Here's a helpful baby tip.

White0rchid · September 2012

I forgot about this one until late last night when I was up with a fussy, angry baby. All three of my girls at some point as newborns forgot to release their muscles to poop and fart. Now, this may or may not work for you, and I am only sharing this because it may be helpful to some.

DD3 woke up last night grunting like a crazy person and appearing to push and strain. She was clearly in a little pain and having trouble. She also went from pooping at every nursing session to only once per day. It was clear that she was trying to get things out but couldn't. I took her thermometer and put vaseline on it. I then put just a little of the tip into her bottom. This released the floodgates and she spent the next 5 minutes farting and pooping. They sometimes forget to relax the muscles and instead clinch them. The thermometer trick helps them to release. You only need to put a tiny part of the thermometer in. HTH.

angeleighhh · September 2012

This sadly doesn't work for us

however, I wish it would

White0rchid · September 2012

angeleighhh:
This sadly doesn't work for us however, I wish it would

Sad

Sorry. I wish I had a trick for you.

angeleighhh · September 2012

White0rchid:
angeleighhh:
This sadly doesn't work for us however, I wish it would
Sorry. I wish I had a trick for you.

We've had to just let him deal with it, sadly. Gas drops seem to help.. once he farts, it tends to speed things up.. but its so hard to watch! My old pedi office suggested prune juice w/ water to help but I don't feel comfortable giving him juice at only 2-3 weeks.

LILBIT1221 · September 2012

angeleighhh:
White0rchid:
angeleighhh:
This sadly doesn't work for us however, I wish it would
Sorry. I wish I had a trick for you.
 
We've had to just let him deal with it, sadly. Gas edrops seem to help.. once he farts, it tends to speed things up.. but its so hard to watch! My old pedi office suggested prune juice w/ water to help but I don't feel comfortable giving him juice at only 2-3 weeks. 

dude. I saw what this did to my almost one year old. I would never even THINK of doing this for a NB...ever.

Shazzie116 · September 2012

Our LC used this trick on L last Monday since she hadn't pooped since The Thursday before. So much poop came out, and then she pooped two more times that day. No poop on Tuesday and by Wednesday she was pooping breast milk poops. She has been "regular" ever since.

Another trick is to lift their legs by their ankle and do bicycle kicks or rotate their legs counter clockwise over their torso. Helps move things along in the intestines.

angeleighhh · September 2012

LILBIT1221:
angeleighhh:
White0rchid:
angeleighhh:
This sadly doesn't work for us however, I wish it would
Sorry. I wish I had a trick for you.

We've had to just let him deal with it, sadly. Gas edrops seem to help.. once he farts, it tends to speed things up.. but its so hard to watch! My old pedi office suggested prune juice w/ water to help but I don't feel comfortable giving him juice at only 2-3 weeks.
dude. I saw what this did to my almost one year old. I would never even THINK of doing this for a NB...ever.

Needless to say, we switched pediatricians after this. I was mortified that he even suggested it. I don't even know what it would do

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