Your baby is totally dependent on you.He or she can't express the problem inside his or her.Its duty of parents to take care always be conscious of baby's health.Many babies strain when having a bowel movement. This is not a sign of constipation. Your baby is constipated if her stools are hard and she has difficulty passing them. Constipation has nothing to do with how frequently your baby has a bowel movement.
• Do not give any solid foods to an infant under 4 months.
• Is the baby going through a growth spurt? Don't worry. At 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months many babies eat more and have a change in stool patterns.
• Have you been traveling long distances or moved recently? Some babies will need time to adjust.
• While the baby is lying on her back, move the baby's legs in a clockwise rotation.
• Moving the baby's knees to the chest and holding for a few seconds can help him to push out a stool.
• If your baby is 2-6 months old, offer 1 ounce prune or apple juice twice a day. Do not dilute it with water. If she is over 6 months, offer 2-3 tablespoons of strained prunes twice a day.
Breastfed babies
Breastfed babies have stools that are soft, mustard yellow in color, and happen often. A newborn may have as many as 8-10 stools per day. After the first 4-6 weeks, the number of stools usually decrease; the baby may have as many as 1-2 per day, or as few as 1-2 per week. If you give the baby any formula, expect to see a change in the color, consistency and frequency of the stools. Changes will also happen when you introduce solid foods.
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• Do not give any solid foods to an infant under 4 months.
• Is the baby going through a growth spurt? Don't worry. At 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months many babies eat more and have a change in stool patterns.
• Have you been traveling long distances or moved recently? Some babies will need time to adjust.
• While the baby is lying on her back, move the baby's legs in a clockwise rotation.
• Moving the baby's knees to the chest and holding for a few seconds can help him to push out a stool.
• If your baby is 2-6 months old, offer 1 ounce prune or apple juice twice a day. Do not dilute it with water. If she is over 6 months, offer 2-3 tablespoons of strained prunes twice a day.
Breastfed babies
Breastfed babies have stools that are soft, mustard yellow in color, and happen often. A newborn may have as many as 8-10 stools per day. After the first 4-6 weeks, the number of stools usually decrease; the baby may have as many as 1-2 per day, or as few as 1-2 per week. If you give the baby any formula, expect to see a change in the color, consistency and frequency of the stools. Changes will also happen when you introduce solid foods.
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