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My baby’s 2 weeks old she’s not done a poo since Monday/Tuesday I think she may be constipated she’s very unsettled any advice how to help her do the toliet😩

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My health visitor said she would give my baby a little cooled fresh boiled water, that's what the NHS website suggests for formula fed babies and used to be for breastfed too but they were concerned giving breastfed babies water would stop them taking on enough milk so said not to give it to him during a feed. Can always phone the GP for best advice!

My baby is 8 months now but I had this exact problem round about the 2 week mark too!

Look up exercises for it, bicycle legs, the 'ILU' (I love you) massage etc. We would do a couple minutes of them when we changed her. It was never a magic fix where a poo would appear, but it's to help the flow of their digestive system I think.
We also would try a little bit of cooled boiled water before a feed. Only little, like 5ml or 10 ml as we didn't want it to fill her up before her milk, we felt that help move things along. But you never know, she was maybe going to do one anyway!

I think we got to the nearly 5 day mark and felt it was interrupting her sleep so we phoned nhs24 and they asked us to go in and get her checked at a hosital. Everything was absolutely fine but it was a bit of relief for us. Especially because we were first time parents, I remember being so worried about not doing enough.

I hope they go soon for you, it is a horrible feeling when you're not able to help them!

Is she formula fed or breastfed? If they're breastfed it might be a sign that they're not getting enough milk.

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