My baby is 3 weeks old on Wednesday and he is on cow and gate.. I feed him every 3 hours. He hasn't pooped in over 24 hours now but is passing wind but he keeps going red in the face like straining.. I'm sure he's constipated!! What can I do to help him? He keeps crying unless I'm feeding him or holding him and he's waking up every hour screaming ( which he never does )
cool boiled water and maybe try some Vaseline on bum to help it pass easier also move his legs like he's riding a bike xx
massage the tummy in a clockwise motion starting at the right hip area going up. keep going it helps loosen everything. if that doesn't help and it sort of did sort of didn't for us( we used cow and gate first) I was adviced by a health visitor to do brown sugar in boiling water but a lot of people will probably disagree. however it worked a charm my LO had it and within half an hour had pooed. I then changed to aptamil milk as I read that cow and gate makes a lot of babies constipated xx
apple juice 1oz to 5oz water (copella apple juice) and luke warm. x