Yesterday, at a department store, I struck up a conversation with the sales clerk. She told me that her toddler had a serious problem with constipation.
I told her that when my daughter was a toddler, she had constipation too. So in addition to giving more water for her to drink, I gave her Fiber One cereal to munch on like chips.
But then I also had the idea to spike her grapejuice with a little bit of prune juice. It was just a small amount. Over time I SLOWLY increased the proportion of prune juice, and a year later she could drink prune juice by itelf. It worked. No medication was needed and she no longer had constipation.
Also, when my daughter was two, I told my brother that we were concerned that our daughter wasn't eating vegetables daily. He suggested that we give her the original V-8 juice, not the "sugared up" splash drink. So we tried that...
I don't think she liked it at first; but at 2 year of age she didn't really hate it either. I think it would be much harder to get her to drink V-8 if she were to start now, at age 5. Anyway, it's 3 years later and she has acquired a taste for the stuff. So on those days we don't serve vegitables, she'll chug down a small can of V-8.
I hope these suggestions help someone who has toddlers. It may be harder for it to work on older kids.
:err::no::spinny::yes: (I put these smilies because my daughter wanted me to)
I told her that when my daughter was a toddler, she had constipation too. So in addition to giving more water for her to drink, I gave her Fiber One cereal to munch on like chips.
But then I also had the idea to spike her grapejuice with a little bit of prune juice. It was just a small amount. Over time I SLOWLY increased the proportion of prune juice, and a year later she could drink prune juice by itelf. It worked. No medication was needed and she no longer had constipation.
Also, when my daughter was two, I told my brother that we were concerned that our daughter wasn't eating vegetables daily. He suggested that we give her the original V-8 juice, not the "sugared up" splash drink. So we tried that...
I don't think she liked it at first; but at 2 year of age she didn't really hate it either. I think it would be much harder to get her to drink V-8 if she were to start now, at age 5. Anyway, it's 3 years later and she has acquired a taste for the stuff. So on those days we don't serve vegitables, she'll chug down a small can of V-8.
I hope these suggestions help someone who has toddlers. It may be harder for it to work on older kids.
:err::no::spinny::yes: (I put these smilies because my daughter wanted me to)
