How to deal with constipation of breast fed newborns?

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After the baby is born, it will excrete green black, smooth and sticky meconium. In the future, the baby will excrete light yellow feces, which is the feces of normal breast-feeding. The frequency of defecation of each baby is not important. The frequency of defecation is more or less, more times a day, less once a few days. Let's talk about how to deal with neonatal constipation.

How to deal with constipation of breast fed newborns?

First: breast fed babies are seldom constipated. They can absorb almost everything and have little waste. This also explains why babies sometimes excrete feces once every three days. Remember that the food you eat affects your baby to a great extent. Spicy food can cause indigestion.

Second: after the digestive function of infants is stabilized, the frequency of defecation of infants who eat formula milk is more, and the stool texture is harder, yellowish and peculiar smell than that of infants who eat breast milk. Sometimes you will find that the baby's feces are soft, like soft eggs, but the normal baby's feces should be hard. The solution is to give the child more water: that is, add more water in the normal formula milk.

Third: possible malformations include intestinal atresia, intestinal stenosis, intestinal malrotation, Hirschsprung's disease, congenital anorectal disease, sacrococcygeal spina bifida, meningocele, tumor compression of cauda equina nerve, etc. these diseases are often accompanied by severe vomiting and abdominal distension, which need timely diagnosis and treatment.

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Treatment of constipation in breastfed infants: breastfeed infants are less likely to develop constipation. If you have constipation, you can feed sugar water or fruit juice.