baby struggling to poo..

[katie05]

My little girl is 2 and half weeks now and for past 2 days she has been struggling to poo. She doesnt cry in pain but strains and grunts then nothing. she was straining from 5-6.30ish this morning. Any advice on how i can help her as i cant get hold of my midwife.

 

[BeckyJ]

summer also gets very constipated

try some boiled cooled water hun, it sometimes works for summer and its what my HV advised

now she is older i sometimes put a bit of brown sugar in the water

 

[Charlie:-)]

Maia used to do exactly the same, she will get better.

Try rubbing her tummy in a clockwise direction to release wind, or moving legs like on a bicycle.

Another one is to gently tap her belly in different places below her belly button as though you were walking over her flesh with your fingers.

 

[Sherlock]

Ditto what midna said about it being wind if she is a breastfed baby. My BF LO did that lots from about 4am to about 6am every night till he was about 6 weeks old. Then it eased a bit. It finally stopped once his gut was fully working in the past couple of weeks.

Breastfed babies can go days without a poo. Mine goes every 3 days on average now and its always epic

 

[BeckyJ]

my doc also said you could try a bit of fennel drink

 

[keli]

Cooper struggles too he can fuss for hours and seems to strain alot too. He can cry and cry out in pain i just give him cuddles sit him on my knee and rub the bottom of his back. xx

 

[leckershell]

I'd go with the boiled water approach - been there done that.. lol. If she was older I'd suggest something with fruit in, prunes/apricots flavoured baby water... and the likes... good poo producers