What should I do if my child has dry stool?

We all know that babies' gastrointestinal development is not yet complete, and they are often prone to symptoms such as dry stools. Such symptoms are particularly detrimental to the baby's growth and development, because hard stools often cause dry stools in babies, which prevents them from absorbing food better. This will affect the baby's physical health over time. In order to effectively alleviate such symptoms, let's learn about what to do if children have hard stools.

What to do if your child has dry stools

1Method 1: Banana applesauce, suitable for babies over 6 months old.

Use half a ripe banana (not the kind with green skin, as eating bananas with green skin will cause constipation and have a counterproductive effect), half an apple, and an appropriate amount of honey for children.

Steps to read. Steps to read. 2 Production process: Scrape the apples and bananas into puree with an iron spoon, then add a little honey to the two purees and steam them for 2-3 minutes. Eat once in the morning when you wake up, and once at noon and in the afternoon. The fiber in bananas and apples can stimulate intestinal motility.

Method 2: Cucumber and carrot juice, suitable for babies over 6 months old.

Ingredients: one cucumber and one carrot.

Production process: Cut the cucumber and carrot into sections, add a small amount of cold boiled water into the juicer, then add the cucumber and carrot to squeeze out the juice, and give the squeezed juice and cucumber and carrot puree to the baby to drink, once at noon and in the afternoon. In addition to being rich in vitamins, cucumbers and carrots also contain a large amount of carotene in carrots and vitamin C in cucumbers, both of which can prevent and relieve constipation.

Method three: spinach, sesame oil. This method works best for my baby.

Blanch the spinach in boiling water for one minute, remove the stems, only the leaves, chop the leaves into small pieces, add a little sesame oil, a little salt, mix and feed to the baby. If the baby doesn't eat it, you can make the eggs into omelets, cut into small strips, and eat them with the spinach and sesame oil (the spinach must be blanched in boiling water, as spinach contains oxalic acid, which makes it easy to absorb calcium from food). You can also give your baby an appropriate amount of sesame oil after meals.

Precautions

During the production process, do not add too much honey as the baby's intestines cannot adapt to honey.

Cucumber and carrot puree will have a flavor. If you don’t want to eat them, you can add a little sugar. Don’t feed too much at the beginning, as your baby will not eat next time.

Spinach must be blanched in boiling water during the preparation process. The oxalic acid contained in spinach can easily form calcium oxalate in the body, affecting the baby's calcium absorption.

In addition to the above recipes, you should give your baby more water, especially warm water on an empty stomach in the morning. If your baby only drinks milk powder, you should add an appropriate amount of Qinghuobao. The baby's food should be light and free of sugar. Breastfeeding mothers should not eat spicy food, otherwise the baby will get a sore throat while drinking milk.

Give your baby an abdominal massage every day, gently massage his belly in a clockwise direction. If the baby has dry stools, do not use enema, as this medicine will irritate the baby's anorectal area. Drinking Qinghuobao and some probiotics regularly will also have some effect.

The above is an introduction to what to do if children have dry stools. After understanding, we know that there are many reasons for this phenomenon. If the baby is breastfed, mothers must adjust their diet in time and eat more light food. If the baby can eat by himself, parents must give the baby some light food and let the baby drink more boiled water.