Straining and uncomfortable

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HIi,
I am new to Mumsnet and wondered if anyone
could help with a question about my baby is who 7 weeks old. I breast fed him for the first 4 weeks (expressed because he wouldn't latch on) and over the last 3 weeks I have gradually introduced formula. He has been soley on formula (Cow & Gate) now for just over a week.The problem is that he has been straining going red and crying throughout the day and finally does a poo at about 3 oclock. I am worried because he looks uncomfortable and in pain most of the time straining for just one poo! The poo is not solid just the usual mustard type.
On the breast milk he used to go about 4 times a day.

Thank you for your help

Well done MM and your lo! I'm so glad, just told dh about your lo's recovery and he cheered!

I thought I'd wait a while to post because I was starting to go mad watching every move ds made and counting down the hours since his last poo.

But I can now honestly say that he's much much better! He does proper solid poos, doesn't strain much, sleeps very well and smiles a lot more than he ever used to. It's definitely the soya milk which made him better. I'm so grateful to the health visitor who didn't tell me it was colic.

Now we can just get on with worrying about normal baby things(like the gummy eye he woke up with this morning).

Of course, the next issue is getting him back on the ordinary milk so that he doesn't end up with fully blown lactose intolerance, but this can apparently be done as late as 12 months, so we'll just enjoy the happy baby for a while.