Newborns with strained bowel movements during the month are associated with dry stools, digestive tract abnormalities or fire. Parents should promptly take the newborn to consult a doctor to clarify the cause and then treat the symptoms. Common causes 1, dry stool: newborn gastrointestinal function is not fully developed, gastrointestinal peristalsis is already slow, coupled with the environment is too dry, lack of water in the body, or feeding milk is too viscous, easily lead to dry stool, so pooping will be particularly laborious; 2, digestive tract deformities: newborns are born with anal stenosis, or have mild anal atresia, will lead to the phenomenon of laborious defecation; 3, Fire: When newborns have internal heat and fire, and drink too little milk, their stools will become dry, thus causing the symptoms of straining to defecate. Treatment 1, parents can give newborns under the guidance of doctors to take the appropriate amount of probiotics to regulate the intestinal micro-ecological environment, to help promote digestion, regulate intestinal function. In addition, you can rub your hands hot, hot compress the newborn’s abdomen, and along the umbilical cord perimeter along the clockwise direction gently massage, can promote intestinal peristalsis, to help the baby defecate; 2, congenital anal stenosis of newborns, after anal examination, can be treated with anal dilation, if necessary, surgery to improve; 3, newborns on fire, parents can be under the guidance of the doctor to the baby appropriate supplemental water, to reduce fire also help. Note 1, when breastfeeding a newborn, the mother’s diet should be careful not to eat food with too much protein and fat, as well as cold, spicy and stimulating food, so as not to cause indigestion and dry stools after the baby drinks breast milk; 2, if the newborn is fed with milk powder, parents can consider diluting the milk powder, or changing the milk powder to the baby.