Help! We started solids a few weeks ago, mostly fruit and she hasn't had a bm in 3 days. This is her 3rd day. She was going every other day, but for whatever reason that has stopped. She isn't getting a ton of solids - maybe 1-1.5 oz a day in addition to bfeeding.
I am getting concerned. She is definitely gassy and seems uncomfortable. I even gave her prunes yesterday and still nothing.
Re: Need help for constipated baby
This. They also have an apple/prune juice combo and that normally does the trick for DD.
Put her in her exersaucer if you have one.
Our peid said not to be concerned if she wasn't going more than once every 7 to 10 days now that we started solids. I still would like dd to go more often (she's about once every 5 days now). At first it seemed she was gassy and uncomfortable, but that went away even though she still didn't go more frequently.
On our nurses advice the first bout we tried:
warm baths with baking soda
pear juice
fruits (she was only on rice cereal)
bumbo/ excersauser/ other sitting positions
bicycle legs
rectal thermometer
glycercin suppository
Finally a tsp of sugar mixed with four ounces of warm water did the trick (but ask a doctor before trying the last two)