Bayi sembelit?

Susah hati bila baby 2-3 hari tak buang air besar. Masa umur dia 1-6 months, still okay. Tapi bila tahap umur 6 bulan, bila started weaning, introduced new food, my baby started to have problem passing motion. She had constipation =(

Tapi, macam mana nak tahu baby sembelit ke tak? Most of the times, baby will pass motion every day, especially those who are formula-fed. If she opens her bowel every 2-3 days but the stool is still soft, that is considered okay. Kita akan kata ianya sembelit bila baby tu terpaksa meneran dengan susah payah sampai muka merah (straining hard), passing small lumpy hard stool.

So, para ibu sekalian, apa nak buat kalau baby sembelit? Pening kepala dibuatnya. Pertama sekali, cuba cari penyebab sembelit. Macam baby saya, bila kami introduced bubur nasi, dia dapat sembelit - sampai memerlukan ubat (lactulose & occasionally ravin enema). So, kami terpaksa withhold bubur nasi, dan hanya bagi puri buah & sayur. Alhamdulillah nasib baik dia tak cerewet, telan je semua =P
Apart from that, kami ada juga bagi prune juice- boleh add in the milk

Sampai sekarang, baby saya sudah berumur setahun, kami masih belum bagi nasi sepenuhnya. Because whenever we tried, she'd definitely develop constipation. Jadi apa pengganti pada nasi yang kita boleh bagi? I gave her oats instead. Antara resepi yang saya buat:

salmon + bayam/carrot/kentang + cheese +oat
salmon + labu + oat
ayam + bayam/carrot/kentang + oat
ayam + kentang/carrot + cheese + maccaroni

Alhamdullilah she's tolerating well. Cuma sekarang ni, kena tukar-tukar menu, kalau tak dia cepat bosan. Baby ni makin besar makin macam-macam perangai.

I guess that's it for now. Moga sharing bermanfaat.