What should I do if my nine-month-old baby is constipated?

Most babies have been weaned and are starting to eat complementary foods by the time they are nine months old. During this period, because the stomach and intestines are still in an adaptation stage to the newly added complementary foods, it is easy for the baby's stomach to be indigestible and it is easy to cause constipation. Long-term constipation will have a bad effect on the baby's body. If the toxins in the body cannot be discharged, they will be retained in the intestines. So how should we solve constipation in a nine-month-old baby?

Let’s talk about foods that can help with bowel movements:

Tofu paste: Add some water to the salted tofu you bought, put it in a pot and cook it over high heat, while crushing the tofu. Don't cook it too long. Finally, add a little salt to season it slightly. Tofu is easy to digest and most importantly, it is rich in protein, which is very helpful for the baby's growth.

Cauliflower with minced shrimp: Wash and chop the cauliflower and minced shrimp, making sure to remove the thread on the shrimp. Then put the shrimp and cauliflower into the pot and cook. When the meat is tender, add soy sauce and other condiments. The content of vitamins and carotene in cauliflower is very high, while the content of calcium in shrimp is very high. It is of great help to the growth and development of nine-month-old babies.

Steamed egg yolk soup: first separate the egg white and egg yolk, take the egg yolk and add appropriate amount of water to dilute it, put it in the pot and steam it for five minutes. During this time, you can prepare spinach, carrots or vegetables that your baby likes to eat, grind them into powder and then put them on the egg yolk and steam it for a few minutes. When the vegetable changes color, it can be eaten. The nutritious eggs combined with carrots and spinach can help digestion better and taste quite good.

Apple banana soup: Mash apples into apple puree, add bananas and mix well, then feed to baby with a spoon. Not only does it taste sweet and delicious, but it can also effectively prevent baby constipation.

The above article introduces some foods that can help gastrointestinal motility and promote digestion. When babies first start to add complementary foods, they can eat more of these foods and try to eat less foods that are difficult to digest. Then, as they get older, slowly increase the dosage and variety of complementary foods. Eating more foods containing plant dietary fiber will help digestion and defecation.