DS is 12 weeks old. until recently he was having 5-6oz of formula for his night feed (started at 9 weeks). He did seem to be really struggling with his gut, only pooing about every 4 days, and really miserable for the 24 hours before he went.
Over the past week/10 days I've managed to express a little bit (thanks to all the great advice on here!) to reduce the formula quantity, and he's begun to cut back on the night feed, so he's only taking something like 2oz of formula most nights, with the odd 5oz bottle if I've failed to express and he's starving.
He's no longer having the miserable 24 hours, but he is still going every 3-5 days and really really straining when he does go. When it finally happens, poo is really quite solid - hard to compare to anything, but perhaps you could describe it as the consistency of nearly set concrete?! I would say it's a tad softer than a normal adult poo. (sorry, TMI!) It's a normal mustardy colour
though, and not as much as I'd expect after 4 days, and certainly not as much as it was at 8-10 weeks. Does that sound like constipation? Should I be doing anything for it?
Incidentally, the 'constipation' has coincided not only with dropping the volume of the night feed but with us stopping giving infacol and gripe water before/after every feed - no idea if the 30-40ml extra liquid was affecting anything?
Should I just wait to see if things improve on their own? or should I contemplate some extra water? Seems silly when he's only having that tiny bit of formula...