https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 07:23:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-813502 Tue, 28 May 2013 14:28:04 +0000 Andrea 813502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: my mom drove me nuts about that when she was here. Hope she goes before your mom arrives!! Yes, she will blame you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-813475 Tue, 28 May 2013 14:21:13 +0000 autumnlove 813475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: @Andrea: A nurse called me to give me some tips and cancel our appointment for now...give LO water a few times a day and continue to massage her belly. Give her a glycerin suppository on Fri if she is still backed up. Call them in Monday if she still doesn't produce a #2. </p> <p>My mom is gonna find a way to blame me...lol!</p> <p>: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-813188 Tue, 28 May 2013 12:45:22 +0000 prettylizy 813188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: and your mom is coming today too? I hope she poos before Grandma arrives to save you the hassle!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-813167 Tue, 28 May 2013 12:38:13 +0000 autumnlove 813167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: No luck. :-( She doesn't want to eat anymore and she is straining a lot. Beet red face! I'm massaging her and bicycling those twig legs like crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-813128 Tue, 28 May 2013 12:24:43 +0000 prettylizy 813128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eep! Poor thing. No luck with the rectal thermometer? That was always your fail safe with E! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-813083 Tue, 28 May 2013 12:13:42 +0000 ladyfingers 813083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used a tiny bit of prune juice on our 4-day-old, and it worked like a charm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-812810 Tue, 28 May 2013 10:59:04 +0000 cheert16 812810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww- hope she is ok!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-812791 Tue, 28 May 2013 10:52:01 +0000 Andrea 812791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: oh no, poor baby!! Yay parents!!! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-812782 Tue, 28 May 2013 10:48:09 +0000 autumnlove 812782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: I ate a lot of prunes last night! Her tummy is rock hsrd today and she screamed during her last massage. :-( I made an appointment with her Dr for later this afternoon.<br /> My parents are coming today... I'm sure they will have some suggestions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-812431 Tue, 28 May 2013 09:03:43 +0000 mynoahbear 812431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did the massage... rubbing their belly/abdomen clockwise and bicycle legs. It usually worked. A friend suggested qtip with olive oil. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-812428 Tue, 28 May 2013 09:03:17 +0000 Andrea 812428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: eeeek! Maybe you should chug some prune juice. Do you think that'll pass onto her in the breast milk? :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-812409 Tue, 28 May 2013 08:58:29 +0000 autumnlove 812409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: not yet! :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-812390 Tue, 28 May 2013 08:52:29 +0000 Andrea 812390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: did she go yet? It wasn't immediately afterwards, but she did poop the same day. The thermometer trick has never worked with either baby ... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-811932 Mon, 27 May 2013 22:40:46 +0000 autumnlove 811932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: I just tried both...she passed some smelly gas but no poop yet. I hope it helped! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-811429 Mon, 27 May 2013 16:35:31 +0000 Smurfette 811429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a problem, R poops all day long. But the one time we took her temperature, she pooped all over the thermometer. So I would try it for sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-811427 Mon, 27 May 2013 16:34:58 +0000 Andrea 811427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would try the rectal thermometer and youtube baby massage to get things going. I did the massage and she pooped soon after. You rub their bellies and bicycle their legs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-811408 Mon, 27 May 2013 16:15:24 +0000 travelgirl1 811408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would do as @tororojo: suggested, I've heard both methods are pretty successful at getting out the goods. I would check with her ped before giving diluted juice, just in case it's too much for her tummy to handle so young. Poor baby, hope she gets some relief soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-811377 Mon, 27 May 2013 15:43:04 +0000 tororojo 811377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: Basically, get a wipe, put it around your finger and just poke her booty hole a little bit like you're trying to coax it out. Then wait awhile and if nothing happens, putting a rectal thermometer in will probably unleash a week's worth of yikes pretty quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-811373 Mon, 27 May 2013 15:40:33 +0000 autumnlove 811373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: Hmmm, I don't know about these. I will google them now! I have been bicycling her legs like crazy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-811370 Mon, 27 May 2013 15:39:08 +0000 tororojo 811370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I would try the rectal thermometer trick first. And before that I'd probably try stimulating her a little bit with a wipe...the nurse did that at the hospital when LO didn't poop after birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/constipated-newborn#post-811361 Mon, 27 May 2013 15:34:21 +0000 autumnlove 811361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My one month old is EBF and she hasn't pooped in a week. I know breast fed babies can go a long time between poops but she started showing signs of discomfort yesterday...lots of smelly gas and more crying than usual. </p> <p>I gave my older LO diluted apple juice when she was constipated at 5 months....should I try it for my newborn? </p>