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Hello Doctor,
My 17 months old baby always passes hard stools even though she drinks plenty of water, eats fruits and vegetables in her meals everyday. Please let me know if I need to do something else.
Thank you

Question

#asktheexpert 
Hello Doctor, 
My 17 months old baby always passes hard stools even though she drinks plenty of water, eats fruits and vegetables in her meals everyday. Please let me know if I need to do something else. 
Thank you

Accepted Answer

That’s really odd because your child is consuming such good things which are really very important yet if the motion is hard then maybe there is some another issue you can consult your doctor for that and if there is any medication to soft the stool of the child they will advise you accordingly

Answer

at this age the child should pass stool regularly.
if the consistency is hard and the child is having pain while passing stool it is considered as constipation.
give plenty of water and fibre diet to the child
it is important to give fibre diet from cereals pulses vegetables and fruits
avoid giving more than 400 ml milk everyday and avoid giving packet and perocessed foods as well as biscuits and refined food
adding papaya , fennel seeds water , oats pear prunes pineapple banana kishmish to the regular diet will help in decreasing constipation.

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Thank you. Will check it out

#asktheexpert Hello Doctor, My 17 months old baby always passes hard stools even though she drinks plenty of water, eats fruits and vegetables in her meals everyday. Please let me know if I need to do something else. Thank you