My baby is eating 2 solid meals a day now, that means a decrease in her milk feed during the day time. And she loves porridge! Cook it with any veges like potato, pumpkin, carrot, spinach, tomato and she will finish almost a bowl for you. Yesterday nanny reported she has very bad constipation for the first time. Valerie's face turned all red trying to poo poo. After half an hour of trying, the nanny said she look really pitiful. In the end, she managed to help baby by using a enema. Poor baby!
So as of yesterday onwards, I've decided to add a fruit intake into her daily diet. I read in Asian Parenting that babies at her age should have a fruit puree after every meal, if not, at least once a day. Since nanny still believe water is the cause to constipation, I took the liberty to start adding fruits. Hopefully with more fibre in her diet, her bowel movements will improve. I've also read that breastfed babies will face a bigger constipation problem when they start on solid as they are so used to digesting breastmilk easily. Adding solid would put stress to their digestive system.
Sigh.. I miss those days when my baby pooed after every milk feed. Those times nanny complained she pooed too much.. Well now.. none at all for a few days.. Brrhhh....
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