No poops for 3 days, suggestions??

[number2]

Hi,

Austin hasn't pooed for 3 days now, having gone from having probably 5 a day. He's trying to go every few hours, having a strain and a cry, but gives up pretty quickly and settles again.
Shall I try some warm water? I've tried the bicycling his legs but that's not worked.

 

[mel_ed]

yeh when finley was consipated the hv told me 2 five him boiled water in between feeds. and if that didnt help which it didnt. she said 2 give him diluted fruit juice but nothing acidic. she advised something like grape or prune juice. so we gave him 1oz grape juice to 2oz of water. which helped.
hope he gets better soon.

 

[number2]

That's Hun, tried water but he brought it back up. He's just gone now, was about to go buy some juice. Think I need to up my water intake, as his poo was very sticky!

 

[scaredmum2be]

Apitamil milk is the best thing i ever got for my boy he was constipated for 3 days an it was hurting him to the point where he was screaming i so wanted to help him so i tried him with gripe water NO WAY that didnt help at all he had the runs an an he was not himself for a few days and we tried cooled boiled water that never helped he spat it out all the time because he wanted the milk instead of that lol.
we took him docs an they told us to change his milk an hes pood every day since x

 

[leanne1b]

Im glad he's gone hun!
If you're breast feeding then yeah upping your water might help.
The only other things I would suggest for the future is the cycling, which you did, lying him on him back and massaging him tummy, erm, warm water on cotton wool and cleaning his bum with it... odd but works sometimes...
Also the cycling thing, but with the legs going up and down together, pull them right up to his tummy though.
Hope he feels better now he's got it out!
x