Children have dry stools and pass sheep feces

Nowadays, many children's stools are always dry. The stools are small oval pieces, dry and hard like sheep dung. This is because children do not pay attention to their diet and often eat fried foods, which can easily lead to this situation. Therefore, as parents, you can use some appropriate methods to regulate the stomach and intestines.

What causes constipation in babies?

⊙Inappropriate food ingredients. If you like to eat food containing a lot of protein and calcium, you will have fewer bowel movements and your stools will be alkaline, dry and hard.

⊙ Lack of regular bowel movement habits. The stool stays in the intestines for a long time, and the water is absorbed, which makes it dry and causes constipation.

⊙If the baby has less activity, defecation will be difficult due to slower intestinal motility.

⊙ Breastfed children: If breast milk is insufficient, the child will defecate every 2 to 3 days, and the amount of stool will be less. Although breast milk is sufficient, the quality of breast milk is better, containing more protein and calcium, and the stool will be harder and drier, not easy to pass. The improvement method is to appropriately reduce the protein intake of nursing mothers and increase the intake of fat and sugar. They can eat some fatty meat, walnuts, noodles, vegetables, etc., so that the fat and sugar content in breast milk will be relatively increased. In addition, they can eat more water, nursing mothers can drink more soup, and babies can be fed some boiled water between meals, which can improve constipation.

Children with dry stools should drink more warm water and eat more vegetables and fruits. In addition, children should be trained to develop the habit of regular bowel movements.

If the child has not had a bowel movement for two days and is very uncomfortable, crying, and irritable, parents can use a soap bar or "supplement" to insert the child's anus. When inserting the medicine, let the child lie on his left side with his left leg stretched out and his right leg bent. After the medicine is squeezed into the anus, do not get up immediately. Wait for a few minutes for the medicine to fully take effect before going to defecate.

It should be noted that for younger babies, laxatives should generally not be given casually.