Any tips on relieving constipation?

irregular bowel motions are normal. lots of kids can go weeks in between, so be careful you dont make him too loose!

prune juice or i know of a lady who puts prunes in with her babies mashed veges, the baby loves them! to make the juice i think you boil the prunes and then use the liquid? can anyone confirm that?

warm brown sugar and water but thats probably for an older child

avoid too much apples in his diet they can clog babies up, learnt that one the hard way!

Wow, great advice so quickly. Thanks heaps - prune juice it is. Assume this is Ok for his age?

Oh and yep SimoneF, I use the liquid from the boiled prunes, I just put it in her sipper cup diluted with water, I assume you would do the same with putting it in with the veges!

Some babies don't have bowel motions as regularly as we expect. If he seems comfortable and hasn't got swollen bowels I wouldn't worry too much but you could buy (or make your own) baby food with prunes, apricots etc in them and mix prune juice into baby rice. Avoid bananas as these will actually harden things up.

Michaela got severely constipated when she was one year old. It was so hard when it finally came out she got and anal fissure (a tear in her anus) and because it hurt so much to poo she would hold it in which in turn would cause constipation. She was diagnosed as anal retentive (which isn't as funny as it sounds).

For several months we had to give her diorhea (sp?) to make her go poos. We gave her a combination of remedies to keep her soft and runny. These included Kiwicrush (which you can find in your supermarket freezer) this is extremely powerful stuff so no more than one bottle per day (maybe less since he's so young), Watered down Prune Juice, watered down Apple Juice (which can also stunt the apetite so be careful with this one), brown sugar dissolved in water, Lactulose (prescribed by our doctor), prunes, apricots and raisins. Luckily she has always loved fruit and veges so she was eating heaps of those.

Eva has been on solids for just over a month now and was quite constipated initially. Has only had nomal BM's over the past 2 weeks. Like Peachy, I cooked up prunes and gave her a tspn with her brekkie & dinner. Giving lots of water is important too. I avoided apples & carrots as they can be constipation causing. I also reduced the baby rice, as I think that was contributing to the problem.