Question
My little one is 30 days old, and every day, they have to strain hard to pass stool. Even when sleeping or feeding, they strain and can only pass a little bit at a time, and it’s very hard. Can someone tell me what’s going on? What should I do?
Answer
Children with poor bowel movements and constipation need to find the cause. One possibility is related to diet, while another may be related to the child’s development. You can express milk for your child, give them some probiotics, and check for congenital megacolon if necessary. You can go to the hospital to get some laxatives suitable for infants. Parents can rub the baby’s abdomen more (centered around the abdomen, rubbing in a certain direction). Take a bar of soap from home, cut a piece off, preferably conical, and insert it into the anus. Buy some Vaseline from the pharmacy, put on rubber gloves, apply Vaseline, and then insert it into the anus.