Straining

My little one seems to be constantly straining the last few days, he goes for a poo every other day on average but is crying and pushing down soo much! He farts a lot and they smell bad too haha.
He was up all night last night just crying and fussing and straining. He sounds really stuffy too, to the point he sometimes snorts trying to breathe in. He’s combi fed but mostly bottle.
Just wondered if this is “normal” or a phase or if maybe I should be changing anything?! TIA

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I wouldn't worry too about the straining as they are learning to use the muscles to poop x

mine's the same! I don't think it's anything to worry about though xx

Common when mixed feeding. I've found mine poops everytime I put him in a bouncer chair, so I now call it the poopy chair. £40 on amazon/John Lewis and def worth it.

Same here for EBF baby. She was super constipated and didn’t poop once during the first 11 days when we combi fed too

Thanks guys that makes me feel abit better I’m not alone! I feel bad that the combi feeding may be the reason… but I don’t want to totally stop the breast as want to try pass on as much goodness as I can!

Do you think it’s worth just going to formula fully or keep it as combi and wait until it passes? Xx

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