Babies guts are very immature and mix feeding, more so formula can be more difficult for a baby to digest and then move through the bowels. My sister is having this difficulty at the moment with her 4 week old a d has been giving her DS gripe water, which helps with pushing the milk through the bowels.
What formula are you using? Some, such as S26 are notorious for causing bubs constipation in addition to ones with high amts of Iron.
My DD is EBF and her bowel movements have changed as she has gotten older. So at first she was going daily, then she went every few days and now it can go up to nearly 2 weeks. She has always (prior to food) had mustard color pops. The green in poo is common for formula fed bubs but can indicate other things like lactose intolerance - are the stools frothy at all?
Last edited by RhiChiChi; June 4th, 2013 at 08:23 PM.
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