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3 Baby Purees for Constipation – Easy & Nutritious

November 21, 2021 by Amber

baby purees for constipation

These three simple baby purees for constipation are super easy to make and will have your baby pooping in no time. The purees for baby constipation are gentle on the digestive system and tasty, so your baby will love them!

Any mom or dad looking for baby food purees to help your baby poop has to try making these super easy baby purees for constipation with pear, prunes, and peaches.

After a month of introducing solid foods to my baby girl at six months of age, she suddenly stopped pooping. While it can be normal for babies to poop only once a week, it wasn’t normal for my baby as she always pooped every day or at least every second day.

So when she hadn’t pooped in 5 days, I researched the best foods for a constipated baby and foods to avoid baby constipation. I wanted to start with natural ways to get my baby girl back to having regular bowel movements again and her digestive tract back on track.

I had started introducing various foods, including small amounts of new food such as ground chia and flax seeds in my smoothies, bananas, yogurt, avocado, beans, quinoa, and sweet potato. When she became constipated, I had no idea what was causing her constipation, so I decided to go back to square one with super easy-to-digest baby purees made with blended water to help with constipation.

I learned that specific types of foods such as bananas, dairy, chia, and flax seeds could all contribute to constipation in babies, especially chia and flax seeds if they are not presoaked in the correct amount of water. Chia and flax seeds are very concentrated and absorb a lot of water.

These seeds can be constipating if your baby lacks water, fluids, or breast milk. It is a good practice to introduce a new kind of food every three days so you know what food could be causing baby constipation.

Before her constipation worsened, I wanted to try making my own baby food and some homemade baby purees to help with constipation.

Foods that start with P are the best baby foods for constipation, including pears, prunes, and peaches. I combined the pear puree for baby constipation with spinach for extra iron, calcium, magnesium, and folate.

The best baby puree to help constipation is steamed pears and prunes blended with water. My girl pooped three times after introducing this baby puree for constipation. This is one of my favorite purees to keep my girl regular.

Once you get your baby’s bowels moving again, this puree also tastes delicious with plain yogurt, an excellent source of fats and proteins. Yup, I ate this baby puree with yogurt. You might want to make extra for yourself! Dairy products can be constipating, so only add the yogurt once your baby is pooping again.

My baby girl also loved the blueberry peach and water baby puree. She pooped the next day after introducing this puree along with the pear and spinach puree and continued to poop daily after using all 3 of these baby purees. Initially, she passed some hard stools but quickly returned to normal after eating these purees.

These simple and nutritious baby purees to help babies poop worked wonders to relieve my baby girl’s mild bout of constipation. I was relieved and a happy mama to know that my girl was not blocked up or uncomfortable.

You can serve one of these homemade baby purees daily to help keep your little one’s bowels moving. All you need to make these homemade baby purees is a double boiler and a high-speed blender.

It only takes 20 minutes total to make all three of these baby purees for constipation.

Boil water in a double boiler, then put the ingredients in the top portion of the double boiler for 5 minutes before blending with water and storing in a glass jar.

Transfer the steamed ingredients into a blender, then add the next batch of ingredients to the steamer while you blend and store the previous steamed baby foods for the puree.

You can also freeze the baby purees into a plastic ice cube tray that is malleable and pull out a cube to defrost for an easy follow-up meal. After the baby puree has frozen, I transfer them to a freezer bag with my collection of other baby food purees, where they will last for three months in the freezer. Such a great way to batch-cook homemade baby purees for a later date!

Ingredients for the homemade baby purees for constipation

Pear and Prune puree – The best baby puree for constipation

Two pears, four prunes, 1/4 cup water

Blueberry and Peach Baby Puree

One cup of blueberries, one cup of peaches, 1/4 cup of water

Pear and Spinach Baby Puree

One pear, one cup spinach packed, 1/4 cup water

Place two cups of water in the bottom of a double boiler and bring to a boil. Steam the ingredients for each puree for 5 minutes before blending with water.

You can adjust the amount of water used to make a thicker or thinner puree, although I found 1/4 cup to be just perfect!

These purees have high levels of water content which helps to soften the baby’s poop, as plenty of hydration is essential for constipation relief.

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baby purees for constipation

3 Baby Purees for Constipation

These simple and tasty baby purees for constipation are made with pears, prunes, and peaches which are all fantastic baby foods to help with constipation. It only takes 7 minutes to steam blend and store each puree for baby constipation
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 20 minutes mins
Course baby puree
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • double boiler
  • High speed blender

Ingredients
  

Pear and Prune Baby Puree

  • 2 pears
  • 4 prunes
  • ¼ cup water

Pear and Spinach Baby Puree

  • 1 pear
  • 1 cup spinach
  • ¼ cup water

Blueberry Peach Baby Puree

  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 1 cup peaches
  • ¼ cup water

Instructions
 

  • Place 2 cups of water in the bottom of a double boiler and bring to a boil. Individually steam the ingredients for each baby puree for 5 minutes before blending with water.

Notes

Store the homemade baby purees for constipation in an airtight glass jar in the fridge for 3-4 days or freeze into ice cubes tray and pull out of the freezer as needed.
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For more healthy baby purees try this mango carrot baby puree for 6 months and older

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