Newborn struggling to poo
My 4 week old has a really hard time pooing. Started around 2-3 weeks and it’s getting worse. He will grunt and strain and go red in the face when he needs to poo and then cry in what sounds like pain. It really upsets him and he seems to be constantly uncomfortable now, I’ve tried all the tricks, bicycle legs, tummy rubs etc. He’s formula fed and on Aptamil Advanced for reference.
Health visitor saw this last visit and mentioned it could be infant dyschezia as when he does poo its normal colour and consistency.
I’m not sure how to help him with this as he seems to be in a lot of pain. He hasn’t been able to poo on his own in 3 days now, yesterday we gave in and used the frida mom windi and that made him poo a lot but today it’s the same situation, each time he wakes up the whole time he’s straining to go and uncomfortable. He sleeps most of the day now as well so wondering if he’s sleeping through it and it’s tiring him out.
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Newborns sleep a lot!! Unless he is struggling to feed, open bowels or isn’t having any wet nappies etc or other change in habits it does sound like infant dychezia. My baby also experiences this, she is 7 weeks now and it is common.
Massage the tummy Boil water getvhim to drink some between milk do the bicycle with his legs constipation is horrendous 😫 I suffer with it bad after my section mg daughter is . weeks good luck xxx
My daughter is EBF and also has this, I had suspected infant dyschezia too!
No harm in trying infacol my baby struggles with trapped wind and that helps her a lot and helps her poo as well
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My baby was exactly the same and she’s on aptamil! My midwife told me If the consistency is normal then she probably isn’t in pain shes just getting annoyed that it isn’t coming out and it gets a bit uncomfortable but not painful! I also got told if she was really struggling give her a tiny bit of cool boiled water and it can help bring it on x