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How Can Constipation And Foul Smelling Stools In A Child Be Treated?

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Posted on Thu, 7 Sep 2017
Question: hello doctor

my baby completed 7 months yesterday. recently she stopped passing stool and when she does it's very smelly. everyday morning we give her banana powder 3 spoons and at 10am 2 spoons cerelac then afternoon 12 smashed rice dal n ghee. evening again cerelac. is this routine ok or causing some digestion problems?

please advise
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Answered by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (1 hour later)
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Hi

Thanks for asking on this platform
I have gone through the details and do understand your concern.
Stool pattern and frequency may vary during first year of life. I won't get overly worried if baby is active, accepting feeds well, passing urine, stool is not very hard and there is no vomiting or abdominal fullness.
I would suggest you better to give home based food instead of cerelac and banana powder. You may give her a variety of food items now as she has completed 7 months.
Give mashed bread in dal or sweetened undiluted milk. Add ghee and vegetables to make it more energy dense and nutritionally better. You may give other cereals. Continue breast feed as per demand.
Mash the food properly before serving to the baby. Also give banana(fresh), cheeku, papaya and other fruits in mashed form as a snacks in between.
Increase the variety and amount gradually and by the end of 9 month give at least one katori serving at a time(3 main serves and two snacks in between with breast feed).
Giving variety of home based food which are comparatively more rich in fibers avoids stool related problems.

I hope this helps.
Please let me know if you have any more questions.
Regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain

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How Can Constipation And Foul Smelling Stools In A Child Be Treated?

Brief Answer: Details below Detailed Answer: Hi Thanks for asking on this platform I have gone through the details and do understand your concern. Stool pattern and frequency may vary during first year of life. I won't get overly worried if baby is active, accepting feeds well, passing urine, stool is not very hard and there is no vomiting or abdominal fullness. I would suggest you better to give home based food instead of cerelac and banana powder. You may give her a variety of food items now as she has completed 7 months. Give mashed bread in dal or sweetened undiluted milk. Add ghee and vegetables to make it more energy dense and nutritionally better. You may give other cereals. Continue breast feed as per demand. Mash the food properly before serving to the baby. Also give banana(fresh), cheeku, papaya and other fruits in mashed form as a snacks in between. Increase the variety and amount gradually and by the end of 9 month give at least one katori serving at a time(3 main serves and two snacks in between with breast feed). Giving variety of home based food which are comparatively more rich in fibers avoids stool related problems. I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any more questions. Regards