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Constipation of my baby
My baby in on breast milk as well as on Lactogen . 2 feed approx (120 ml/ feed) on Lactogen. He has difficulty in his Poop . Past 1 week he is able to poop once in 2 days which is initially little hard and the. In consistency of hung curd . Most of time.e he has difficulty while he poop and cryies a lot . Also seems suffer from gas .
He is 1 month 22 days old .
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Dr. J Prabhakar Rao
Pediatrician
32 yrs exp
Ghaziabad
Exclusively breastfed babies have softer stools as compared to top fed babies.
Passing stools daily is not important,but consistency is,which should be soft and formed.
If it's so hard that he has difficulty in passing stools,add a spoon of sugar to the top feed.
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