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Yeah it’s normal for baby’s not to poop every day! And they can be fussy for a million reasons so you probably don’t want to do anything aggressive to try to her to poop because it may well not be the issue. Peddling out her legs is a gentle thing you can do that would help with constipation or gas pain.
^^ this! I just saw my sons pediatrician today and he said not pooping is only a concern once baby goes past day 5!
My 3 week old does this all the time 🥲, he will go a few days without pooping and then will suddenly have poopy diaper, I think the longest he has gone is almost 3 days. It also depends if baby is breastfed per his pediatrician! Breastfeeding babies will have a lot less poopy diapers than formula babies. Hope it resolves soon for yall🥹
Asafoetida is a miracle rub on baby belly and feet as well
I don’t think she’s old enough for this but in a few months you can have this in your back pocket, prune juice. Do those bicycle kicks!
I feel for you. I know everyone is like it’s normal for them not to poo for days, but if they are in pain with it, I personally can’t think it’s right to leave them. I think the main issue is likely to be trapped wind, which makes it painful. Annoyingly in my experience this can get worse as poo sits in gut. Things I have done to help relieve are - bicycle legs (60 to 120 not just a couple); tummy massage for wind (look online); warm bath (this really helps with pain); Gripe water (as well as helping wind has a mild laxative affect); sitting them in chair that vibrates; give a few sips of cooled boiled water between feeds (up to 30mls max); suppositories (1g glycerin infant - can buy online and very easy to use and effective - baby will poo with these).
As with the above advice, keep in the back of your mind cluster feeding. During developmental/growth stages babies can easily feed again within the hour. Even if you have just fed them, if you're having difficulty finding what's wrong, they're clean, dry, warm, just offer a top up. Could very well be cluster feeding at 11 days old, there's so much going on as a newborn! If you have tried other settling techniques, and nothing is working, just try feeding again.
Ita normal for babies to go without pooping as long as it's not 5 or more days. You can do tummy massages, bicycle movements with legs to help any gas too
You might find it weird but for my gassy baby i used asafoetida. Take 1/4th teaspoon of asafoetida,Dissolved it in 1 teaspoon of water and apply it on baby's belly. It usually does the trick.