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Should i be worried my 5 week old is constipated and in pain ?

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Straining, fussing or irregular stooling doesn't mean constipation. The 5 wk breast fed kid may go 7-10 days without a stool or poo a little at each meal. As long as it is soft, i don't consider that constipation. If the kid is putting out dry rabbit pellets or stool bigger than your finger you can sometimes tease a stool out using vasaline

Answered 10/4/2021

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Dr. Christine Hom answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

If your newborn appears to be in pain, and especially if there in a change in his/her appetite, it is well worth seeing your pediatrician rather than worry. This is a very new baby.

Answered 10/9/2021

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