Hi all
My little girl is 6 weeks old and I'm worried she is constipated. I breastfeed her all day but have began giving her 1 formula bottle before bedtime and then if she wakes in the night I will breastfeed, so in total she is having no more than 5 oz of formula each day. These last 2 weeks she has had no more than 4 poos and this is very unlike her! Usually it's at least 2 times a day, this didn't decrease gradually it was literally one day nothing after very regular weeks from birth.
No she really strains and gets very upset I can tell she's trying to go and after 5 mins of pushing she will pass wind that smells awful! I can't belive she can create such a smell!
I've been cycling her legs, rubbing her belly, I have also tried cool boiled water and nothing seems to help her.. Although the water did seem to ease her straining etc.
My questions are am I ok to give her the water to help (only tried once as I wasn't too sure)
And two any other advice tips or anything to help her? I don't like seeing her this way!!
Thanks all x