My 12 week old DD is a delicate little thing (currently weighs 11 pounds) and although she feeds well, is really struggling with her poos. Since she was 7 weeks she has only pooed about once a week, and then only after considerable encouragement from me (with orange juice, sugar water, or prune juice, whatever I can get her to take). Various health professionals keep telling me that, because when she does go, the poo is of normal colour and consistency, this is perfectly normal, but I'm not happy as she seems so miserable. For a couple of days before the big event, she cries constantly, draws her legs up, clenches her fists and generally feels quite rigid all over. SHe screams if I try and massage her tummy at all. She has terrible smelly wind. But then once she's done a poo, she goes into a blissed-out state for a while. I'm going to go back to the doctor and insist he offer something to help with the pooing, as it's been 9 days since the last one now. I just wondered if anyone else has had a similar experience and what they found helped? What if the doctor offers laxatives? Any experience of this?
PS She is entirely breastfed.