees up which helped as it *TMI* opened her bowel. Then (again *TMI*) I used a baby wipe and helped out the poo as it was coming out.... it was really traumatic for her to poo so I was gently trying to do all I could to get it out. Poor baby! We managed to turn a real corner after that.

I have heard that the brown sugar can be more of a problem than a help... I will try to find the link but in the meantime, I hope what I went through can offer some help...


ETA:
I can't find the link about the brown sugar but it was along the lines of - yes it will help a little at the time but will actually make the constipation worse in the long run. It is much better to try some other traditional constipation remedies such as pear, apples and prunes.

I should add that you can puree up the prune and water mix if that is easier to give to your DD. This is the best for the state of your DD's constipation at the moment.

In the longer term, try to avoid foods which can aggravate constipation such as cereals and bananas and try to get DD eating foods which help avoid constipation as well as drinking lots of fluids. (Water if FF and lots of BF otherwise). To avoid more constipation issues with my DD while we introduced solids I would regularly stew some apples/pears with some prunes and give her a bit every day. Sometimes by itself, sometimes with some yoghurt, sometimes with oats as a bircher museli... it helped keep her regular until her digestive system sorted itself out. At 16 months we no longer have a problem.

[Trillian]

I was going to suggest a deep, warm bath too. You could also try a little prune juice, but it sounds like it's right there so it's too far down in the bowel for any of that to really help now.

[Ginger]

prune juice- works wonders on my ds1. if you can't get her to drink it in a bottle, just squirt some in her mouth with a syringe.

[Je$$_84]

If its really bad u can get supositries... I had to when we had the formula issues... So not nice to see them straining... HUGS to ur DD

Pear juice works here of yup prunes

[Pretty Butterfly]

Massage in a warm bath babe.... poor little one, hope it works its way out soon babe....

[krisp]

How about just some plain warm water in a bottle if she will take it, it works a treat for my little one.

[angelaartsstudent]

A supository will go in even if there is poo there - as always with a supository, use lube.

Hope there is relief soon.

[diva det]

Massage works well
start at the top side of her belly and rub down in a L shape- sorta follow the direction that the poo needs to go.
Also we used to put DS in Jolly Jumper and it was a good way to get himto poo as well. The pressure used to help
He would scream for days before he would poo and go between 10 days and 3 weeks in between poos! It was bad!!! WE used to also get the brown sugar and water, prune juice and pear juice- but the massage and the jolly jumper worked the best to actually get the poo out- the rest just used to soften it enough for him. Turns out his bum was too small (premmie) so when he had one of his ops- they stretched it for him!

You can also get a product from the chemist- i think it s called lactolase- safe for babes around you DD age- but just check to make sure.

Hugs its horrible- hang in there
mwah

[alioops]

DD1 had issues with constipation (still does sometimes) When she was a baby we found that if she was pushing, holding her knees up to her chest and having the nappy off, but under her to catch it helped. She screamed the whole time but once it was out she was much happier.