Kid at a delay of a chair is not feeling well, little sleep, poor eating and causes a lot of anxiety to his parents. So the first thing they should do is to give him the "first aid".
Do not just give a laxative or use an enema. First you need to determine the nature of constipation. To do this, you need to watch the process of defecation:
The child is severely tense, the first portion of feces coming out with great difficulty and pain and is a thick "sausage". Thereafter, a normal bowel movement occurs more often soft and watery stools. These symptoms manifest atonic constipation, when the intestinal wall is too weak shrinking, not timely transports food debris on the output, resulting in a dense "plug".
Baby pooping in small portions, so-called "sheep feces." Chair tight, painful defecation, can be accompanied by bloating. Such constipation arises against intestinal spasm.
In the first case, the parents need to try to improve the tone of the baby intestine. To do this, fit an energetic massage of the abdomen, legs bringing intense flexion-extension movements. These exercises activate intestinal peristalsis and help him get rid of the accumulated. Before the meal and during the day be sure to lay the baby on his stomach.
Remedy of spastic constipation is to remove intestinal spasm. Promote relaxation stroking stomach clockwise with light pressure, application of heat (the pressed diaper heat maternal body bath).
