Solids question

If pears are like apples then its weird. With apples, stewed=bunged up, but aaple juice is good for constipation. So maybe the same with pears.

Can I suggest that you stop the fruit and move on to the veges for awhile? You might notice the difference straight away. Cooper's fave is Pumpkin and Sweetcorn... straight out of a can.

We did veges for a week then had a break of a week now we are trying fruit... staying away from apples for now.. trying other fruit.

I'll try and find the list that I saw on another forum.. it suggests the foods that you should start with and keep clear of... BBS

Ok Sorry I finally found the list:

6-9 months
Fruit: avocado, mango, rockmelon, paw-paw, kiwi, stonefruit, pears
Veges: zucchini, squash, pumpkin, green beans, celery, mushrooms
Grains: gluten free including brown rice cereal, millet, buckwheat. (white not reccomended till 2+ years)

9-12 months
fFruit: apples, bananas, berries, grapes, watermelon, dried fruits (sulphur - 2202 - free) citrus
Veges: spinach, beetroot, broccoli, carrot, cauliflower, asparagus, sweet potato corn, egg plant, peppers, tomoato and potato (the last 4 closer to 12 than 9 months)
Grain: gluten grains including oats, barley, basmati rice. (can cause intolerances if introduced too early)
Protein: tofu , chicken, some beans, egg yolk, seeds and nuts if cushed, soy products (milk, yoghurt, cheese) Note that nuts and siy may cause an allergic reaction.

1-2 yrs - strawberries, brown rice, wheat products (small amounts) fish, egg whites, pulses, cows milk.

Wheat and cows milk procuvts can cause intolerance if introduced too early. Egg whites can cause allergic reactions.

I also found this on the same thread about Pears:
Pears have the least amount of salicylates of all fruit, and the riper the fruit is the lower the amount of salicylates. So to test pears you need to buy ripe pears (NOT canned - they use quite unripe fruit and are high in salicylates) and wait till they are really really soft. Then peal them quite thickly (the skin has more salicylates in it than the fruit inside) and cook gently on the stove in water. I would suggest trying this in a month or two and see how baby goes ....

If baby isn't able to handle pears, then hold off on all other fruit for at least a month, if not two. They certainly don't need the nutrition from fruit at this age - remember they get most of their nutrition from bottles/breastfeeds and are only doing solids to get used to the taste and texture. Solids are an investigation time at this age, not a nutrition requirement.

Apples and bananas are no good. Also stay away from rice & rice cereals ie baby rice; porridge; muesli; pasta.
Pears should normally work - were they raw peeled pears? Other things to try include peaches, plums and apricots. Also giving extra water. Prune juice is really really good but have never managed to give to Gina.
You need to make sure that you are not giving him foods that will ease constipation (like pears) and then something that promotes it (like rice cereal) as the overall effect will be nil.

No worries, I hope it works for you.

I'm suprised at pears being a problem?

Agree with the kiwifruit and prune juice tips though, just a small amount of either will do wonders!

Jett went 3 times yesterday! I'm not sure what made him go, as it had been 7 days since he last went #2's. I've been giving him lactolose & peers with kiwifruit (which probably canceled each other out), then MIL made up vege's with silverbeet in it. So maybe the combo of the lot helped him go. I avoided all fruits yesterday & gave him the homemade vege's. Will try that for the next few days & see if that helps him go more regularly. Of course MIL thought it was her food that made him go.... I think it was more the fact it had been a week & he was bursting to go!

I've never given him baby rice, I don't think their digestive system is ready for rice yet, will try after 6 mths I think, and no cereal yet either. But with his constipation I think I'll avoid rice for quite some time.

Ohh I hope you don't mind me using that list Miss its so good. I'm now following it myself with Cooper, and so far so good.

LOL Sparkle! Thats the kind of thing that I would say about my MIL.

Have you tried Coloxyl? Or baby enemas?