8 month old who has constipation!

Hi girls, so my little girl exclusively breastfed till she was around 6 months old & her poo’s where always very runny! (As expected) however since my supply dropped she rejected my boob so i tried pumping and wasn’t getting enough so made the choice to give her formula! She uses kendmill and she loves it so much, but around 2-3week after having it instead of the boob she became constipated. She is also on solid foods now, all home made with all the right nutrients in but something the occasional pouch of we are out ☺️ so she is usually the one to go for a poo around 1-2 times a days however around once a week she becomes constipated for around 2-3 days and then after becomes like mush again. It really doesn’t seem to be bothering her, but it’s a really small amount she passes that’s dead think and looks a bit like a slug 😂 but pushes really hard… I give her fruit purées when she’s like it and it passes but I give her a lot of solid fruit in her mesh thing but doesn’t do the trick… does anyone else’s baby suffer with this? I just don’t want her to struggle to have a poo, as her mother I’ve always struggled with constipation and I’m worried she’s becoming the same ☹️ x

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Are you giving her a lot of banana?

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Have you tried prune purée? X

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she had it sometimes but mix and match her fruit x

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yeah she’s had it before but she wasn’t constipated then, I don’t wanna give her punches if I can avoid it I just dunno why sometimes she is when most of the time she’s not ☹️ x

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that’s fair enough! Iv had problems with my little one being constipated since she was 2 weeks old but we are now on movicol but since we been weaning she had been going frequently and I have eased off the movicol and only give it if she hasn’t been for 3 days. Hope you can get it sorted x

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ahh okay bananas are really constipating for little ones so try and reduce the amount. It could just be down to what she's eating causing a back up x

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aw that’s must of been really awful for you both! Yeah thank you, I really don’t think it’s bothering yet thank god but I wanna avoid the the hard poops if possible so she doesn’t get backed up, just wanted to see if I was maybe missing something out for her nutrition maybe? Xx

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tbh, I can’t really remember the last time she’s has it, I usually give her like oranges, grapes, nectarines in her mesh thing x

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