How to treat a two-month-old baby who hasn’t had a bowel movement for three days

In life, two-month-old babies often have no stool for three days. Is there something wrong with the baby if there is no stool for three days? Is the baby constipated? This is the question of most parents. When a two-month-old baby has no stool for three days, first of all, we have to check whether the baby’s stomach is distended and whether the baby is good at eating milk. Is there any vomiting phenomenon? If the baby is exclusively breastfed, no stool for three days, the stomach is not distended, eating milk well, only sometimes farting a little smelly, this situation we do not consider pathological, may be the proverbial saving tummy. If the child has not had a bowel movement for three days, parents can use a soft soap bar to stimulate the anus. If the child’s bowel movement is mushy, consider that because the baby has completely digested and absorbed the nutrients in the breast milk, while intestinal peristalsis is slightly weaker, so the bowel movement is reduced and the bowel movement time is extended. If the baby is eating milk powder and has not had a bowel movement for three days, the stomach is a little distended and the stool is dry and hard, this situation needs to be considered that the child has constipation, on the one hand, pay attention to the existence of milk powder intolerance, consider switching to other types or brands of milk powder, in addition, you can try to use probiotics to regulate the intestinal flora. Of course, there may also be pathologies, such as congenital diseases, such as congenital megacolon, sigmoid colon redundancy and other diseases, need to do further examination to confirm, conservative treatment can be considered when necessary to use enemas or corkage to relieve constipation. If a two-month-old baby has not had a bowel movement for three days, first of all, do not be nervous, but clarify what causes it, and then deal with it symptomatically.