constipation help

triplea1819

DD has not pooped in close to 2.5 days.  Last time was over night from Fri-Sat around 2am. 

 

She just switched from Nutramigen to Alimentum, not sure if that has anything to do with it.

We tried taking her tempurature this morning.  still no poop.  The thermometer came out clean as well, so not like she has any waiting either.

When do I call the doctor, what can I do? 

WinterPumpkin

A version of this just happened to us. DS hadn't pooped in 24 hours, he is EBFed and usually gets 3-4-5 poopy diapers in that time frame so this was definitely unusual for us. I called the doctor after 24 hours because poor thing just looked extremely uncomfortable, kept crying and pulling up his legs. Dr prescribed this suppository medication (I can't remember the name), and all went back to normal after that. So I guess call if he looks like he is bothered? HTH

CourtneyR2N

Call the doctor and see what they say, but I think you can give him juice (like 1 ounce of juice with 2 ounces of water).

drewiekc

They're only constipated if the poop is hard.  If they're just going less frequently, it's not constipation.

But anyway, it's normal.  DD went from 4-5 dirty diapers a day to only going once every other day right at about a month, and she was still EBF at that point.  Doc said it's totally normal, and that some babies only go once a week. 

mak011980

Soap suds enema...I just had to do this with LO last week..she hadnt gone foe 3 days and was miserable...you take a lil bowl of water and put some ivory soap pieces in and get it nice and soapy... clean LO's bum off with this getting the hole nice and soapy, and take a small sliver and put it into the rectum and pull it back out (do not leave the soap piece in)... You may have to do this a few times but it works....!! GL

jands01

Just got back from Sam's doctor's appointment and I mentioned how he was straining a lot to poop and seemed to have difficulty.  She suggested 1oz of 1/2oz Gerbers Apple Prune juice mixed with 1/2 oz of water and that we could give this to him once a day.  She also said if he is pooping little hard "pellets" we could do half of a pediatric glycerin suppository (sp?).  We found them in the pharmacy aisle at Target but I haven't done that yet.

WinterPumpkin

jands01:

Just got back from Sam's doctor's appointment and I mentioned how he was straining a lot to poop and seemed to have difficulty.  She suggested 1oz of 1/2oz Gerbers Apple Prune juice mixed with 1/2 oz of water and that we could give this to him once a day.  She also said if he is pooping little hard "pellets" we could do half of a pediatric glycerin suppository (sp?).  We found them in the pharmacy aisle at Target but I haven't done that yet.

Glycerin suppository! That's what we gave him