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# lots and lots of fluids, but don’t give them too much milk or squash as these can cause constipation [[File:Crying girl.jpg|right|500px|Crying Girl By Crimfants]]
# orange/prune juice
# cycling legs (get little uns to lie down and bend their legs and knees to the chest. We do it to row row row your boat)
# a warm bath
# apple juice
# rub/massage their tummies
# linseeds (for toddlers). Add them to anything they eat from cereal to soups and casserole and even pasta. You can buy them ground as well as whole from all supermarkets and health shops
# Prunes blended with two pieces of tinned peaches into a puree
# Movicol or Lactulose (also called Duphalac)
# Anything with skin on will help, e.g. beans, apricots, potatoes
# Prunes mashed in porridge
# Linseed or oatbran disguised in weetabix or porridge is good
PLEASE add to this list!
This is from the NHS on [http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/constipation-and-soiling.aspx#close Constipation] :
If your child doesn't empty their bowels at least three times a week and their stools (poo) are often hard and difficult to pass, they may be constipated. Their stools may look like little pellets. Soiled pants can be another sign of constipation, as soft stools (diarrhoea) may leak around the hard constipated stools.
Causes of constipation:
--[[User:Mad Margaret|Mad Margaret]] ([[User talk:Mad Margaret|talk]]) 05[[File:46Mad Margaret.jpg|64px|link=User:Mad Margaret|Mad Margaret]] 22:27, 3 28 May 2013 (UTC)