He's 7 months old and terribly constipated today. Every poo haa resulted in him crying in pain and ends up being little more than a pebble. I've done bicycle legs, warm bath and massages to no avail. We have no fruit juices and I can't stand to see him upset anymore.
What can I do? Feel like such a crap mum just now, the poor mite.
I got something from the chemist, lactolose or something like that? It's for babies and adults and it WORKS. If it's that bad might be time to try something drug related rather than just natural stuff. They'll be a chemist open near you now somewhere so maybe try that if you want to.
My daughter had trouble with constipation but a little older than your baby. The health visitor was less than useless, so went to the hp and got given move old sachets. They draw fluids into the colon to soften the stools. Try giving some water and the fruits as suggested above and ask at the chemist.
Then a few hours later, warm bath, followed by tummy massage (sun and moon, followed by I L U, followed by water falls) then firmly but gently start pushing both knees up to his chest so that his thighs push onto his tummy. Do this a few times like you're pumping slowly, then start pushing his legs firmly and continuously into his chest/tummy for a good 10-15 seconds at a time. He'll probably hate it and cry but that in itself will start the poo moving. Warning: carry out this whole exercise on a towel, preferably in a room where you've had a fan heater running for a while so it's really warm as he'll be nudie.
Used to bloody love unblocking my babies. They screamed blue murder but the sheer quantity of poo I got out of them and the relief they had afterwards was worth it might even have sent a photo of the outcome to DH once
