1 year old - gas pains, not pooping, need help

[lemonkool]

hey all,

just curious to know what other parents are doing:

i have identical twin boys.  one of them poops every 4 days or so and it is an event.  he pushes for a while, and usually i do bicycle legs and stomach massage to help him out.  then he passes out. my other boy was fine and then all of sudden, around thankgiving of '10 he started having gas pains that some times would cause him to cry.  he would tense up and clench his fists.  about 2 weeks later, he was fine.  he would poop little bits.  and started getting really bad diaper rash - which isn't the norm.  then it started again after about a week.  still few poops here and there - pain...

i started probiotics for him, i stopped eating dairy (still nursing) and waited to see how what happened.  rash was still bad, but getting better with no dairy (i thought) but i was also sun-butting him.  then one day he started pooping.  pooped straight for about 45 minutes.  then he was fine.  no pains, no diaper rash, etc.  a week later, he hasn't pooped again and is starting to clench his fists a little - although nothiing like it was before. 

does anyone have any thoughts? 

[Knitting Mama]

What kinds of solids do they eat, how often, etc?

[angela67j]

Just recently I was having a similar problem with my 11 month old. She is BF and just recently started to eat solids. She seemed uncomfortable and had some difficulty having a bm. She was not sleeping and I thought about gas drops then I thought about gripe water. Well I used Colic Calm which did help with her tummy troubles and she started to have regular bm with out any problem. I read on their website that it helps relieve constipation. Also the website said it can be used when introducing new foods or for teething . Just thought I would pass that on hated when my lo was so miserable.