7 Week Old In Pain Passing Soft Stools??

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7 Week Old In Pain Passing Soft Stools??

by Liana
(UK)

My son is 7 weeks old.

Mainly breastfed, except one bottle of formula each evening.

He is going up to 3 days without passing a stool, becoming increasing irritated and seemingly in pain from the 2nd day - with real smelly gas.

When he does poo it is his usual soft yellowish poop. So I presume he isn't constipated?

What's going on? He is being more sicky in the evening since he stopped going for a poop each day?

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Nov 19, 2008

Normal poop!
by: Baby Help Line

Hi Liana!

Being 7 weeks old and breastfed, it is quite normal both to not have bowel movements every day, to pass lots of wind and to strain and be somewhat uncomfortable wihle trying to poop.

What you could do (if possible), if possible is to take away the formula for a while, since that could be causing some extra pain and straining for him.

Baby massage is also an excellent way to help babies suffering from pain trying to poop.

You can read my review of a good book about baby massage here.

Good luck!

/Paula

Jun 05, 2010

4 month old trouble passing soft stool
by: Kristin

My son is four months old and seems to not be able to pass a soft stool. He'll go like two days without pooping which is normal for him but then he screams and cries to the point where I have had to use a suppository to make him go. But he isn't constipated because his stool is loose and never hard or dry...why would this be?? He only goes when we use karo syrup twice a day in his bottle...it just doesn't make sense to me. He has been on formula since birth and is just recently having this problem...It's very concerning

Jul 07, 2010

Cow's milk protein
by: Anonymous

Quite often babies get tummy aches when breastfed from what you are eating....most common is dairy. There is a protein in cows milk that a lot of people are intolerant too.....This protein is used in the manufacture of some formulas. Look into that.
I also would ditch the formula at a night feed... any particular reason you are supplementing?

Jul 19, 2010

7 weeks old baby - yellow/green slimy poop
by: imil25

My son is 7 weeks old and he is bottle fed, up to 2 weeks ago he had no problem with his stool or passing gases. Then he had diarrhea for few days and ped. gave him lactose free formula for 3 days and told me to go back to his usual formula after. The diarrhea stopped but my son now has yellow sometimes green slimy poop from 5-8 times a day. Before diarrhea he was pooping 2-4 times a day. Now he also has problem with trapped gases and he cries from pain until he manages to pass some gas. But I am concerned about slimy poop as I read that it can be do to virus or infection. Any help please?

Sep 01, 2011

Being pain when passing stool
by: Anonymous

My baby is 7 weeks old. Since a week ago she has had lots of pain while passing stool. She won't pass her stool for almost 36-40 hours and she is irritated all the time. Once the stool passes she is not fussy for a few hours (2-4hours) and again it all starts. She makes her tommy hard and after 30 hours of pain, there will be explosion and the stool passes with great pressure. Please help me out.

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