What to do if your two-year-old baby has hard stools

Babies have weak spleen and stomach, so they need to eat soft and easy-to-digest food during their early childhood, such as rice porridge and fruit porridge, to avoid indigestion and abdominal distension. At the same time, because the baby's spleen and stomach are weak, the baby is prone to diarrhea, so the baby should try to eat less raw and cold food. The baby's stool is usually soft, but sometimes it is very hard. What should I do at this time?

The baby's dry stool is mostly related to nutritional imbalance. For formula-fed babies, if the formula contains too much protein and fat but insufficient carbohydrates, the protein and fat will combine with calcium to form lumps, making the stool dry and hard. Too little fiber in the food that has been added as complementary food can easily cause dry stools. If the problem is with formula milk, you can change the baby's milk powder. If the fiber intake is too low, you should give the baby more fruits and vegetables.

1. Drink more boiled water every day. Drinking water can clean the intestines and promote intestinal peristalsis.

2. Eat a balanced diet and increase dietary fiber. Eat more vegetables. You need to eat vegetables in a certain amount.

3. Eat more fruits. One-year-old babies should eat whole fruits instead of drinking fruit juice. This can not only exercise the baby's chewing ability, but also increase the fiber in the fruit, which is beneficial to promote defecation.

4. Do appropriate exercise. Exercise promotes faster metabolism throughout the body and also helps intestinal peristalsis.

5. Try not to use enema or other drugs to promote defecation as they can easily lead to dependence. If you don't have a bowel movement for two or three days, you can consider using a suppository to eliminate the old stool.

6. If you encounter any abnormal symptoms, take your baby to the hospital for prompt treatment.

How to prevent dry stools in babies

1. Babies over 4 months old who are bottle-fed or mixed-fed can drink some fruit or vegetable juice. You can also feed some fruit puree such as bananas and apples to promote intestinal peristalsis. For babies who are exclusively breastfed, it is best to breastfeed until they are 6 months old before starting to add complementary foods.

2. Do moderate exercise and do baby exercises. Insufficient exercise can also slow down intestinal motility and lead to difficult bowel movements.

3. Massage your baby's abdomen appropriately: Massage the lower left abdomen. If you feel a cord-like object, gently massage from top to bottom to encourage the stool to be discharged downward.

In order to prevent children from having dry stools, mothers should put in enough effort in their diet and try to change the way their babies eat more vegetables and fruits. At the same time, mothers can help their babies exercise, let them move by themselves, crawl or turn over, etc., which can promote rapid gastrointestinal motility of the baby. It also helps children develop good habits of regular bowel movements every day and reduces the occurrence of constipation.

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