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Infant dyschezia

Infant dyschezia is straining while a baby learns to coordinate belly pressure and pelvic floor relaxation for bowel movements.

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How often newborn should poop

How often newborn should poop

What is a normal newborn pooping pattern? In the first several days after birth, a newborn passes meconium, a thick, sticky, dark green or nearly black stool made of material accumulated in the intestine before birth. Meconium usually gives way to transitional stools as milk intake increases. These may look greenish or yellow-brown before becoming […]

Preventing gas in babies

Preventing gas in babies

Understand what creates gas Gas in infancy is usually a combination of swallowed air and normal intestinal gas production. Newborns have immature oral-motor coordination, variable suck-swallow-breathe rhythms, and developing gut motility, so air can enter during feeding and then move slowly through the gastrointestinal tract. Crying can add more swallowed air, which may intensify the […]