What Can You Feed a Child to....?

[Josiegirl]

help them poop? Poor lil ones I have work so hard to go to the bathroom and it kind of makes them miserable some days.
Any special foods? I thought prunes but I'm really not sure they'd eat them. I thought I saw where avocados might help or am I imagining it. I could mix them with something to help mask the taste. They're 19 months old.
Thanks!

[Unregistered]

I've read white grape juice.
I make my babe's wetter foods. Like adding water to veggies and mashing a bit. Let their cereal soak in milk for 20 minutes, bread type products have something juicy with them, stuff like that. It's been helping!

[Ariana]

For my kids blueberries always did the trick. Also any kind of full strength juice came in as a disrant second. Prune juice did nothing!

[Baby Beluga]

Any of the P foods:
peaches
prunes
pears
peas
etc.

Also, black beans and pinto beans ALWAYS do the trick here

[Cat Herder]

Raspberries, pears, apples, figs....

IMHO, The goal is soluble fiber that is easily digested without being too acidic or sugary.

[NoMoreJuice!]

Definitely avocados! Put them in a chocolate smoothie. Chocolate protein powder, almond milk, and an avocado. Can't taste the avocado, but it's thick and rich!

[MunchkinWrangler]

Peaches, pears, and green veggies. Better than prunes which I think is overkill on an infant/toddler tummy. This has always worked for me. Stay away or limit constipating foods like bread, bananas, and oatmeal. Apples have the happy medium of making you go but forming a stool.

[mamamanda]

Fruit and fruit juices are the key!

[AmyKidsCo]

Also whole grains for fiber. I started adding ground flaxseed to my morning oatmeal and it works like a charm! ::

[MunchkinWrangler]

Oh, and up the water intake!

[Josiegirl]

Thanks all!
I forgot about bananas not being good for constipation and they eat them all the time.
Lots of great ideas!!

[nannyde]

Stage 3 baby pears.

[Josiegirl]

Stage 3 baby pears.

Better than fresh pears?? I'll have to pass that onto dcm too, thanks!

[renodeb]

It's very unlikely that kids that age will eat broccoli but I have found that to be helpful. White grape always helped my kids. My daughter had problems with constipation when she was little.
I think sweet potato is a good fiber food to and water, water, water!

Deb

[Baby Beluga]

Forgot to add, pureed pumpkin works great as well.
I like to mix it in with vanilla yogurt and cinnamon.