Harder stools

So my 6 month old has started to have harder stools. Sometimes it hurts her other times it doesn’t but it’s more of a turd instead of runny poop. I talked to her pediatrician and she said not giving her purées and see if that’s the issue but her having a hard time pooping bad is more when she has too much baby food. A little doesn’t hurt her but I was wondering if that’s kinda normal. I hate seeing her hurt to poop but I know things change with baby but wasn’t sure if more hard stool is normal

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I've noticed with mine if I give her to many veggies or grains this happens, I try to give her more fruits because of it, from what I've read a lot of fruits are natural softners. I would do research on that and see if it would help you.

We just started solids this weekend and she had a pretty solid poop today, and it was her first poop in 3 days. Seemed like she was in pain last night and the night before from not being able to go. I figured it’s probably just a normal adjustment when incorporating solids

Make sure baby is getting extra water to accommodate the solids!

she drinks normal bottles so she gets water but the pediatrician said I can after 6 months give her water to chase the food I give her.

I’ve only really given fruits other than sweet potatoes. Someone living with us gave her some and she has issues after being given like a lot of baby food at a time

yes I was assuming baby was 6 months 😅

Our pediatrician told us an ounce of water a day

This can happen when solids get introduced and certain foods like bananas can make it worse. I found adding baby probiotic drops and/or probiotic yogurt (get whole milk, full fat, unsweetened since it is for a baby - I really like Stonyfield Organic’a as it’s one of the cheapest I’ve been able to find easily and regularly which meets all the criteria) helps a lot.

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