What you may notice

1. The child strains while passing stool
2. The child may not stool for several days (note that some babies on exclusive breast feeding may not pass stool for 4-5 days)
3. The child may complain of pain in the tummy
4. The child passes small hard stool, sometimes with blood stains
5. The food intake may reduce

What may have caused it

1. A change in diet from breast milk to formula feeds
2. Introduction of solid foods
3. Excess intake of cow milk
4. Poor water intake
5. Diets rich in refined foods
6. Intake of Nospamine, grape-water

What you can do

1. Reduce the intake of milk
2. Toilet training, encourage child to poo regularly
3. Give fruits and vegetables
4. Encourage child to take fluids, water, juice etc

Visit your doctor especially if

1. Constipation persists
2. Child vomits or has distended/swollen tummy
3. There is blood in the stool