#asktheexpert My baby girl is 18 months old. She usually poops 3-4 times a day. She did not poop for the last 3 days. The same happened 1 week back. That time she passed hard stools with pain. Again she was fine and back to routine. This is the second time now. But she eats and drinks water fine. She is bit fussy than usual. What should I do. She never eats fruits. But eats all vegetables. Please help

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#asktheexpert  My baby girl is 18 months old. She usually poops 3-4 times a day. She did not poop for the last 3 days. The same happened 1 week back. That time she passed hard stools with pain. Again she was fine and back to routine. This is the second time now. But she eats and drinks water fine. She is bit fussy than usual. What should I do. She never eats fruits. But eats all vegetables. Please help

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a child is suffering from constipation due to lack of fibre in the diet so that is very important that you have to give plenty of water and fibre diet made from cereals pulses vegetables and fruits
Your child is having constipation for which kindly give plenty of water to drink and fibre diet made from cereals pulses vegetables and fruits. Specially give papaya banana oats fennel seeds water it will help in decreasing constipation and even after that the problem continues kindly meet your doctor for constipation medicine. it is important for you to know that the problem of constipation will improve with increasing age of the child. You may increase or decrease the dosage of constipation medicine if needed according to the consistency of the stool

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Hi dear mom
Give black raisins juice empty stomach in the morning when ur baby is constipated. Black raisins are high in fiber and will help to get relief from constipation. Also include fiber rich food like Papaya, pear, plum, prunes, carrot etc in ur baby's diet for easy passing of stool.

A. Hi dear mom Give black raisins juice empty stomach in the morning when ur baby is constipated. Black raisins are high in fiber and will help to get relief from constipation. Also include fiber rich food like Papaya, pear, plum, prunes, carrot etc in ur baby's diet for easy passing of stool.

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