How can I help my one month old poop with out hurting her?
My daughter was born January 1st, 2016. I breastfeed her on a daily basis and She was having really good wet and messy diapers everyday for almost 2 1/2 weeks after coming home from the hospital but now she has been going almost 2 1/2 weeks without a messy diaper. I have tried to help her once in a while with a baby rectal thermometer and her poop still seems soft when she pushes out the poop and thermometer. She has been too the doctors about it and they just keep telling me that its just a gas block up that shes fine and they are having me give her gas drops and telling me to cut out dairy products to see if it helps plus to stop helping her with the thermometer because of risks of hurting her. So if the poop seems soft why cant she push it out and what can i do to help her?
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I'm hoping by now you've been able to get some help. I was wondering if you had tried carol syrup? If you dip your finger in it then let her suck on your finger that's all she would need. It's a natural, non-harming way to help the bowels move along. This also works on adults :)
BTW this is information from my mother, who is a CNA and my husband, who is an RN. It worked for us so thought it might help to know about.
Best of luck
Some of these problems are akin to trying to answer the question, "Why won't my car start?" There are so many factors, from medical problems to diet to disposition to environmental problems.
We could often coax gas our of our babies by holding the undersides of their thighs and gently pushing their knees up to their chest. They seemed to like this, and occasionally it would make them poop a little.
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