To ask for your help in getting my little boy to poo?

[stitchwitch85]

Not a poo troll, I promise! And posting here for traffic as the sound of his wailing is breaking my heart!

2 month old DS, EBF so it isn’t a surprise that he hasn’t gone since Sunday morning. He’s gone longish stretches without a dirty nappy before now, but this time is different. He’s in so much pain! He was wailing on and off all night about it and has been grouchy, tired out and waily all day too. It's clearly causing him a lot of discomfort and he is passing a lot of (very smelly!) wind

Also don’t give brown sugar or orange juice omg what terrible advice

It was GP advice.
Much better than lactulose for young children!

Try some tummy time that allways makes my DD trump!

Also don’t give brown sugar or orange juice omg what terrible advice !! My gp suggested this and Hv was fumeing!

A GP is medically trained to a much higher level than a health visitor. I'd take a GP's advice over a HV's advice any day.

Baby massage on tummy and bicycling his kegs gently. Used to work on my dd - she was like a playdough machine as I cycled

*legs!

Cycling legs rubbing feet. Repeat. Did you say ebf? I wascadvisedcto drink pear juice (myself). No idea if thats what worked but it did seem to when second daughter struggled. Also if ebf you can do a quick change for more foremilk for one feed. They will get hungry again sooner but it's a more watery feed.

Can I just clarify that it was a teaspoon of orange juice with sugar in it. I wasn't giving a large bottle full!

HV suggested one ounce of cooled boiled water. I also spent a lot of time cycling legs and massaging his tummy and it eventually worked

A good strong espresso!

I had similar problems with my EBF son. Helps to have as much fruit and water in your own diet as possible. Massage and leg movements help sometimes, so does tummy time. In moments of desperation I would do a slight anal stimulation (wipe bum or cotton wool) however this shouldn’t be used too often as it interferes with the baby learning how to do it themselves

Poo update: normal sized, normal consistency poo this morning! But there must be more in there…I shall try some more massage etc this afternoon when I’m back at home

Thank you for all the tips, ladies!

Definitely try cycling his legs , was really effective for my dd when she was little

@TokenGinger

It was an elderly gp who told me to give my 6 week old bf baby bottles or diluted orange juice-as much as he wanted. That is old advice and my hv rang up to complain. GPS aren’t right about everything you know ! Some give outdated advice and get things wrong, babys that small don’t need orange juice it’s full of sugar, breast milk has everything they need!

@Largeyellowdaffodil

Your gp needs to get updated on the current advice! No way would I be giving my baby brown sugar! That’s awful advice. Shocking so many of you would never question your gps they are not always right. There is nothing wrong with the occasional low dose of lactulouse.

It is also dangerous ie water toxicity!!

@Ghdsa1 Elderly or not, doctors don't just qualify 50 years ago and never re-train. They are always partaking in continuous professional development to keep up with updated medics advice.

Twice I've been to my HV about my DS's milk and then about his eating and both times, they've told me to speak to my GP as they are doctors and HVs are not, so I maintain my stance that I'll always take a medical doctor's advice over a HV's advice.

I am assuming a HV is the same as a public health nurse in Ireland. If my PHN took it upon herself to complain to my (youngish) GO about his medical advice for any child she would be given very short shrift. He would probably make an official complaint against her for acting outside of her remit.

They are similar, health visitors and public health nurses - and I always found I got conflicting advice from them and the GP! I think the brown sugar in water is a sort of home made lactulose?
Glad your baby is sorted!