Hi!
My baby is 22 days old. I am feeding him breastmilk as well as fomula milk, as breastmilk is not sufficient for him to full his stomach. I observed his poop is too hard. He puts lots of pressure to excret. What should I do for this so that he can poop normally? Kindly help.

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Hi! 
My baby is 22 days old. I am feeding him breastmilk as well as fomula milk, as breastmilk is not sufficient for him to full his stomach. I observed his poop is too hard. He puts lots of pressure to excret. What should I do for this so that he can poop normally? Kindly help.

Accepted Answer

Breastfeeding is always a very important factor for the baby and mother and  many times there are some problem faced by mother because of either wrong position while feeding  lack of proper diet stress related factors.
A proper is counselling is required which can be done by a lactational counsellor along with a proper diet with plenty of liquids some supplements may be helpful like shatavari .
Also dtry to avohid giving top milk in initial stage specially with bottle feemjding which may be the culprit for lactational failure most of the time .

Hi! My baby is 22 days old. I am feeding him breastmilk as well as fomula milk, as breastmilk is not sufficient for him to full his stomach. I observed his poop is too hard. He puts lots of pressure to excret. What should I do for this so that he can poop normally? Kindly help.