Formula and constipation question

Ok, so for the past few days to a week Sam has been constipated, and he still is. His poos are sometimes rock hard and he has trouble passing them. His tummy is also sore and a bit firmer/swollen from being blocked up. It is better this morning though.

My question is, Which formula is better for keeping the constipation at bay? I am using Karicare light blue and to begin with he had no problems but I wanted to try a different one so I put him on Heinz nurture gold and he was terribly constipated and grizzly the whole time so I threw the rest out and put him back on Karicare light blue. Now he is constipated again! I am worried about switching it again because I don't want it to get worse for my little boy as I hate seeing him squirm and scream in pain because of it.

He is otherwise a very healthy, happy wee boy.

Thanks in advance

We used karicare with Haleigh and we are using it for James.
My mw told me with Haleigh to give her 5 - 10mls cooled boiled water and that should help with the constipation, or talk to your plunket/ aritane nurse as there is a pharmacy product to help with constipation to.
Some formula fed babies get constipated, I don't think it matters what brand you use, it's more cause formulas not as watery as breast milk.

Redbedrock wrote: This is just our personal experience but when we started to exclusively feed Fay formula I continued with the regular karicare (pale blue one) and Fay was really constipated, same sort of thing that you have described with Sam. but I switched to the Gold Plus and have not had this problem again. This may not be a cure for everyone but I wondered about the Probiotics in the gold Plus as they are there to assist digestion. Any way that iw what worked for us. Otherwise we did the boiled water trick. You could try a couple of sachets to try out and see if that helps rather than buying a whole tin

Thank you! I have heard before that the Karicare Gold+ one is good for digestion and was humming and haaing whether or not to switch again. I definitely think I will now.

Interesting topic- especially how each baby "suits" different formulas..
Trail & error with the formulas i think- or like they say "each to their own"
Hope you find one that suits soon Renee & definitely cooled boiled water to drink(maybe with a bit of brown sugar-for the fussy ones)

The other thing which Fay loves and really helps her poo is to massage her tummy in a clockwise direction, sort oflike a backwards C. It follows the direction of the large intestine. Might be worth trying
Also GP if he is getting really uncomfortable as you might need something stronger to help unblock him now and then follow these tips when you are sorted

ETAOh and pushing her knees up to her chest and making her cycle with her legs in the air helps too

Edited by Redbedrock

I mentioned this to my mw yesterday and she highly recomends karicare gold to prevent constipation.
or a teaspoon of prune juice in cooled boiled water, or the brown sugar in the water.

i agree wih the cycle motion with the legs. i used to do it after every feed with haleigh at no nappy time.