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Apple juice for constipation?

My exclusively breastfed baby has only had a small poo about a week ago. i was told previously to give him some apple juice or prune juice to help him poo. i just want to know how much to give him as i don’t want to make him poorly. he is 3 months on the 2nd. can anyone help? xx

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I would do prune or pear. Id start with 5 mls one to two times a day.

@Marisa thank you. do i need to add water to it or no ? x

You shouldn’t give anything other than breastmilk or formula to your a baby at this age. It’s normal for some babies to have 1 poop a week after 6 weeks, every baby is different. If it’s been longer than a week, see you GPz for advice. A Chiro might also help bubs to open bowels more frequently, you’re close to our Chrio who is amazing - Tone at Lucks Yard clinic x

@Tamzin no need to add water. And you can add it to a bottle of milk if you’d like or separately

@Savannah we give babies juice all the time in the nicu for constipation in small quantities. It’s perfectly safe.

I remember coming across a YouTube video online on a woman who had the same issue.8 days without a poo! She gave the prune juice undiluted and it worked a little too well lol. A lot of people in the comment section mentioned that it is better to be diluted.But also exclusively breastfed babies tend to go longer between bowel movements then formula fed ones.

@Marisa I also work in NICU too but in the UK and it’s not recommended - must be based on where you live re the advice ☺️