BOTTLE FED & CONSTIPATION

Oh big hugs to you jahvaan, I've got no ideas to help but didn't want to read and run. Is she grunting and pushing during the day as well? (I only ask because my daughter was a sleep grunter, she was just really noisy!)

Aw hugs. The novalac one is normally available from pharmacies or your pharmacist might be able to order it in for you.

Microlax isn't fun is it, I had to use that on our boy a couple of times. He developed really bad ezcema as well and it turns out he is allergic to dairy so he was put on a prescription formula, he's over 2 years now and still on it.

Did a Dr give you the microlax or did you just buy it over the counter?, might be worth seeing the Dr if you haven't already.

Also there is some stuff called lactulose, it's an insoluble sugar that holds water in the gut so helps keep the poos soft and is more suitable to use than brown sugar in water. You can buy if from the pharmacy, we use to give Spencer 5ml in 50ml of water and it would take all day to get him to drink it, giving little bits with each feed and in between feed sometimes but it did the trick. You can adjust the amount up or down depending on what is coming out the other end. Spencer was on it permanently whilst we waited for the prescription formula.

If she drinks her formula then you could add the lactulose straight to that, Spencer wasn't very good at drinking his cos he had reflux as well as the constipation going on.

Hope things improve quickly for you

if the pooh was normal she may not be consitpated...if she is it should be very hard and small (i think there is a description in the bounty book of baby constipation.) babies do grunt a lot in their sleep, they are noisy little creatures. i would want to be very sure before you start giving her lots of different stuff for it - especially at 2 weeks...

i thought you said in your other post that you had got over the constipation problems?

We had a constipation problem that went on for about 4mths. Have used microlax, and lactulose. i found the best solution was brown sugar and water. It took a few goes, but it certailnly had a better result than the lactulose.

bizzy, it is very likely that the baby is constipated especially if the bub is fully formula fed (which it is).

I used the brown sugar in water with my son and found that it worked well when needed. It only took about 4 weeks or so for his tummy to get use to formula and then he was fine. I only used the brown sugar and water when needed not daily. We use to mix 1 tsp of brown sugar in about 20 mls of water and gave it throughout the day. This was recommend by my MW so never went to the dr as it got the results needed.

Are you sticking with one formula? Chopping and changing formulas can cause problems and you should def stick with the same formular for 2-3 weeks before changing to another type but as i say it can sometimes take 4- 6 weeks for the baby to get use to formula.

I think Novalac formula is now available from supermarkets. I saw a range of them at Pak n Save Thames for $23.95

Edited by Kellie

I agree with Peanut on this (funnily enough we have the same m/w). Brown sugar in water has always worked for Ava.

You can give extra water between feeds too, FF babies need up to 50ml a day (less in cooler weather, I've found I haven't had to give Ava any yet because she's not needing a drink, just food IYKWIM).

Another thing is having nappy-free time and gently massaging baby's legs up to her tummy a few times. Do that a few times a day. It seems to help here if Ava's a bit blocked up.

It's normal for a FF baby to go red in the face and grunt when pooing as their poos are usually more solid than BF babies. We often get an unsettled period for a couple of hours (sometimes the whole day) before a poo, as she only goes every 2nd day.

i faced the same problem with my baby girl. She was constipated and had too much gas and that made me think that she might be lactose related issues. I switched her to Enfamil ProSobee and it solved the problem for me.