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Hi Melissa! It is very common that breastfed babies have a hard time transfering to solid foods. Breast milk is so easy to digest that it is a bit of a shock for their small tummies to start with solid foods. Since your daughter is so uncomfortable, I suggest you take it a bit more slowly with the introduction of solid foods. Take a way one of her solid meals for a couple of weeks and increase the amount of breast milk you give her instead. If she is still in pain, you can even consider stopping completely for a week or two and then start all over again, but slowly. I'm not quite sure why you use water instead of breast milk to mix with the cereal. If it works for you, mix with breast milk, since this is so easy for your daughter to digest. Last, if she becomes gassy from the prunes, you can try pears or kiwi instead; they have a similar effect. Pear juice works well too. I hope this helps a bit! /Paula

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Submitted by: Amy

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Another thing you can try is apricots. Just a few spoonfuls helped my kids so much at that point.

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My 6 month old has a hard time pooping. Usually every 4 days but it's been really solid lately. I just stopped the rice cereal and started on oatmeal, he's been on fruit and veggies for over a month now , has tried them all but hates prunes, wont even swallow them.. I've stopped giving him apples, bananas and carrots which are more likely to cause constipation..he's on simlac advanced since birth.. going to 6 month appt next week, hope doc. gives some suggestions.

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