Question
How can I get my baby to go to the bathroom?
Answer
To help your baby relieve the discomfort of constipation, it’s crucial to find the cause and address it with the right treatment. The most common cause is inadequate diet, such as not introducing complementary foods in a timely manner or insufficient sugar content in milk, which can lead to insufficient residue after digestion, resulting in constipation. Additionally, improper dietary composition in children can also be a cause of constipation. High protein and calcium content in food often makes the stool alkaline and dry, leading to constipation. Moreover, a lack of regular bowel habits, failure to train for regular bowel movements, or external interference when the child has the urge to defecate, causing stool to stay in the large intestine for too long, can all lead to constipation in children. If a child has a disease in the anal or rectal area, they may suppress defecation consciously or unconsciously due to fear of the pain during defecation, which can also cause constipation. Therefore, it’s especially important for parents to carefully check for any abnormalities around their child’s anal area to enable early diagnosis and treatment.