Babies often do not poop for many days, and most moms think their babies are constipated, but for exclusively breastfed children they also have to pay attention to tummy time. So what is the difference between tummy time and constipation in babies? This is a normal physiological phenomenon, and it is recommended that you can If the baby has not defecated for a long time, some children may not have defecation for more than ten or twenty days, while farting and slightly distended tummy, you can actually do without intervention, if you are particularly uneasy, you can use a soft soap bar to stimulate the anus to promote defecation. Constipation, on the other hand, refers to a baby who does not have a bowel movement for many days, accompanied by a distended tummy, and some children have the phenomenon of crying, mostly seen in formula-fed children, the key is to have difficulty in defecation, and the excreted stool is dry and hard, and sometimes the stool is blocked at the anal opening and cannot be discharged, so it needs to be treated with medication, such as oral lactulose oral solution or local open plug. To sum up, tummy time and constipation are two completely different concepts. The way to deal with them is also different. The former is a normal physiological phenomenon, while the latter is a pathology.