10 week old constipated?

[EmmaTheFox]

EBF - hasn't pooed since yesterday first thing (6am). A little bit of green a couple of times throughout the day yesterday. He seems unsettled - probably got a tummy ache.

Should I give water (how with no bottles?!), or wait a bit longer?

Hopeful bump

No need to give water with a bf baby. They are rarely constipated and this isnt constipation anyway.

This isn't constipation? What could it be?

Shouldn't I be worried then? He's definitely not himself...

they are not constipated unless the poo comes out in hard lumps. It can be common for bf babies to go a week or more without pooing without them being constipated. Have you tried cycling his legs and massaging his tummy?

maybe he is coming down with something if the poo was greenish yesterday

It is very rare for a bf baby to be constipated. Agree with previous poster about massage stomach in a circle if you want to. Most of the milk gets used by the body and so not as much waste. It will happen and then might be a poo up the back job!

Oh OK, thank you. Gosh a week or more - where does it all get 'stored'?!

Have tried - he's frantically sucking his hand at the moment. He usually has a little feed to make him go, which we've tried, a lot, this morning to no avail.

Seona - there were a couple of nappies that had a green smear in them, not much. Could it be illness then do you think?