Newborn constipation

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Newborns who get breast-fed do not have bowel movement every day. It can take up to 3 weeks until stool is produced. As long as the baby does not cry in pain and is gaining approximately 150g per week, there is no need to worry.

Newborns who get bottle-fed often suffer from newborn constipation for the following reasons:
1. Flakes are added to the bottle
2. the type of milk has been changed too quickly
3. the water contains too much calcium
4. carrot juice is mixed into the bottle
5. the drinking quantity is not sufficient.

However, it is also possible that the above mentioned reasons are not the cause for the constipation, as the intestines of ever human being, and also of babies, are very different.
Sometimes, the newborn constipation is combined with winds, and after a couple of weeks, it cannot be verified what came first: the constipation or the winds. Anyway, in this case, the nutrition should be changed.

With hard stools which are excreted regularly but laboriously, it might already help to change to pre-biotic milk which provides a good bifidus bacteria flora in the intestines. Breast-fed babies naturally have a good bifidus bacteria flora due to the mother's milk. Therefore, soft, sometimes mushy stools are typical for breast-fed babies. However, when changing the nutrition to pre-biotic milk, stools which are similar to the ones of breast-fed babies can be expected after eight to fourteen days.

Parents who observe constipation, which is combined with pain, in their babies should consult the paediatrician who will examine the child and advise the parents about how to change the food of the child. In addition, the paediatrician may also prescribe a light medicine in order to ease the pain caused by winds or constipation.

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