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1 Year Old Cries In Pain When She Poos

by Nikki Bhana
(New Zealand)

I have a 1 year old that cries every times she poos. She has only been doing it for a few days. They are still soft and there don't seem to be any tearing after she poos, it just she finds it hard to push it out. She gets to the point where she is straining and goes all red faced and has tears in her eyes things, you would expect her to have if it were going to be hard. She has about 2 bowel movements a day and eats plenty of fruits and drinks plenty of water. We have started giving her cows milk as well as formula for night time and morning but lunch is cows milk and if she wakes at night its a small bottle of cows milk.

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1 Year Old Cries In Pain When She Poos

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Oct 14, 2008

Cows milk and constipation...
by: Baby Help Line

Hi Nikki!

Poor girl! Actually, in my experience, babies' poop doesn't always have to be rock hard for them to hurt. For some infants it seems as if "harder than usual" is enough to make them feel pain.

Did you just recently start giving your daughter cow's milk? In such case, stop for a while and see if it makes the situation improve. Cow's milk is know to contribute to constipation. Actually, you might want to cut down on all dairy products for a while, as well as bananas, if your baby eats a lot of them too.

Apricots, pears and prunes on the other hand are great for softening the stools.

I hope this helps, otherwise write again.

/Paula