What should I do if my two-month-old baby hasn’t defecated for two days?

Everyone knows that when the baby is still in the infant stage, we always have to take extra care of him, because he is just born and has not yet adapted to the outside world, his organs are not yet fully developed, and special attention must be paid to his diet. Under normal circumstances, babies can defecate 2 to 4 times a day, but a mother said that her two-month-old baby has not defecated for two days. Is this abnormal? In fact, it is not a big problem if it happens once or twice occasionally, but if it happens for a long time, it is constipation. Next, we will introduce how to solve baby constipation.

Common treatments for constipation include:

1) Drink more water. You can add milk companion to milk powder or water, 1 pack per day.

2) For breastfed babies, mothers should pay attention to adjusting their diet structure, eat lighter food, and drink more water.

3) Massage your baby's abdomen in a clockwise direction twice a day, each time for 5-10 minutes.

4) If the symptoms persist for several days, you can use a pediatric suppository or soap bar. But don't use it for a long time.

5) Eat more fruits and vegetables. Don't feed too fast each time, and the milk powder can be diluted a little.

Diet therapy for children's constipation. Heat-induced constipation is characterized by dry and hard stools, dry mouth, bad breath, flushed face, abdominal distension and pain, short and yellow urine, red tongue, yellow and dry tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse.

Treatment method: Clear heat and moisten the intestines.

(1) Water chestnut and jellyfish soup: 60 grams of water chestnut and 50 grams of jellyfish. Boil in water and drink.

(2) Cook bananas with rock sugar: 2 bananas, appropriate amount of rock sugar, add water and cook into soup.

(3) Spinach soup: 150 grams of spinach, appropriate amount of sesame oil. Cook the spinach, add salt to taste, and mix with sesame oil.

(4) Honey and sugarcane juice: Mix half a cup of honey and half a cup of sugarcane juice, and drink it on an empty stomach every morning and evening.

(5) Jellyfish juice: Peel the jellyfish, mash it and squeeze out the juice, add appropriate amount of honey. Take with cool boiled water.

(6) Rhubarb soaked in water: Put 3-5 grams of rhubarb into a cup, soak it in boiling water (about half a cup) for 15 minutes, add a little honey and drink.

Suitable for severe heat knots. But it is not suitable for long-term use. The stool of constipation caused by Qi deficiency is not necessarily dry and hard. Although there is a desire to defecate, the patient is too weak to push hard, and if he tries hard, he will sweat and feel short of breath. His face will be pale, he will feel tired and lazy to speak, his tongue will be pale, his tongue coating will be white, and his pulse will be weak.

Treatment method: Invigorate Qi and moisten the lower part.

(1) Sweet potatoes dipped in honey: 0.5 pound of sweet potatoes and an appropriate amount of honey. Wash and cook the sweet potatoes, dip them in honey and eat them regularly.

(2) Milk and glutinous rice porridge: 150 grams of milk, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar. Cook the rice into porridge, add milk and sugar, cook for a while, and eat on an empty stomach.

(3) Almond sesame porridge: 10 grams of almonds, 20 grams of black sesame seeds, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Add water to the first three ingredients and cook into porridge, then add rock sugar and drink after it is dissolved.

(4) Lotus root and rice porridge: 250 g lotus root, 30 g rice. Wash and chop the lotus root, cook it in boiling rice porridge, add oil and salt, and eat it on an empty stomach in the morning.

(5) Astragalus and Polygonatum odoratum stewed with rabbit meat: 15 grams of astragalus, 12 grams of polygonatum odoratum, and appropriate amount of rabbit meat. Add water and cook, then season with salt and serve.

Constipation due to blood deficiency is characterized by difficult to resolve stool, sallow complexion, dry mouth and no desire to drink, pale lips and tongue, and thin pulse. Treatment method: Nourish blood and moisten intestines.

(1) Polygonum multiflorum and red dates porridge: 20 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, 30 grams of rice, 5 red dates, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Add appropriate amount of water to Shouwu and boil it, take out the juice and remove the residue, add rice and red dates, cook into porridge, add rock sugar and dissolve it before eating.

(2) Stir-fried sweet potato leaves with lean pork: 200 grams of fresh sweet potato leaves, 50 grams of lean pork. Wash the sweet potato leaves, chop the lean pork, stir-fry over high heat, add a little oil and salt to taste and serve.

(3) Cypress nut kernel porridge: 10 grams of cypress nut kernel, 30 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of honey. Add water to the first two ingredients and cook until done. Add honey and mix well before drinking.

(4) Sesame porridge: 15 grams of black sesame seeds, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar. Roast sesame seeds and grind them into powder. Cook rice into porridge. Add white sugar and black sesame powder and mix well. Cook for a while and take on an empty stomach.

(5) Milk and honey: 250 grams of milk and 30 grams of honey. Boil the milk and add the honey.

Through the above article's detailed introduction to methods for solving baby constipation, we can see that constipation can be caused by different sub-health conditions in the body, but dryness and heat are generally the main cause of constipation. If your baby also suffers from constipation, you might as well try the methods provided above to solve it.