How much prune juice?

[BeccaB.]

How much prune juice do you give your baby if he/she is constipated? My DS is 7 months 19 1/2 lbs. He is having pooping trouble after discovering that he loves bananas. I'm trying to reduce the amount of bananas and add prune juice to a bottle. Not working so far. Just wondering if I'm not giving him enough.

[Melaine]

I want to say we added like 1/2 an ounce to a 4 oz bottle? It did seem to help.

[justincase]

A little OT but the nurse at my ped's office suggested giving it warm and before bed. I think her exact words were: "I'm not sure why, but it always works by morning!" We had good luck with it. It's probably already warm if you're giving it in a bottle, but what about before bed? GL!

[tmphilo]

I want to say we gave 1-2 oz in a separate bottle (not mixed with breastmilk or formula). Our ped nurse did tell us to use "adult" juice rather than the kid juice since I guess the sugar is what helps to break everything down. I've heard apple juice works as well though.

[scrooks]

We've never had good luck getting DD to drink prune juice. Even now when she is constipated I still resort to stage 2 baby food prunes. She eats them just like she would a bowl of apple sauce.

[ThreeofUs]

You can also try any other very sweet fruit juice. You're trying to get more water into his little intestines, and the sugars in the juice do this.

[trales]

Warm makes the prune juice work a lot better. A few ounces should do the trick.

[BeccaB.]

Thanks for the tips girls. I'll try it warm tonight. I never heard that before.