Bowel movement is an important factor in assessing a child’s health status. And the regularity of this process attach great importance. If a month-old baby has not been cocoa for a day, then parents usually begin to fuss. When stool is delayed, first of all, you should pay attention to the general condition of the crumbs. When a month-old baby does not poop, but does not show any signs of anxiety (crying, stumbling), he has no temperature and gas flow is not disturbed, then you should not worry. This is most likely a temporary phenomenon (Check out the article:How many newborns usually poop).
Causes of Stool Delay
Each baby, as the digestive system develops, develops its own rhythm of bowel movement. The chair will be considered the norm several times a day, and the chair several times a week (everything is absorbed in the GV and the baby just has nothing to poop). If your child is pooping every day, but suddenly stopped pooping every day, then you should pay attention to it if it’s broken habitual defecation schedule for more than a day. Such delays can be caused by the following factors:
- Weakness of the anterior abdominal wall;
- Weakness of intestinal motility;
- Psychological factors;
- Improper nutrition of a nursing mother.
These conditions do not require the appointment of laxatives and pass with time. As a rule, dealing with them is easy:
- It is necessary to regularly massage the baby’s tummy with stroking movements in a clockwise direction.
- Try to exclude events that can scare or disturb the baby.
- Introduce fiber-rich foods into your mother’s diet (See feeding a nursing mother).
If these measures do not help and the monthly child does not poop for several days, then you should consult a doctor, even if there are no signs of anxiety.
How to recognize constipation in a baby
Not all stool delays in babies are considered constipation. You can talk about constipation when a baby is poorly pooping and his stool is solid, in the form of peas. The child in such situations does not feel comfortable and this is noticeable by his condition:
- Often cries;
- Pushing, trying to empty the intestines, sometimes with screams;
- Bored by legs;
- Cries when touching the tummy;
- Restless during feedings;
- He does not exhaust gases.
Constipation can be associated with impaired maternal or child health. If signs of constipation are observed in the baby regularly, then you should definitely visit a doctor and undergo the prescribed examination.
In addition, if the newborn baby has not been pooping for more than a day, you should pay attention to the medicines that were given to the baby (if given) or if the mother was breastfeeding. Sedatives, including herbal, and cough medicines can cause constipation.
It should be noted separately that children on artificial feeding are usually excreted less often than those who are fed breast milk.
In general, the process of bowel movement occurs in an individual schedule for each child. Therefore, the mother should not be tormented if their infant did not suddenly poop for the whole day even once. Watch the most important thing for the general condition of the child. And you don’t need to sound the alarm, just because other children go “big” more often.
If you are sure that the child has constipation and he cannot go to the toilet, does not shit for more than a day, then you should try to put an enema - enema for the baby Before making an enema, it is advisable to consult a pediatrician.
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The first months of life are generally the most difficult in this regard. That colic, now does not poop, then something else. Our cocoa is mostly normal, but the gases are often bothered. In an extreme case, they used a gas outlet tube. And then gases and poop came out. But the child became much easier and he calmed down.
In general, all the main points are affected. When the baby is breast-fed, they explained to me that this could well be, because all breast milk is digested. The main thing is for the child to feel good!
To avoid such problems for the child, it is necessary that the mother first of all monitor her health and nutrition if she is breastfeeding, and if the mother has lost milk, then carefully select artificial feeding for the baby - there may be problems from him. Third, there should be a positive atmosphere around the child and no negative stimuli.
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We had such a problem with the chair: we didn’t poop for 2 days, sometimes I screamed, sometimes not. We are on the SV. The problem was solved by accident: in one day I ate a kilogram of plums (they were very tasty, I could not stop) and everything was poop every feeding! We have no allergies. Plums do not affect me either (as a laxative)
You carefully with plums, it is generally very dangerous for young children. if there is constipation in a child, then buy and use Glycelax candles. They are suitable for children, because the dosage is specifically for children and no side effects.
But I wanted to add that the problems with the chair began in three months. It wasn’t before.
Please tell me, my three-month-old baby is no longer pooping for 5 days. What should I do? Please advise some candles and what more can be done