he’s 7 days old today and hasn’t done a poo since about 8am yesterday morning. he’s formula fed. is that normal or not? google is saying different things
he’s usually really calm like honestly such a chilled baby this week but since this afternoon he keeps grunting and making these weird little straining noises that he hasn’t done before. not crying loads just like uncomfortable and pushing
we’ve tried rubbing his tummy gently and it’s not really doing anything. we tried bicycle legs but that actually made him cry so we stopped because i felt bad
he is still feeding. had bottles as normal today. we changed his formula a couple of days ago because i realised i’d accidentally fed him the recalled cow&gate batch when he was 4 or 5 days old. i changed it straight away and he’s been fine since then. he did poo normally after that though so i don’t know if this is related or just because of the new formula
his tummy doesn’t look massive but it feels a bit firmer than before? or maybe i’m imagining it because i’m stressing
he’s still having wet nappies
is nearly 2 days without a poo bad at this age? should i ring someone or wait it out
i feel like every little thing is something serious and i’m constantly on edge
he’s just laid here now making little ehh ehh noises and going red in the face and i don’t know if that’s normal newborn stuff or if he’s actually in pain
anyone else’s baby not poo for this long at a week old?
i don’t want to ignore something important but i also don’t want to be dramatic again
please tell me if this sounds normal or not