What to do if your baby becomes constipated after adding complementary food

Children's bodies are relatively fragile, so we need to be more careful in our daily care. Especially in terms of diet, if a child develops poor physical symptoms due to changing his diet, we should find out the cause in time. If your baby develops constipation symptoms after adding complementary foods, we can use the following methods to relieve the symptoms in time.

What to do if your baby already has constipation after adding complementary foods

1. Massage

Massage can relieve constipation in babies after adding complementary foods. Specific method: Place your palm downward on the baby's navel and gently massage in a clockwise direction. Massage can speed up the baby's intestinal peristalsis and promote defecation, and help the baby digest food.

2. Soap bar method

The soap bar method can relieve constipation after your baby starts eating solid food. Specific steps: Wash your hands, cut the soap into a cone-shaped soap bar about the thickness of a pencil and about 3 cm long, moisten it with a little water and then slowly insert it into the baby's anus. Try to keep the soap bar in the anus for as long as possible to fully stimulate the peristalsis.

3. Glycerol suppository method

Glycerin suppository can relieve constipation after the baby adds complementary food. Specific steps: Wash your hands, then open the wrapping paper of the glycerin suppository, slowly insert it into the baby's anus, gently press the anus, and stay for as long as possible to allow the glycerin suppository to fully melt before defecation.

4. Enema method

The enema method can relieve constipation in babies after adding complementary foods. Specific steps: First, cut open the tip seal of the suppository, smooth out the burrs at the tube opening, and squeeze out a little medicine to lubricate the tube opening to avoid piercing the baby's anus. Then, place your baby on his side.

Slowly insert the tube of the enema into the baby's anus, gently squeeze the plastic bag to allow the medicine to spray into the anus, pull out the empty enema shell. Remember to clamp a clean tissue at the baby's anus to prevent the liquid from overflowing and staining clothes or sheets.

In order to allow the medicine to fully stimulate intestinal peristalsis and soften stools and achieve the best laxative effect, it is best to let the baby wait until he can no longer bear it before defecating.

We can use the methods in this article to relieve some adverse symptoms caused by adding complementary foods to the baby's diet. The methods mentioned above are mainly to promote gastrointestinal motility to promptly relieve the baby's adverse symptoms. At this time, we can find the right massage method to relieve the baby's constipation in time, and the baby's daily diet also needs more care.