Many mothers find that their babies, whose stools were normal, become constipated every now and then after their first birthday. Because of the discomfort during defecation, the baby resists defecation, the stool becomes drier and drier, and defecation becomes even more difficult. Such a disgusting cycle, the mother sees in the eyes, anxious in the heart. In fact, there are ways to improve constipation, mothers should first understand the causes of constipation in babies, and then specific analysis, to find a good way to deal with constipation. Why is my baby constipated? Constipation is caused by complex factors, each baby’s situation is different, if the causes of disease are excluded, probably caused by the following factors. 1. Babies do not drink formula after weaning and water intake is reduced. Constipation rarely occurs in breastfed babies, and stools are usually normal even after complementary foods are added. After weaning, if the baby can not accept formula, or drink very little, if coupled with the lack of love of water, the daily water intake will be greatly reduced. Now in the summer, the hot weather is easy to make the body water loss, if not timely replenishment of water, it is easy to cause constipation due to lack of water. 2, the baby does not adapt to formula milk. Some babies’ stomach and intestines do not adapt to a certain formula, so that after drinking a specific brand of formula, they can not come out. This is generally related to the baby’s stomach, and each baby’s constitution is different. The formula should be brewed according to the instructions, do not brew too thick; give your baby some water or juice (such as orange half squeezed juice, plus an equal amount of warm water) between the two milk. 3, the amount of food is too small. Due to non-physiological factors such as poor feeding practices, some babies just do not love to eat, the amount of food is too small, the intestine can not form a certain amount of stimulation, slow intestinal peristalsis, can not be timely food residues to the rectum, prolonged stay in the intestine, too much water absorption and dry stool. Enter the rectum after the fecal residue because of the small amount, can not form enough pressure to stimulate the nerve receptor cells to produce defecation reflex and cause constipation. 4, unreasonable diet structure, less intake of coarse fiber. Mothers always give babies to eat fine rice and noodles, high protein food, but do not pay attention to the baby to eat vegetables, or do not pay attention to the baby does not like to eat vegetables bad habits. Therefore, it makes the crude fiber content in food too little. It is not easy to stimulate the defecation reflex of the nervous system, thus, the stool stays in the intestine for too long and the water in it is excessively absorbed by the intestine, plus not enough water, which eventually leads to dry and hard stool, thus difficult to discharge. 5, did not establish a good habit of regular bowel movements. This is one of the very common causes of constipation in babies. Because under normal circumstances, when there is a sufficient amount of feces in the rectum, it can trigger the consciousness of defecation through the transmission of nerves. However, many babies do not defecate in time when the urge to defecate appears, often out of greed or other inconvenience, so that the sense of defecation is inhibited, and when the urge to defecate passes, they do not want to defecate. Over time, the defecation reflex is blunted, and later, even if the intestines are full of feces, they can not send a signal to defecate. Therefore, it is difficult for the baby to establish a regular bowel habits, and will also form a vicious circle. 6, the baby’s mood change. Mood can often affect a person’s physical condition, the baby is also the same. Change of living environment, caregiver changes and even kindergarten, can become the psychological reasons for baby constipation.