7months baby constipated for 7 days now! help!

[shaanmom]

Today is the 9th day and for the past 2 days I just gave her BM and puree papaya and pear diluted with lots of water.
But today still nothing - so out of desperation, we gave her a glyerin suppository. Poor girl she cried so hard and after 2mins, she pooed! not hard as I expect though... very tube like but quite a lot and very yellow colour,is this strange for after 9 days??

I am going to start congee tommorow again - this time must be careful to incorporate the 4oz of water somewhere in her meals and up the fruit/veg puree part.

One question- do you just let baby poo "naturally" into the diaper or do you actually try to make her go at certain times with sounds?
Because for the past 2 days we kept trying to make sounds to help her go and now everytime we tried this, she crys so I am not sure if it is a good idea to continue?
Thanks again

Hi, any good news? Has she pooped again? I think you should consider seeing your dr - 9 days+ without poo is not good; I would think she would be most uncomfortable in her lower abdomen, and the poo will be quite hard and painful... Do also keep up with massaging her tummy and the bicycle legs!

 

[lesliefu]

it took my daughter about a month to get used to the rice cereal...we started off with really watery rice cereal and then as her poo got better we increased the amount of rice cereal.

pureee pear is the best for my daughter. when my daughter's poo is hard, the next feeding i normally give her pear mixed with rice cereal and formula (2 cubes of puree, 2 tablespoons of rice cereal, 2 oz formula, 2 oz water) and then i have diluted milk on the side (0.5oz formula + 3 oz water). pear always seems to work for her.

hope your baby is feeling better!