What to do if your baby’s stool is dry and hard

Dry and hard stools in infants can be improved by drinking water, diet therapy and medication, and if necessary, infants need to be taken to the hospital. 1. Drinking water: You can give your baby a moderate amount of warm water every day. Warm water can soften the stool and promote peristalsis in the gastrointestinal tract, which reduces the amount of time the stool stays in the gastrointestinal tract and promotes defecation, so that the stool will not be too dry and hard. 2. Dietary therapy: for infants who have added complementary foods, you can give your child more food rich in dietary fiber and vitamins, such as celery, bananas, grains, etc., to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, help relieve the symptoms of dry and hard stools. 3. medication: you can give the child to take the right amount of probiotics such as bacillus subtilis enterococci bacillus, etc. to regulate the intestinal flora, oral compound pepsin powder to enhance the digestive function of infants, but also to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, which can prevent the stool stays for a long time, become dry and hard. The parents of infants with dry and hard stools can not be relieved after the above conditioning, you need to take your baby to the hospital in time to avoid the development of constipation.