Baby straining and going red
The past 2 days my little boy has been tensing/straining his whole body and going red for like 3 seconds at a time, almost like he's trying to poo but he isn't. He's also arching his back and straining a lot when on his back. He's 7 months so don't think it's colic which is all Google seems to say. Anyone had anything similar/should I be worried?? He's mostly ok other than this except being very whingy but I think that's teething.
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Sounds like he’s constipated? A pouch of prunes will do the trick! and maybe try offering some cooled boiled water alongside solids to help wash it down x
Yeah that sounds like constipation. Try weetabix. Pear or prune puree. If that doesn’t work after a couple of days I’d give the doctors a call and ask for some stool softener or laxatives x
Thanks for all this! Tmi but he did a big poo this morning so didn't think it was that, and he's drinking water every day now so will keep going with it and give him more weetabix and see how he goes then
My LO used to do this and it was like a baby tantrum, now she does something quite similar but smiling and it’s excitement
Sometimes these signal reflux!
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Might be a bit constipated, their poo changes when they start solids too. Weetabix with fruit mixed in always helps my little girl x