Infant constipation not to a laxative

Treating infant constipation, first look for the cause.

If breastfeeding, breast volume due to shortage of constipation, often increase weight loss, eating crying. For the constipation, as long as the increase in milk yield, immediately alleviate the symptoms of constipation. Milk fed baby more prone to constipation, which is mostly due to too much milk casein content in, thus making fecal dry and hard. This can reduce milk production, increase the amount of sugar, the sugar content of milk increased from 5-8% to 10-12%, and appropriately increase juice. 3-4 months of age infants in milk and baby food made of rice flour sugar etc. Carbohydrates after partial fermentation in the gut of baby food made of rice flour sugar etc, can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, helps to relax bowels. For 4-5 months more of baby, may be appropriate to increase the supplementary food, spinach, cabbage, green vegetables, such as Shepherd\'s purse could be best shredding, depositing the notice in rice porridge with boiled to make various delicious dishes of porridge for babies to eat. In vegetables containing large amounts of cellulose, such as food waste, can promote intestinal peristalsis, achieve the purpose of catharsis. Infant constipation diet adjustment effect above is still bad, baby food and beverage service and honey water, also has a moistening effect.

In addition, strengthening the defecation habits of training is also a good way to prevent constipation in infants. Baby 3-4 months to training regular defecation, intestinal peristalsis after eating to speed up often appear to relieve himself, are generally advised to select child defecation after eating and establish a stool of conditioned reflex, can have a multiplier effect.

Infant constipation by applying the above treatment has no effect, you can open sailutong. Glycerine mainly contain glycerol and sorbitol, can stimulate the intestine plays a laxative effect. When used to note that after glycerine into the anus, parents hand to hip clamping on both sides, way gel liquid retention in the intestines for a while, and then let the child row, the effect would be nice. Average family also use the eye drops bottle, put a little SOAP and water, into the anus can also help defecation.