Fussy 2 Month Old

Your baby is either stimulating milk or going through a growth spurt... Look up cluster feeding.... I know it can be tiring and maybe even frustrating... Enjoy it as much as you can... Camp out on the couch with drinks, snacks, magazines, pbooks, and the phone... It should pass within a few days to a week...As far as the constipation... 5 drops or 0.425 mL of acidolphilus works as well as Wellington gripe water or fennel tea...
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Formula takes longer for babies to digest. Yes it can constipate him. I would stick to nursing if that is what you want to do. Babies often nurse all the time at that age it is cluster feeding. Perhaps he is getting ready for a growth spurt.

I agree with the previous post. Yes, formula could have constipated him, but also breastfed babies can go up to 7-11 days without pooping, and it's totally fine. At two months, he should be lessening on his amount of pooping and it should spread out over days without pooping. That is normal. But if you gave him formula, he should poop that every day.

Be careful with any supplementing unless you are wanting to do both. Each time you supplement, you are telling your body to make that much less milk. The way he is nursing is normal. Some babies will nurse really frequently, and others will be fine with every 3-4 hours. Also take into account growth spurts, which will often have them nursing really frequently to tell your body to make more milk.

Hang in there! It can be hard, but it's normal;)

My youngest granddaughter is 6 weeks old. Eating all the time is typical. However, he might not be getting enough to fill him up at each feeding. My daughter said it takes 30-45 minutes for her little one to get full. But then she frequently doesn't eat again for 2-3 hours. But sometimes it's an hour later.

My daughter pumps and sometimes feeds her with a bottle because she drinks that faster. She also used this way to find out how much the baby needs to drink. She also supplements from time to time with formula and she does have less bowel movements when that happens. It's normal for that.

I suggest he may have gas which is causing him to be fussy and also to want to nurse more often. My daughter gives her baby "gas" drops. Mylicon is one brand, I think, but she gets the generic from Fred Meyer.
She also pumps her legs back and forth to her tummy and out.

Your baby may be having difficulty digesting the formula because he's lactose intolerant or allergic to milk protein. If he's fussy even when you nurse and has gas he may be reacting to the dairy that you're eating. Or to other foods that cause gas.

The way my granddaughter acts when she has gas is to fart often. And to be fussy. She fusses less when she's held. I suggest that at this age babies need to be held A LOT. It's a new world for them and they need the closeness.

You don't need to be concerned about constipation if he has a bm or two sometime during the day. Babies differ and some poop less often than others and usually poop less often when on formula.

His feeding schedule for his age for a breastfed baby actually sounds pretty normal. It's exhausting, I know. He's also at the fussiest age for babies (approx 6-8 weeks) so that could be part of it.

It's hard to remember, but I think it was around 2 months that my kids stopped pooping 10 times a day and started pooping 1 or 2 times a day. All babies do that, so it may or may not have anything to do with formula.

It is also very common for baby to "cluster feed." It's their way of telling your body to start producing more milk, because their going to need it.

I think what you're talking about is totally normal.