constipation is hard dry stools. my guess is that your son is not truly constipated but may be having colic or gas-pains. not having a bm for one day isn't constipation. a child can go a week or more without having a bowel movement or have five bowel movements a day and still be considered normal. in about a month (after three months) things will start to improve as he gets more beneficial bacteria in his colon that help him digest the lactose and proteins in his formula. you can try other formulas but things may improve soon no matter what you do. talk to his pediatrician to see if some anti-gas drops would be appropriate or for recommendations on a more gentle formula (although he is on a good one). hang in there mom. things will improve soon. warm water and a few drops of corn syrup or 2 tbl spoons of sugar. don't put too much sweets or baby will have a blowout and the mess is not pretty. <positive_smiley> mom of 2.
my 2 month old son is constipated. what can i do to help him? . last week a couple nights my son was up all night with this horrible cry. it wasn't a hungry cry it was like a cry to let me know he was in pain. i knew it was his stomach because he didn't poop for a whole entire day and a half. he was drinking gerber good start gentle and i thought maybe that was bothering him so i switched his formula to gerber soy because i am lactose and was wondering if he was too. i notice he seemed to be better on the soy rather then the gerber gentle.