W is 11 months old and for about the past month he has hated pooping. I don't think he's constipated, his face turns red and he strains but only for a few seconds, and he's pretty regular, but he cries and cries, big tears rolling down his face, from when he starts straining until he's in a clean diaper. He also has an umbilical hernia that all the doctors have said is common and will close up by the time he's 2. Has anybody else ever seen something like this? Is it just his body getting used to the feeling? (He was EBF until he started solids at 6 months, when I think about it this probably started around the same time I started cutting down on nursing and ramping up on solids). I'll ask his doctor at his one year checkup but am wondering if maybe I should go sooner? Other than this he's an incredibly happy easy going baby.
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This could be a sign of food allergies. It is worth a call.
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What does his poop look like? Is it hard pebbles, or logs, or mushier? If it's on the harder side, it may hurt him, even though he's not technically constipated. You can try adding in more fluids or some of the foods that help with with constipation like prunes or pears.
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@kiddosc: It's not hard, which is why I assume he's not constipated. But that's a good thing to at least start with, thanks! Off to mush some pears...
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We actually had this issue with our younger one who is about 13 months now. Our doctor recommended using a little bit of miralax (we already feed him a very high fiber diet) to hopefully make him stool two or three times a day in smaller amounts instead of once a day. He wasn't constipated, but he would poop all at the same time. He still strains sometimes and turns red, but not nearly as often.
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