Newborn constipation refers to the abnormal defecation of newborn babies, and there are functional constipation and pathological constipation. Normal newborns have soft, yellow or golden stools and have three or four bowel movements a day or more. Therefore, the symptoms of constipation in newborns are mainly manifested in the form of dry and hard stools, long interval between each bowel movement, or even no bowel movement for several days, and sometimes difficulty in defecation. The long time between bowel movements caused by neonatal constipation should be distinguished from the phenomenon of breastfeeding babies’ tummy saving. Newborn constipation can generally be more obvious to determine, the baby’s stool is dry and hard and difficult to discharge, usually that is constipation. The cause of the newborn’s digestive ability is not good, indigestion problems, or eat formula baby drinking water is not enough, resulting in fire constipation. In this case, you can massage your newborn to relieve the problem of food accumulation and drink more water to prevent fire. If the newborn is often constipated, there may be a congenital intestinal malformation problem. This type of constipation can not be solved by diet and care adjustment, and need to be treated surgically. Constipation in newborns is mostly characterized by dry stools and difficulty in defecation, which can be relieved by different measures according to different causes, and constipation caused by intestinal malformations needs to be corrected surgically.