Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 m old boy3 years agoA. no do not give gripe water
Your child is having constipation for which kindly give plenty of water to drink and fibre diet made from cereals pulses vegetables and fruits.
Changes in diet has to be made
Specially give papaya, banana, oats, fennel seeds water pear, prune, pineapple, resins, plum as it will help in decreasing constipation.
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.
RashmiMom of a 11 yr old girl3 years agoA. Hi See gripe water is not a solution to this problem and anyways it should not be given with the child is four years old you should try to give really good amount of fibre rich fruits and vegetables good amount of water buttermilk coconut water papaya as much as you can give that is only going to help a lot in controlling the constipation issue
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