Thermometer to make baby poop

How to help a constipated newborn baby poop

When you bring your newborn home from the hospital, it can be both exciting but also a little bit scary, too. But that is natural for every parent. You monitor things like how much they are wetting their diapers, how often they are sleeping, how much milk or formula they are receiving, and of course, how much they are pooping. It’s especially important for newborns to poop on a regular basis. It’s imperative to be familiar with your infant’s bowel movement schedule to make sure that you’re alert if they do get constipated. Here are some tips for how to help a constipated newborn safely and effectively.

Contents

Make dietary changes
Movement
A warm bath + massage
Use petroleum jelly
What it comes down to

Make dietary changes

Sometimes, just a simple change in your newborn’s diet can make a difference. For example, Jay L. Hoecker, M.D. of the Mayo Clinic recommends a small amount of water or fruit juice in their bottle. Some juices that can help include 100% apple juice, prune juice, or pear juice. These juices contain something called sorbitol, which is a sweetener that acts a bit like a laxative. Hoecker recommends starting with between two to four ounces. On the other hand, if your baby is formula-fed, you may want to talk to your pediatrician about changing their formula to see if that makes a difference. At times, the formula from concentrate can help them go a little easier versus the powder-based formula.

Movement

Do not let your baby sit in a cradle, stroller, or car seat too long if they are constipated. Movement is key to bowel movements. A few “exercises” that you can try to help them poop is to bicycle their legs, moving their legs as if they were riding a bicycle. Another movement that you can do with your baby is to have them pretend to “walk” in your lap, where they are upright on your lap and they are moving their legs around. Pediatrician Dr. John Bisacco told Romper, “If one sees the baby pushing, bringing the legs up to the belly, and a gentle push of the thighs onto the belly may help get things moving!” Doing this can help get the stool moving a bit more in your baby’s intestines, which is exactly what mom and dad want.

A warm bath + massage

If you know how to give a baby a massage, then this is a great time to give them one. Health Visitor with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing, Harriet Gibbs says to try a warm bath first in an article on BabyCentre. The warm water may help his or her tummy and maybe loosen things up a little bit. If they have tense tummy muscles, it can also be hard for them to go. But more importantly, the bath helps them to relax, which may also help them go. Then, it would be a good time to give the baby their massage, focusing mainly on their stomach and body.

Use petroleum jelly

Sometimes, a little bit of petroleum jelly around the opening of the anus can help the stool slide out more easily. However, most parents have found success in lubricating a rectal thermometer. Dr. Danelle Fisher, a pediatrician and vice-chair of pediatrics at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California believes in this method. Doing so helps to stimulate the muscles used for bowel movements. This could help to get a bowel movement going for them as well as they use muscles to bear down which can also help them go poop. Fisher told Care.com, “With the baby lying down with a diaper underneath, insert the tip of the rectal thermometer into the anus and twirl slowly in a circle. Remove the thermometer, and poop should come out within 24 hours.” If you are not sure how far to insert the thermometer into the anus, it is best to call your pediatrician’s office, and a nurse can help you out with that question.

What it comes down to

If nothing has worked, then it is time to pay a visit to your child’s pediatrician, who may be able to give you plenty more insight into your baby’s constipation issue. They will be able to tell you if you should give your child a certain medication, or they can prescribe something for them. Mom and dad just need to stay calm and let the doctor take care of things.

When it comes to how long a baby should go between poops, the general rule is it should be no more than three days. However, many babies are different from each other, and what is normal for one baby may not be normal for another baby. One baby may have multiple poops a day, while others may not poop for a day and then poop the next day. It’s all about getting acclimated to your baby’s bowel movement schedule. These tips may help you to relieve your little one’s constipation and help them feel better.

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5 Things Not To Do To Make A Baby Poop, No Matter How Much You Want To "Help"

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by Jacqueline Burt Cote

Feb. 21, 2018

As you no doubt figured out pretty soon after giving birth, babies don't exactly poop like the rest of us. That's especially true at first, during the bizarre black-tar meconium phase of newborn elimination, but it continues to be the case throughout infancy — and it's not always consistent, either. So when you see your little one appearing to strain and push, or notice a drop in overall number of dirty diapers per day, you might worry about what you can do to get things moving. There are some things you should never do to make a baby poop, experts say, or at least almost never.

With all the changes in your baby's digestive habits, it can honestly be tricky to figure out if there's even a problem. Even when the only thing your baby is consuming is breastmilk, you may still find confusing variations to his poo: Sometimes it's yellow, sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's runny, sometimes it's lumpy. Sometimes it looks like it has seeds in it (??). And all of those things can be normal! The same goes for frequency: Sometimes babies poop multiple times a day, sometimes they go once a day, sometimes they go for days without moving their bowels at all. And all of those things can be normal, too!

But if, for whatever reason, you're concerned that your little one is having constipation issues, and you're tempted to help the process along, there are some methods experts say you should probably stay away from — as well as some common misconceptions parents have about how and when their baby should be pooping in the first place.

1 Rectal Stimulation

Occasionally, a pediatrician (or well-meaning grandma) will suggest rectal stimulation (usually using the tip of a thermometer dipped in petroleum jelly), which can trigger a reflex that makes babies go. It works, but that's not necessarily a good thing, as Bryan Vartabedian, MD, a pediatric gastroenterologist at Texas Children's Hospital and author of Looking Out for Number Two: A Slightly Irreverent Guide to Poo, Gas, and Other Things That Come Out of Your Baby tells Romper.

"Rectal stimulation is okay every now and then, but it’s a bad long-term play," he says.

"When a baby poos, they relax their bottom and push to make a poo. It’s primitive and simple, but it's the sequence we all use to eliminate. The problem is that when you ‘tickle’ a baby’s bottom with, say, a thermometer, their anus relaxes and opens. Babies can get used to this and, if done enough, it can create more problems. In fact, I have treated some babies who have come to depend on rectal stimulation in order to go."

In other words, you don't want to create a situation where your baby can't go without some sort of stimulation aid.

2 Misinterpret Normal Signals

As anyone who's ever watched their little one turn bright red as he loudly filled his diaper knows, sometimes it can seem like babies are putting an awful lot of effort into pooping — but that doesn't necessarily mean they're constipated.

In Looking Out for Number Two, Vartabedian calls this "grunting baby syndrome . .. a common condition where babies push and work to eliminate ultimately creating a nice soft poo."

This is just a phase, he explains, not a sign that you need to intervene.

"Babies go through a period of learning to relax and push. We need to let babies learn how to do that," he says.

3 Use Stimulant Laxatives

Occasionally, the use of a glycerin suppository might be recommended for a baby suffering from true constipation — but more extreme measures (like stimulant laxatives, enemas and mineral oil) should be avoided, as Dr. Jay Hoecker, an emeritus member of the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, explains on Mayo Clinic. And always check with your pediatrician before trying a suppository!

4 Put Fiber Over Fluid

If your little one is already eating solids, you might think that upping her fiber intake is the way to go. But, as Dr. Vartabedian states in his book, "fiber without fluid makes cement. And while fiber is important, fluid will get you further. "

So making sure your child stays hydrated is really the key, and how you do that will depend on her age. Babies who haven't started eating solid foods yet should get all the fluids they need from breast milk or formula, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics; water can be added after 6 months and juice is generally not recommended until after the age of 12 months, though the AAP also says that "after the first month of life, if you think your baby is constipated, you can try giving him or her a little apple or pear juice. The sugars in these fruit juices aren’t digested very well, so they draw fluid into the intestines and help loosen stool."

5 Assume Your Baby Isn't Pooping Enough

Parents obsess over everything, but whether or not your baby is pooping enough isn't something you usually need to stress over.

"Parents are often preoccupied with poo counts," says Dr. Vartabedian.

"It’s important to realize that after 1-2 months of age, poo frequency drops from nearly every feed to once ever day or every other day. Some breastfed babies will sometimes comfortably go a week between turds."

Of course you should always check with your doctor if you suspect something might be up, but make sure there really is a problem before you start to think about how you'll treat it.

Check out Romper's new video series, Bearing The Motherlode, where disagreeing parents from different sides of an issue sit down with a mediator and talk about how to support (and not judge) each other’s parenting perspectives. New episodes air Mondays on Facebook.

90,000 newborns don't poop. how to help him?

child 12 days old. poop 2 days ago.
farts. screams. legs pressed to the stomach. and nothing comes out.
how to help him?
he is on IV.

Do you provide water?
Well, there is a way, effective, but not always welcomed by local mothers: put the child on the table on the back, take a regular mercury thermometer, lubricate it with oil and insert it into the ass. About an inch and a half. Take it out of your ass. Insert in the ass. And so on. This stimulates the sphincter, the baby pumps. Don't lean low, get shot in the eye)))

Gas tube. Tip in vaseline and in the ass.
If not, cut off the bottom of a small enema and use it as a straw.

drinks little water, 10-15 grams a day.
thanks, I'll try. only with a cotton swab, not a thermometer.

thanks, I'll try

A piece of cocoa butter in the ass (if there is of course) or a cotton swab in oil. But this should not become a habit.

Yes, if there is no thermometer, it is better to use a cut-off enema or a gas outlet. A cotton swab is more traumatic, oddly enough.

the problem may be in the mixture. Switch to gv

well, there are glycerin suppositories, a small piece is possible. A thermometer is a mockery ...

My milk came just on the 12th day, and I wish you the same. By the month there was a full GV.

a small piece of a glycerin suppository should be enough: cheap, safe way - you won't scratch anything, it will provide a soft waste of stool.

Enema try "Microlax" - the most harmless way of all the above, IMHO.

Couldn't get past. Horror, the author, are you really going to listen to all these tips, shove soap in the ass, a mercury thermometer, gas pipes, just because the child hasn’t pooped for 2 days ????

Have you tried to shove a mercury thermometer up your ass????

It would be better if they passed. Past. The man asked what to do. Can both of your posts help your mom somehow?
For those who are especially nervous, do you not know the method of rectal temperature measurement? What's wrong with a thermometer?
It has a gentler effect on the skin of the sphincter than a cotton swab, because it is 100% smooth. And sometimes cotton wool jumps off the stick. Right in the ass))) Plus it's rough, even if it's in oil. But she, as I understand it, does not suit you either. Then offer your own way of pumping the baby, because the author writes that the child is complaining, which means that action must be taken.

When you don't poop for 2 days, do you also fuss about your ass with a thermometer????

Why do you need to shove something into a small ass, what is the need, cotton buds, cotton wool, soap???? The child does not have to poop every day. Pisieet 8 times, eats normally, no jaundice - do not climb to the child, swing on the handles, do a tummy massage.

Do you know how many children suffered from such foolish mothers when their thermometers broke in their ass?

Yes. Indeed. And nothing that yells, nothing that hurts him - will cost! You don’t have to feel comfortable every day, and it will do! The main thing is that the mother does not interfere in any way with the natural course of constipation.

What should be done with a thermometer so that it breaks in the baby's bottom???

Girl are you out of your mind??? What is a mercury thermometer? A few years ago, in the maternity home, a nurse broke the thermometer so that he was operated on in Morozov later! Don't even think about it!
Buy the smallest syringe with a rubber tip, cut off half a pear and (well, this ball) and use it instead of a gas tube. Lubricate with oil, bend the baby's legs at the knees and carefully insert into the ass (1-1.5 cm.) Wait until the gaziki go away. But it is better that the first time the doctor or nurse showed.

The thermometer can be broken carelessly!!!

Try malt extract, if not, use a glycerin suppository.

But no one suggested a clockwise massage, legs to the tummy, a warm diaper, to carry the baby upright? Well, maybe something like Baby Calm or some dill water? And then something everyone needs to climb into the ass

Take the child under the knees with the legs bent and brought to the tummy, and press the back to you and hold it in a basin or bath. It will probably poop.
If not, and it will bother the child further, then you can use half of a glycerin suppository.
But "disembarking" helps in almost 100% of cases, try pooping yourself lying down

I tried this, it does not help

http://detstvo. ru/all_about/health/Hronicheskij-zapor-u-detej.html
Read for familiarization.

And the candle doesn't help?
Well, for the future, if this happens again, try to give more water, but if it doesn’t work, then select the mixture.
You can also consult in the top Artificial Moms, ask Scully.

I will buy a candle only in the evening, I have no one to leave my child with now.
thanks for the advice.

urgently change the mixture

And I only have a thermometer. The vent tube did not help and the candles too. And there is nothing to scare people. If carefully and carefully, it helps a lot.

Are you crazy??!!!!

Mom, why Eve? So much easier with GW... 12 days is not all lost for GW. Forgive me for being off topic, but in reality this is only the first problem, but how many more will there be? With GW everything is much easier. And the baby is healthier.

I stimulated, but not so little, my problems were from 2 to 3 months. stimulated with a cotton swab, moistened it in vaseline.

If you can't get back to breastfeeding, try a special mixture for constipation. Nutrilon-comfort, fries, etc.
Massage the tummy regularly (circular movements clockwise around the navel), press the legs to the tummy and unbend and so several times and several times a day, spread on the tummy. Try to make a gas outlet tube (from a cut enema). Try to put a quarter of a glycerin suppository. If nothing helps and it won’t poop for a very long time (3-5 days), do a microlax microclyster or you can still have a small enema (30 ml) with water, the water should not be warm, but room temperature or even a little cooler ( 19-20deg).
And it helps with pain from gas, as already written by baby Calm, sub-simplex or dill water, etc. a warm diaper. there was an opportunity to be on the GV, we would not have been on the IV.

thank you.

what could be the problem of not returning to guards? do you have an adopted child?

1/4 glycerin slice (cut lengthwise) or 1/2 Microlax (it seems so). This is what the pediatrician advised us, if there is no stool for more than 2 days, then we need to "help". But we are on GV, and you need to choose the right mixture ...

Enema with saline solution or Microlax. Gas tube or cut syringe. In the end, you can do the manipulation with the same enema (syringe) that you were advised with a thermometer. But if there is already an acute desire to make a "massage" with a thermometer, then take an electronic one, not a mercury one.
A candle is also good, but candles are a one-time option. It is advisable not to "sit" on them

Have you operated on a thermometer? Laugh to tears!!!

+1 Microlax

Stop joking!!!
Gas tube - enema (regular or Microlax) - and there will be HAPPINESS!!!
Give the child a drink + give a little Duphalac and everything will be ok.

rubber vent pipe is very cheap (cheaper than a cup of cappuccino).
you will find in the online store.
can exercise on the ball. baby like it. or put a baby on dad.
my girlfriend had such problems and her father's hand saved them. but we were saved by a gas outlet tube.
the main thing is not to panic and look for your own way. by 6 months the problem will go away in any scenario

Give Duphalac if nothing else helped

sorry then))

Instead of a thermometer, you can use a cotton swab dipped in oil to clean your ears. Safe and same result.

I put a gas tube soaked in oil, when I can’t poop, I press my legs to my tummy, and with my free finger I massage the lower abdomen clockwise - it always helps. I like to do this when we change clothes, take air baths, lie down and poop. In general, try changing the mixture.

let's drink water more often, sleep on the tummy (preferably on someone else's stomach) 0
2 days not deadly at all. examination? just the wrong mixture.Do not spread panic from scratch.

Obstruction usually has symptoms other than "constipation". A friend's son was operated on just for an obstruction in a month, so there was constant vomiting like a fountain, and the child wrote little.

Try to dilute the mixture according to age and dosage and then add another + 10-20 grams of water, at least once a day, if it works, then set the schedule yourself. It helped us improve stool and blood pressure from IV. Better yet, temporarily reduce the concentration of the mixture, then slowly add. But we switched to IV from 1 month and the pediatrician said to give the dosage not for a month, but from 2 to 4 weeks, in my opinion, but then we made a mistake, the son was full, he felt good, but the doctor said to give the mixture according to the norm, as written and we obeyed and immediately got blood pressure and gas problems with stools, but it was already stupid to translate, as the body adapted. From 1.5 months to 3 it was a horror. We escaped with dill water, bathing in a warm bath with chamomile herbs, a string. Tummy massage. And all this time, the son slept on my stomach with his tummy to me. I didn’t drink ordinary water at all and spit it out, like a pacifier. Try to poop in a bath with warm water, wash as usual and then massage the tummy, bend your legs with retention in a bent form, we were able to do this 2 times, the most important thing is to have time to take the child out of this, although everything immediately flies out and quickly take out. Then you disinfect the bath and wash it 15 times. Then you can also immerse your ass in a basin, but we didn’t manage to poop like that, we need complete relaxation, the baby is already used to swimming and it can still turn out to poop, but we only needed 2 times, then it became normal, so as they introduced + water into the mixture, they didn’t need much, and they tortured the dill, although it spat more than it got into it.

thank you

My self did not poop until 5 months.

I used the gas outlet every day. More precisely, instead of a gas outlet, I used a food catheter No. 8.

I was taught this way in Filatovskaya on nursing.

Now the baby is one year and three months old. It poops beautifully.

Glycerin suppositories also rule, only you need to cut them diagonally into a couple of pieces.

A thermometer... only if it is electronic, and flexible. In the same Filatovskaya in the emergency room, at the words "mercury thermometer in the ass," doctors clutch at the heart. And they say that God forbid anyone to see the consequences that happen.

I also forgot. Instead of a gas outlet, you can cut off the top of the enema.

that's what you climb, rolled up on GV, huh? Once again, a person to step on a sore spot? There must be a reason for the IV. And what about the baby is healthier ... this is a very controversial issue, GW is not a panacea. Yes, and on IV, let's be honest, some things are much simpler (leaving a child without a mother, etc. ).

Listen, maybe he just digests everything well? Does everything go to mass?

The author, my son was also on IV, and all the delights of poop-not poop are still fresh in our memory, our problem went away at 5 months, when we switched to Mamex. And so, yes, stimulated with a cotton swab ... but what to do?

does it happen to you??!!

Are you talking to the baby now?
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist

we escaped with a gas tube. But get tested for lactase deficiency. This is cal for carbohydrates.

More water and, as already mentioned above, either with a cotton swab in oil, or with a tip from a small enema. I did this when it was necessary to collect an analysis from a small one

go to the topic of feeding and ask the girls for help on how to establish GW (well, if you are not an adoptive parent), this way you will get rid of many more future problems

Try to hold the child in the same way, but by dipping the baby's butt in warm water. Helped mine.

Candle crumbs are not allowed for seniors. And a small piece is not allowed.

where do you get the oil? My daughter caught a cold and, thinking feverishly with what folk remedies they treated us, I remembered cocoa butter. But we live abroad, we don’t have it. order relatives?

1st 2 days of no stool in newborns, this is not constipation.
2nd more serious is that the child clearly suffers from pain in the tummy more than usual. A gas tube and stroking the tummy should solve the problem. to understand what exactly suits you. There are also special mixtures for children with hypersensitivity, they are sold by prescription, at least we have it. And from ordinary mixtures we ate Similak, from Materna it was the same as you.

Here on eve there is a purchase (SP) of cocoa and other oils. In the section club interests, cosmetics, etc.
Sold in online stores. I haven't seen it in pharmacies.

take a small pear (syringe), cut off the top to form a funnel. Lubricate the tip with oil and insert into the butt)

It can cause allergies.

drugs can also cause allergies.

What? What are the medicines for a baby on breastfeeding if he has not pooped for a couple of days?

And I'm crying from your stupidity! There are fools, God forgive me!

How to take a child's temperature, types of thermometers, thermometers

Mercury thermometer

The armpit must be dry, otherwise the reading will be lower. But most importantly, you need to achieve immobility of the patient, and this is always a problem for the child.

It is mainly used to measure temperature in the armpit or rectum.

Technique for measuring body temperature in children (for the armpit):

Shake the thermometer to low
Insert the thermometer into the armpit and hold the child's hand so that the tip of the thermometer is completely surrounded by skin.
Hold the thermometer for 5-7 minutes
Read the data from the gradation of a mercury thermometer.

Recommended age of use: for children over 5 years old (or when the child can sit comfortably with a thermometer).

Rectal method of using a mercury thermometer.

Use only a rectal type thermometer for this method, do not use an oral thermometer for this method.

Shake the thermometer to the low mark.
Apply a layer of Vaseline or other lubricant to the end of the thermometer.
Insert the end of the lubricated thermometer into the anus about 2.5 cm, or until the measuring tip is completely covered.
Hold for 2-3 minutes.

Digital (electronic) thermometers

A digital thermometer consists of an electronic sensor at one end and a screen at the other end to receive. Digital thermometers can be used in several ways: by mouth (orally), rectally (through the anus), and under the arm.

The algorithm for measuring temperature with digital thermometers is the same as for a mercury thermometer. At the end of the measurement, a signal is given to end the process.

Thermometer pacifier (electronic)

Thermometer pacifier - great for babies. But there is one drawback: during the measurement, it is necessary to ensure that the child breathes only through the nose, otherwise the device will show an underestimated result.

Algorithm for measuring temperature in children: