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

Have any mothers had such an experience? Babies often suffer from constipation, not because they eat less, but because they cannot digest the food, resulting in frequent bowel movements, especially without bowel movements for several days in a row. This is very serious. Let’s see what to do if a two-month-old baby has not had a bowel movement for five days?

1. Constipation refers to dry stools and difficulty in passing stools. There are many causes of constipation. Generally speaking, constipation is mainly related to feeding methods, diet quality and quantity, bowel habits, gastrointestinal digestion and absorption capacity, abdominal muscle pressure, and the development and driving force of intestinal smooth muscles. When preparing rice noodles, you should also pay attention to the ratio of rice noodles and water to avoid dry stools for babies. In addition, for babies aged 4 or 5 months, feeding them vegetable purees and fruit purees and other fiber-containing foods can prevent constipation. Older babies can take some foods that lubricate the intestines, such as orange juice, honey and sugar water, etc. In addition, they should eat more fruits, vegetables with more fiber, such as celery, leeks, and porridge.

2. For children with constipation, take an appropriate amount of honey on an empty stomach every morning, and gently massage the baby's right lower abdomen upward around the navel clockwise for more than ten times with the palm of your right hand to achieve the effect of peristalsis and laxative. For those with severe constipation, you should take the baby to see a doctor as soon as possible to rule out congenital megacolon, anorectal stenosis and other diseases.

3. You can take Ying'er Ping San orally. Its main functions are to help digestion and eliminate stagnation, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea. It is used for fever, cough, bad breath, dry tongue, good digestion, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal distension and pain, and constipation.

4. Add complementary food appropriately. It is best to chop spinach, cabbage, greens, shepherd's purse, etc., put them into rice porridge and cook them together to make various delicious vegetable porridges for babies. In addition, complementary food contains a lot of B vitamins, which can promote the recovery of intestinal muscle tension and is very helpful for defecation. If the baby's constipation is still not effective after the above dietary adjustment, you can give the baby honey water.

5. Let your child sit on the potty to defecate on time every day to develop good defecation habits. Develop good eating habits, diversify the diet, eat less raw and cold food, eat less, and the food should not be too refined and rich in fiber. Develop good living habits and avoid continuous high tension mentally, especially for school-age children, study stress and lack of sleep can cause constipation. For infants who drink milk, you can add more sugar and rice soup appropriately, and you can also give them orange juice, vegetable soup, etc. to prevent constipation caused by too dry and hard stools. Avoid long-term use of drugs that cause constipation, such as calcium gluconate, calcium carbonate and aluminum hydroxide.

What should I do if my two-month-old baby hasn’t defecated for five days? Because each baby's physique is different, the causes are also different. Therefore, you must give your baby more water on a regular basis to ensure the softening of the stool, which is also conducive to defecation. I hope this helps you.