Baby constipation

I’ve got a one and a half month old. He is my first breastfed baby and has been dealing with some serious constipation. He has only gone about once every three days. The doctor said it is normal around this age but I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to relieve his discomfort. I’ve done the gas drops,exercises, belly rubs, and haven’t found anything that seems to help him. The dr. also said he may not go for up to a week and that is just crazy to me.

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Is he eating purées yet?? If so, try prunes

Ours did the same at that stage, there was a 5 day stretch at one point and then several dirty diapers in one day. When you hit 8 days I believe was the recommended time to worry though.

Yea my breastfeed baby used to poop like once a week and has only just now started to poop everyday since he started solids. The doc said the same thing, that it wasn’t concerning especially for breastfed babies. He didn’t seem to be in any pain from it though. Does your baby fart a lot? I tried to make sure I was moving my son’s legs around at least 3x a day everyday and that would help him fart

I’ve been told as long as it’s once every 5-7 days and the baby doesn’t seem uncomfortable, stomach is soft, they are still passing gas, I shouldn’t be concerned! I guess it’s normal for bf babies. At this point we go like once every 4 days or so 🤷🏻‍♀️

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