What should I do if my three-month-old baby has not defecated for four days?

My baby is 3 months old, but he hasn't had a bowel movement for the past 4 days. What should I do? It really worries me, and I'm afraid that my baby may have other diseases. My baby has always been breastfed, so I thought there shouldn't be any big problems. But suddenly he hasn't had a bowel movement for 4 days, and I don't think he's having any complementary food now. What should I do to change his situation?

What should I do if my three-month-old baby has not defecated for four days?

First, it is necessary to replenish water appropriately. For babies who are fed once every 4 hours, water should be added once between two feedings. Usually, make sure your child drinks more water, and you can also squeeze fresh fruit juice to drink. Eat more vegetables rich in fiber, such as cabbage, celery, etc.

Second, for babies over 3 months old, you can boil cabbage and radish in water and give it to the child to drink. Boiling fresh reed roots in water and drinking it is effective in clearing internal heat. To make it taste better, you can add some sugar to the soup.

Third, you can gently massage in a clockwise direction near the baby’s belly button to help the baby digest and defecate.

Fourth, if the child has severe dry stools, he or she can take pediatric digestive pills, 1 to 2 times a day, 1/4 pill each time, or the microecological preparations Mommy Love and Jinshuangqi, and use them for at least 7 days.

Fifth, it is important to remind you that if your baby is fed with a mixture of breast milk and formula, then the mother who is breastfeeding should avoid eating spicy, fatty, and greasy foods.

Sixth, if the child does not have a bowel movement for several days, he should go to the hospital for treatment in time.

1. Massage method: Put the four fingers of your right hand together, and gently massage the baby's navel in a clockwise direction. This not only helps with bowel movements but also aids digestion.

2. Soap bar laxative method: Use soap to sharpen into pencil thickness.

A soap bar more than 3 cm long, moistened with water and inserted into the baby's anus, can stimulate the intestinal wall and induce defecation.

4. Salted radish strips laxative method: Cut radish strips into pencil-thick strips, soak them in salt water and insert them into the anus to promote defecation.

5. Suppository: Injecting a suppository into the child's anus can stimulate the intestinal wall and induce defecation.

To sum up, it can treat baby's constipation and change the situation where the baby has not defecated for 4 days. If mothers find that their babies have constipation problems, they must seek timely treatment, because constipation can easily cause other intestinal diseases. And the baby's stool condition reflects the baby's health condition. If there is a problem with the baby's bowel movements, it will definitely endanger the baby's health.