Struggling

Hi guys is anyone else baby struggling to poo ?? Constantly crying and forcing to poop but when they do poop it’s normal it’s soft but they are constantly forcing and crying .. and how long will this last for as my baby is 1 month 1 week and 4 days old and has been struggling with this since he’s born till now

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I go baby biogaia drops they helped my baby he goes every other day but that’s normal for him, do you breastfeed or bottle

My baby is 9 weeks and has been struggling with this for the past 3/4 weeks, I’ve been told it’s infant dyschezia, it’s awful!

Mine also struggles like this, but easily poos every other day. Have asked the midwife, lactation consultant and osteopath and they say if that's baby's rhythm, it's fine as it is. I'm combi feeding

My little boy been same ive tried all sorts for him, the only thing that seems to have worked is since he turned 1month and able to have gripe water but he can still go days with nothing, worse thing is no one is concerned until he goes 5 days without having one 💔

An osteopath helped us so so much with wind and struggling to poo he was like a different baby x

Okay perfect thank you

My little one struggled when we swapped from pre made to formula. The HV said we could give her small sips of cool boiled water, which helped and in this heat it’s extra hydration ☺️ x

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