Constipation

[Kate037]

My son is two weeks and two days and he's constipated to the point where he falls asleep from the effort of trying to push it out, what can I do to help him? I've tried the baby massage and it gets the gas out but no poop.

[GordonBaby]

Try a bath and give it a day. Nathan is mostly breastfed but is supplemented with formula from time to time. He has only gone 24hrs without a BM... I panicked but he ended up pooping just before I called his pediatrician. Call doc and see if maybe the formula has too much iron in it. When I was a baby  my mother had to use low iron formula and actually had to give me suppositories so I could go potty. Make sure you're drinking an adequate amount of water as well for breastfeeding.

[Kate037]

I'm pretty sure it's constipation because he struggled like he's trying to have a bm. I pushed his legs to his chest yesterday when I noticed him struggling and it helped him have a nice sized bm, but it didn't work the same way today. He's breastfed but supplemented with formula because we've had many issues with the bfing.

[tomorrow264]

Are you sure he's constipated? If breast fed babies can go days between bowel movements. If formula fed it could be constipation and you could try a warm bath. If the bath doesn't work you can try putting vaseline on a qtip and insert just the tip in his rectum and move it around a small amount, anal stimulation almost always will make an infant have a bm but be careful about how far you insert it.

[Ladyj0625]

Maybe try bending his knees toward his chest that can help some.