Hello
I have been breastfeeding my wee one fine for the past 14 weeks. She has always been quite gassy and used to really cry when needing a poo or doing one.
However, over the last few days, she has not been feeding as much, and during the day when she feeds, she will often pull off screaming. I think she is hungry, and will take expressed milk from a bottle. sometimes it seems really painful, other times ie when she just wakes up, she doesn't scream at all.
She is also screaming in pain at random times during the day - often waking up for a second to cry and going back to slee. She has been pooing every other day, but the last poo seemed quite small.
Could it be teething? she has been gnawing her fist of recently and trying to put things in her mouth. Or could she have thrush in her guts? She doesn't seem to have any visible signs of oral thrush, but I did have antibiotics recently.
Or could she have constipation? she does cry and strain a lot when poohing and farting, but I thought it was very unlikely for bf babies to get constipation?
Or could it be a growth spurt? she has been crying and sleeping a lot over the last two days, but not feeding massively more.
Finally, how would I know if she was dehydrated? or, is she just being baby and this is what they do sometimes?! It doesn't feel like nothing to me - she definitely sounds in pain.
thank you!