Using a Cotton Bud to Help Baby Poop
10 week erstwhile baby wont poop past herself....
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My girl is 10 weeks former, she was breastfed for the first iv weeks just I had to stop as I found it hard due to having a 2 year onetime aswell.
At first she used to poop fine by herself simply from about 3 weeks she will finish her poo coming out, she will straighten her legs n tense her bum. I have had to resort to helpin her by putting the tip of a cotton wool bud into her bum, she will go then and the poop is quite runny, yellow with little bits in it. I have spoke to my HV only she doesnt seem that worried, but im worried if i proceed having to resort to the cotton bud she will never get past herself, i have changed her milk n even put her on aptimel condolement for constipated babies merely this didnt practice anything either! Whatever advice would exist appreciated every bit i never had this with my son! He never had any problems north I detest seeing my lil girl in pain!
I would seriously consider going to the doctors , I wouldn't mess with her dorsum passage either as everything is nevertheless so delicate downward there.
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Welshchick, if your dd really is consciously withholding her poo, and is in hurting, and so yes, you need to become further communication on this.
It doesn't audio as if she is constipated in the usual sense - the poo would be dry and hard.
But pain and resistance is not normal, and yous deffo need to speak to someone who can find out what's happening.
I'm not a health professional merely as far as I am enlightened, a 10 WEEK old baby will not be able to physically withold her poo (she lacks the brain hormone for that kind of conscious thought) and I call up the leg straightening and bum clenching is perfectly normal reaction to the sensations, and its probably non a expert thought to become poking around her bottom with a cotton bud ! Get out her alone, stop checking every v minutes and she Will poo past herself - for goodness sake, three year olds can't command their bowels and then I tin't see how a 10 calendar week old is able to !
A trip to your HV or GP would be a good idea to talk this over
I agree, Snowsquonk....a ten calendar week old deliberately withholding sounds odd. Merely pain needs investigating.
my ds was exactly the same. not anymore - he's 5 months. apparently they just get the wrong idea and when the urge comes they straighten and clench instead of relax and curve knees... i readabout the cotton bud thing but didn't do it and once he realised he had to bend and relax he was away 
yous could bend his knees - hold onto her thighs to encourage her to relax the correct sphincter 
or sit her in that position. or slowly bicycle her legs...
obviously if you call back she is actually in pain then get it checked... ds used to make grunting noises all day it seems! the penny WILL drop!
sarah293 Fri 05-Mar-x 18:54:03
Delight dont stick things upwardly your babies' bum... you could cause serious impairment/infection.
For the record i was advised to practice the cotton bud thing past my md and health visitor! And as for 3 yr olds not bein able to command their bowels, that is completely incorrect my son is 3 an controls his bowels! I dont check every v mins she goes days without goin screamin i didnt desire to do the cotton wool bud so please dont call me cruel, i was told to practice this by a medico and hv which is why i decided to get advice of other mums that take experienced this as i really dont agree with it! My baby is very badly colic exercise anyone no of this affectimg
their bowels?
Howdy Welshchik - My 5 week one-time dd is exactly and hasnt pooed for 2 days at present. She straightens her legs when she needs to go and screams in pain.
We observe that a warm bathroom usually helps. Nosotros put as much water in as we tin and merely allow her move around with us property her head IYSWIM. Almost times she will poo within a few hours of a bath because she has relaxed. Perchance this might help your dd?
I read most 'helping' them out but dont think I could do information technology!
Its horrible isnt considering they are in pain merely are not helping them selves!
I will keep checking this incase anyone else has any ideas. Adept luck 
Yes, colic WILL bear on your baby'south bowels equally it is all part of the gastro-intestinal system. You may find she is also very 'windy' downwardly beneath. I don't remember the advice from your GP and HV is particularly safe, rather you demand to teach your baby 'how' to poo. Every bit RubyBuckleberry suggests... Your baby is becoming tense when she feels this odd sensation and it's really a reflex action that is causing her to straighten instead of relax. Bending her knees upward to her tummy may help, and well worth trying the 'bicycle' method too!
FWIW, whilst my girl didn't 'withold' her poo, she hated beingness inverse. I had to store around for narrow-fit nappies as she used to lay on the mat with her legs ram-rod directly and sometimes even cross her ankles over!
If y'all feel that using the cotton bud gave your baby the 'encouragement' to relax and poo, why don't you try a less invasive method? Elevator your baby's legs upwardly as if to alter her, and using a cotton-wool ball dipped in water simply wipe her down gently from forepart to back a few times. The action of lifting and bending her knees, together with the wiping, should probably do the trick.
Let us know how yous go on
Thank u both for the suggest i hav only put her on coleif as i had tried gripe h2o n infacol but none of them worked i started the coleif last night n for get-go
time ever she slept in her bed for six hours and when i changed her nappy this mornin she had a tiny bit of poop due north has been trumpin alot! I have constitute a bath helps and so will try this long with the bicycle method
may your baby be dairy intolerant. mine was and it caused no end of discomfort
Im not sure kalo12, i think i may go to the gp n come across sum1 unequal from before n ask them what they think if i go along seein unequal gp ane is jump to know wha to do
i constitute that laying my son down on the mat, and bending his knees and gentley rubbing his bum cheeks was enough to get him going!
my HV also told me i could use some ky jelly on my little finger over glove etc and massage his sphincter lightly but i couldn't do it lol.
my aunt who is a m/w also told me that often if the infant hasn't pooped for a while they often accept their temperature analy and that also helps!
my infant Welshchik has the same problem and I was brash by the Pediatrician to do the cotton bud thing with pure Vaseline or use a suppository once a 24-hour interval at a specific time (morning time or nighttime) just before feeding in gild to help him and to railroad train him how to relax his muscles instead of clenching.
I don't like doing information technology as I don't want him to get dependent on this, but he is in pain when I don't do it and gets no sleep and feeds less. I too, was instructed by my Pediatrician to practise this. He does not have hard poo at all, its all runny (because he is breastfed).
i have tried the warm bath and cycle method on him earlier and it unfortunately didn't work. this is why after much anguish i accept resorted to the medico's communication 
I sympathise, little lady here is 5 weeks and wasn't having any dirty nappies for 4-5 days at a time. HV recommended half a teaspoon of brown sugar dissolved in boiled water and then cooled - about 2oz. Worked a treat, 2 hours after dirty nappy.
DD also suffers from colic - although actually i think nosotros suffer more! The straightening of legs seems more to do with her being uncomfortable with the current of air than anything else. Colief seems to be helping, we've been doing that for about three days, also still using infacol, which definately helps. Gripe h2o didn't really help and she manages to spit it out before it gets anywhere helpful anyhow!!
The coleif is also helping with dirty nappies, seems to make them more like BF fed babies nappies.
And all in all, I know your md said to practise the cotton fiber ball thing, but the carbohydrate h2o is a heck of a lot easier and less stressful all round!
Have care
But back from the doctors with my four calendar week old experiencing the very aforementioned. I was advised to potable camomile tea equally the effects will be passed on through my bm to my baby. Also avoid chocolate, caffine, cabbage and onions
There are drops which you can requite your infant to make and so less windy and more comfortable, im not sure what they are though, sorry!
Likewise told to do the cotton bud matter.......
Massage her tummy in a clockwise direction, do cycle legs and so hold her out over a potty/basin/nappy/toilet in a supported squat similar this
Regardless of what you think about nappy free babies, this is one of the best positions for using the toilet (adults too, the fact nosotros sit down non squat is thought to contribute to a rise in digestive and colon problems)
Hi, I haven't read the whole thread, only I think it'due south perfectly possible for a 10wk old to exercise that - my daughter was refusing to poo in her nappy from three weeks onetime. She had terrible nappy rash and hated the nappies she was wearing - every bit shortly as we took them off she would poo everywhere explosively simply never in her nappy. Finally we tried her in pampers rather than eco friendly ones and she immediately started pooing in her nappy once more and has been happy ever since! Re. the colic, I started taking Acidophilus capsules (Culturelle) for her oral thrush - not merely did they clear that up, simply besides got rid of her colic completely. If yous are FF then yous can get baby acidophilus, but as I'm BF I took them to treat united states both... Good luck!
My sister in law just showed me a skillful position to concord the baby in with his legs tucked in and his knees to tummy while holding him. Information technology instantly helped him to pass his stool without all the fuss. I am so excited, considering if it continues to work with him I tin can finish using the cotton fiber buds as the doctors instructed; (I am always afraid that his poor little anus gets irritated past the constant use of cotton fiber buds and Vaseline).
Her mode is much more natural and it also trains him to use his muscles which is what i wanted.
I wish the doctors instruct mothers with this problem to do these more natural positions instead of telling them to utilise cotton fiber buds. Yay to mothers with experience!
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