MoMs - 1 month old question

CMW

One of my babies (and the other occasionally) seem to have major problems having bowel movements.  I read about it in my baby book and apparently it is common for them to grunt, groan, strain and cry to get a movement out but it is HORRIBLE to listen too.  She sounds like she is in such pain.  Do/did any of your babies do this, when did they get past it?

JustaKidAtHeart

both mine make those noises but I dont know if it is the BM or the reflux.  They both put them in pain.  With Owen he was constipated so I give him 1 tsp dark karo in 4 oz (he was having little hard rabbit turds)

lajolla09.30.06

I would ask your pedi about it... ours didn't have this problem at first but now they're starting to... we asked her and she said to give them up to 2 oz of water a day to help out.  But that being said I don't think it's a good idea to give water to babies as young as yours, ours are pretty plump and not in danger of being underfed by drinking the water

I know what you mean about it being hard to listen to... our daughter is SO sad lately and it makes me cringe just to think about the noise... hope it gets better soon!

MetalMonkey

Mine make noises but the only time they sounded like they were in pain was when they had diaper rash.  Normally it just sounds like they are pushing/grunting very hard.

lovethe1story

Hi Cristy

We had to give K and M prune juice on occasion because they weren't having bms. ?I don't know if it would help your babies have and easier time, but if definitely got things going for our two. ?I have also head pear or white grape juice works as well.

HTH

Trina?

Brongemonger

Are you breast feeding or formula feeding? My boys had this problem, so it helped to switch formula. You can probably also try just a little bit of grape/pear juice.