How to Relieve Your Infant or Toddler of Constipation

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Relieve Your Infant or Toddler of Constipation

When your infant or toddler is constipated, it is the saddest thing to see them go through. Finding ways to alleviate your infant or toddlers constipation used to be difficult, but not anymore.

Things You'll Need

  • Your Infant or Toddler
  • Karo Syrup
  • Mylicon tablets or liquid
  • Fig Newtons
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Instructions

    • 1

      Give them a spoonful of Karo syrup in their infant formula. The Karo seemed to work like a charm for my girls when they were infants. Their stomachs would be as hard as a rock, but once they drank their baby formula with a spoonful of Karo, they were able to produce a stool.

    • 2

      Administer Mylicon. Mylicon comes in a generic form as well, and will save your at least $4 to $5 and works like a charm as well. The Mylicon bottle comes with a dropper inside. All you do is fill it up to the amount specified for your infant or toddler. If you have any questions, call your baby doctor about dosage amount.

    • 3

      Purchase a bag of Fig Newtons, once your toddler can chew food easily. Limit the amount of Newtons you provide, as too much fiber could produce the opposite result!

    • 4

      One more item that will help your toddler is pureed pears. If you ask your pediatrician, they will probably tell you pears are a sure way to help a yucky tummy.

    • 5

      Realize that any remedy will take time. Just hold your toddler and tell them it will be alright soon, but that all you can do is wait.

Tips & Warnings

  • Always talk to your babies doctor if you have any questions about dosage amounts.

  • Always love and console your baby or toddler when they are not able to have their bowel movement.

  • Tell your toddler it takes time for you to have a bowel movement and you are doing all your can to help them.

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