Breast-fed Poos!!!!!

Brockie · Jan 18th, 2009, 02:49 AM

hi ladies!

just a quick question, Freddie has been doing about 5 poos a day so far and im breastfeeding him, i know at first they have little control over their bowels hence the expolsive yellow poos!

but yesterday he only have 1 poo! of course now im worrying a bit

now i think i remember health visitor saying about 3 weeks on he may go even a week with no poo as their is very little waste with B-Milk?! is this right? he is absolutely fine on himself no apparant tummy ache etc.

anyone else experienced this?

thanks gals hope all well!!!

Jen xxxx

mommyof3co · Jan 18th, 2009, 02:53 AM

Yeah it's completely normal, they can go up to a week without it and be just fine. Like you said, there is very little waste with breastmilk. Unless he seems to be in pain, or straining to go I wouldn't be worried

Bec L · Jan 18th, 2009, 03:43 AM

This happened my my LO when she was tiny - didn't go for about a week and then when she went it was everywhere! So much so that I rang the h/v as I was worried she might have a tummy upset. But that was the norm for quite a few weeks. Now she tends to go pretty much once a day, maybe once every other so no don't worry!

alice&bump · Jan 18th, 2009, 04:45 AM

i think it has somethin to do with their tummies growing, and also that theres little waste! i was well worried the first day katie didnt poo, cos she used to do one every time i changed her. now she does a couple every other day!

XKatX · Jan 18th, 2009, 06:10 AM

I was changing Olivers nappy about 10 times a day, then suddenly, he didn't do one for a few days! I was so worried, but the doctor said it is completely normal to chop and change like this. As long as he isn't grumpy, with a temperature and is keeping his feed down, he should be ok.

masi · Jan 18th, 2009, 17:06 PM

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Originally Posted by XKatX

I was changing Olivers nappy about 10 times a day, then suddenly, he didn't do one for a few days! I was so worried, but the doctor said it is completely normal to chop and change like this. As long as he isn't grumpy, with a temperature and is keeping his feed down, he should be ok.

I agree with Kat. Seth goes several times a day, but either is normal. It is very rare fore a BF baby to get constipated.

nellbellie · Jan 19th, 2009, 01:47 AM

As the babies grow and their digestive systems mature they'll poop less. One of my nieces literally went once a week! My ten-week old still poops four-six/day but that down from the eight-nine he did as a newborn.

Lucy&Pard · Jan 19th, 2009, 16:01 PM

Mine can go 6 days! But in the first few weeks it was definatly hourly!

KarenLV · Jan 20th, 2009, 01:45 AM

Watch out when it comes again after being absent for a while.....it explodes in their nappy!!!

sparkle · Jan 20th, 2009, 03:49 AM

Cormack only poos every 7-10 days, has been for a little while now. My hv told me they can go up to 3 weeks without!!

Jan 18th, 2009, 02:49 AM	#1
Brockie Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 1,638	Breast-fed Poos!!!!! hi ladies! just a quick question, Freddie has been doing about 5 poos a day so far and im breastfeeding him, i know at first they have little control over their bowels hence the expolsive yellow poos! but yesterday he only have 1 poo! of course now im worrying a bit now i think i remember health visitor saying about 3 weeks on he may go even a week with no poo as their is very little waste with B-Milk?! is this right? he is absolutely fine on himself no apparant tummy ache etc. anyone else experienced this? thanks gals hope all well!!! Jen xxxx

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Jan 18th, 2009, 02:53 AM	#2
mommyof3co Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Waxahachie, TX Posts: 10,076	Yeah it's completely normal, they can go up to a week without it and be just fine. Like you said, there is very little waste with breastmilk. Unless he seems to be in pain, or straining to go I wouldn't be worried

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Jan 18th, 2009, 03:43 AM	#3
Bec L Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,303	This happened my my LO when she was tiny - didn't go for about a week and then when she went it was everywhere! So much so that I rang the h/v as I was worried she might have a tummy upset. But that was the norm for quite a few weeks. Now she tends to go pretty much once a day, maybe once every other so no don't worry!

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Jan 18th, 2009, 04:45 AM	#4
alice&bump Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 8,702	i think it has somethin to do with their tummies growing, and also that theres little waste! i was well worried the first day katie didnt poo, cos she used to do one every time i changed her. now she does a couple every other day!

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Jan 18th, 2009, 06:10 AM	#5
XKatX Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Surrey Posts: 5,897	I was changing Olivers nappy about 10 times a day, then suddenly, he didn't do one for a few days! I was so worried, but the doctor said it is completely normal to chop and change like this. As long as he isn't grumpy, with a temperature and is keeping his feed down, he should be ok.

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Jan 19th, 2009, 01:47 AM	#7
nellbellie Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Centerville, Ohio Posts: 21	As the babies grow and their digestive systems mature they'll poop less. One of my nieces literally went once a week! My ten-week old still poops four-six/day but that down from the eight-nine he did as a newborn.

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Lucy&Pard Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bath Posts: 777	Mine can go 6 days! But in the first few weeks it was definatly hourly!

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KarenLV Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,528	Watch out when it comes again after being absent for a while.....it explodes in their nappy!!!

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Jan 20th, 2009, 03:49 AM	#10
sparkle Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,718	Cormack only poos every 7-10 days, has been for a little while now. My hv told me they can go up to 3 weeks without!!

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