As an aside, under socialized medicine a bunch of chicken little's would have been piling off to the ER when it was completely unnecessary. We are sufficiently perceptive to tell the difference between a minor problem and a stubborn baby and a real medical problem.
>>The hard piece of stool created by formula (she gets ~80% brest milk, 20% formula) passed yesterday morning. She's fine.
If your doctor did not order anymore tests on a baby with an impacted bowel, tell you to change formula and give you a solution to the constipation, she is a quack.
If you think that you baby is stubborn and therefore will not pass a stool, I am praying for you.
Please understand that I have a degree in Naturopathic medicine and worked many years for a medical doctor. Yes, the things that you have done to your two month old baby are harmful. One does not insert soap into a baby's rectum nor does one feed a two month old prune juice. The bowels are mature enough for breast milk and formula, period.
You can get indignant to your hearts content and yell that you have done the right thing by not running to a doctor with her problems, but if your child had ended up with Necrotic Bowel, you wouldn't have been so quick to pat your self on the back. The doctor should have been looking for it.
>>About three weeks ago she was a bit constipated. When she pooped that time it hurt. Now she refuses to poop and holds it in no matter what we do. We give her prune juice, but she is stronger. Now she poops only once every three days and really yells about it at that time. She'll buck and squirm, hold her body rigid, and generally turn going potty into a real ordeal.
Is this an ongoing problem or not?
You asked for suggestions, I gave you mine.
We're talking about an infant, correct? 2.5 months old, not 2.5 years old? Stubborn???
Again--prune juice at that age is most certainly harmful. Without a doubt it contributed to your daughter's condition. If she is being primarily breastfed, IT IS COMPLETELY NORMAL FOR HER TO GO UP TO A WEEK WITHOUT A BOWEL MOVEMENT. Everything in breastmilk is absorbed. There is nothing left over with which to create a bowel movement. That is NOT constipation! Introducing juice, especially a non-clear juice, at that age will not only mess with your baby's digestion, it could lead to food allergies down the road.