Newborn straining

My baby is 12days old and he’s doing the same thing, looking for answers too 🥹

we have tried everything we could And been advised but nothing seems to work long term only maybe now and again it’s such a shame 🥺

Yes. My son is almost six weeks and has been doing this for the last 2-3 weeks. The pediatrician said this is normal for this stage and she’s not concerned he’s constipated. She told me to try to stay away from milk products as it could upset his tummy more. I noticed when I eat better he doesn’t fuss and strain as much. I also use milicon and that stuff works great.

I've been using dentinox after my lil ones feeds you can add to the milk if bottle or give after bottle of breast. He had some logs some pebbles on some mushy. The taste by what he gives in the looks of his face isn't that great but helps in the long run as long as we can all sleep lol x

Probably just to get used to actually having to poo as they’re not used to it and really understand what is happening

Try daily probiotics for babies. My son used to struggle super hard when he was that young and once I started probiotics it was smooth sailing and he wasn’t grunting in pain anymore.

Yes my baby is 5 weeks and does the same, I thought she might be in pain when pooping but I read it is normal

Baby doing the same - the few things that are currently helping us is a good tilt on her next to me, I've recently switched to tommee tippee advanced anti colic bottles from the mam ones and gripe water. It's helped immensely but there's still a good way to go. I was going to go for probiotic drops too as suggested above but my HV said it's just a marketing scheme. But from the comment above it seems like I'm going to go for it!

This is normal as they’re trying to figure out what muscles they need to use to poop.
My baby is 10 weeks old and still does this most of the time.
It helps them to sit them up and hold them by their thighs. (Back against your chest and holding their thighs)
Gravity will assist and the position makes it easier for them to use the right muscles.

If my baby cries because she needs to poop, then I put her in this position and she immediately stops crying and poops shortly after.