Constipation
Many parents think their newborn baby is constipated if he is not passing bowel movements as frequently as they think he should. However, constipation is not defined by how frequently your baby passes stool. Rather, constipation is when the baby’s bowel movements are hard and cause pain or bleeding. The baby will groan or strain when trying to pass stool.
Other common symptoms of constipation are as follows:
• stool streaked with blood, if there are cracks in the baby’s anus caused by the passing of hard stool
• abdominal pain
• irritability