Toddler’s Poop

Mine too previously was like that, cried when poop was too hard and couldn’t come out. Realised child actually didn’t eat enough veg so is veg soup with more veg every dinner (child has lunch in childcare) and educating her to drink a lot of water, eat veg, eat bananas (every other day) so that she can poop easily. Initially, also tried probiotics and drank water with Chia seeds which helped. Also used a calendar to mark the days she pooped so that I keep track of the number of days she hasn’t pooped so that I could remind childcare teachers to let her eat the bananas which I had brought to childcare and to drink more water.

My eldest girl has the same problem since young despite the facts she drink lot of water, vegetables and yougurt. We bought her for TCM massage every week and I did the same for her every night as her condition improved after 6 months of hardwork from once per week to every 3 days to now every other day. For my second child we bring her for the massage since she is still a baby surprisingly she does not have this problem and she poop every day.

When your daughter poops, are the stool hard or does she strain hard to poo? If not, pooping every 3 days is fine.. if your daughter is eating a lot of fruits but not taking in much water it will just add to the problem. Because too much fibre can also cause constipation. You may want to give her probiotics like yogurt, etc instead.

I put about 1 teaspoon of chia seeds into a small cup of water. Wait 10 mins for seeds to expand and told child chia seeds will help her poo poo. She will then finish all the chia seeds water. For a start, maybe u want to give lesser to ensure no allergy..

Try giving probiotics daily . It works for my kids