Generally speaking, babies who have added complementary foods are prone to constipation. Many mothers, after adding complementary foods to their babies, pay great attention to controlling the amount of oil they eat in order to ensure that their babies eat healthily. Some people say that babies get constipated because they don't eat oil. Can babies really get constipated if they don't eat oil?
The baby's constipation is not related to whether they eat oil or not. In some cases, fats can indeed have a moisturizing effect on the intestines. If a baby has already added complementary foods, parents do not need to add edible oils to their baby's complementary foods out of concern for their health.
Mothers can add two drops of sesame oil to the rotten noodles they make for their babies. On the one hand, sesame oil can increase the aroma of complementary foods, making babies more appetizing, and also moisturize their intestines, which has a certain effect on preventing constipation.
In addition, if a baby is constipated, parents should also consider the following reasons:
1、 Lack of diet
If a baby eats too little, the amount of stool will also decrease. Over time, not only will it cause malnutrition, but it can also lead to a lack of peristaltic strength in the baby's abdominal and intestinal muscles, resulting in stubborn constipation.
2、 Poor food composition structure
Foods with high protein content or low levels of food waste, as well as a high proportion of calcified casein in the diet, can easily cause constipation in children. Many children who drink formula milk may experience constipation due to the higher calcium content in formula milk compared to breast milk.
3、 Intestinal dysfunction
Children who do not have good bowel habits and do not have a conditioned reflex to defecate at a fixed time every day can cause relaxation of their intestinal muscles, leading to constipation.
4、 Pathological reasons
For example, babies with anal fissures, anal stenosis, megacolon, and other diseases can also cause constipation.
