Let's talk about poop!

[Andrea]

I can't be the only one obsessing about LO's butt happenings--

[Andrea]

O is 6 weeks and his poop output has decreased to maybe 3-4 times a day. For his first couple of weeks it was pretty much happening after almost every feed. He is still having plenty of wet diapers. I don't want to spiral on Google- is this something I need to be worried about?

[pdxlaurens]

Jul 2, 2016 18:09:04 GMT -5 Andrea said:

O is 6 weeks and his poop output has decreased to maybe 3-4 times a day. For his first couple of weeks it was pretty much happening after almost every feed. He is still having plenty of wet diapers. I don't want to spiral on Google- is this something I need to be worried about?

I think this is totally in the range of normal. I know some breastfed babies decrease to once every couple days eventually.

[athn64]

Andrea, seems fine to me. After her initial couple of weeks of constant poop, DD2 is down to one or two a day. Like pdxlaurens said, some BF babies don't poop everyday, and can go a few days without going. The only reason to worry would be if he seems uncomfortable or is straining and can't go.

[mymilkshake]

DS is only 1.5 weeks old and is a pooping machine still. But I definitely think it decreases as they get older. My niece is 4 months old and BF. I can't remember exactly how many weeks she was, but she definitely starting pooping less. She was going once a week, which I think was less than what she "should" be doing but the doc was still not worried. He recommended a little prune juice (which did the trick). But anyways, I think what you are experiencing seems normal.

[woodengirl07]

Yup, same here. From every diaper to 2-3 a day.

[frecklesnbrains]

Definitely totally normal. My breastfed baby has decreased from like 15 times per day to 1-2 times per day now at almost 6 weeks of age.

[titania]

My pedi warned us that it might decrease to as little as once a week so we should not be concerned unless she is straining or acting uncomfortable. DD is down to about 3 a day.

[vivela]

I hope this happens for us soon. We go through so many diapers!

[birdhut]

DD is also a pooping machine at 1.5 weeks. It is starting to slow down though. I think as long as he is going every day and doesn't seem like he's in pain from it then it's probably fine. I know I was happy if DD1 went once a day.

[babyzebra]

I can't wait for this to happen with DD! I don't remember the exact timing with DS, but his poop definitely decreased after the immediate newborn period.

[sandandsea]

Ds1 was and still is a pooping machine. Ds2 is only 11 days but we are having at least 6 poops a day. And some of those are multiple explosions. They are/were BF babies.

[pbandj714]

Sounds normal to me! G hadn't pooped for almost 2 days at his 1 week pedi appt, and the the pedi was unconcerned. She told us to stimulate him with a thermometer and vaseline. He pooped 4 times the next day and has kept that up since.

[happyday]

Dd2 is almost 4 weeks and the poop is constant.

[Andrea]

Thanks friends!

[Kevinmac]

I'm waiting for him to poop. He's only gone once so far, and they were noticing he was looking a little yellow so have been monitoring his bilirubin levels.

[txmommy14]

This always blows my mind-I've had two babies that didn't poop much and I was worried because of the opposite! DS used to poop every 7-10 days as a newborn-it was CRAZY!!! The doctors had us do suppositories when he reached 10 days. DD still doesn't go very often, but probably once every other day. They're just not poopers. I feel relieved for her when she does go though and I know she's helping her tummy feel better, so I kind of wish she'd go more-when we reach the two day mark, I can tell she uncomfortable and she finally lets it all out.

[Stringy]

Anyone else's LO grunt and work a bit to poop? She's not quite straining and crying but sometimes cries to eat and then it's obvious she needed to poop. She stops sucking and grunts a bunch with an occasional whimper. She poops multiple times a day and it looks fine. She's like 90% bf with an occasional few oz of formula. I don't remember my other daughter working at all to poop.

[manybellsdown]

Stringy, yes. He works at it quite a bit sometimes. Occasional whimper here too. I wish I could sleep through it at night, because once he succeeds, he often goes back to sleep.

[carolinaheart]

My kid pooped on her way out and that pretty much set the stage for a poop filled life thus far. She's a pooping machine.

[Flair Underwood]

My current poop obsession is texture - it used to have more solids but now Usually doesn't have any of those white solid chunks. Color is right, but worrying if there should be chunks. How is it that I will always find something to worry about?!

[broadwaymama]

How do we know the difference between poop uncomfortable And gas uncomfortable? M goes maybe once a day but she is colic too. Wondering if I should call the pedi...I feel bad

[Stringy]

Jul 5, 2016 7:44:34 GMT -5 broadwaymama said:

How do we know the difference between poop uncomfortable And gas uncomfortable? M goes maybe once a day but she is colic too. Wondering if I should call the pedi...I feel bad

I don't know. P had a horribly fussy day yesterday with lots of gas and spit up. Today seems more normal but I dunno what to make of it.

Have you bicycled her legs and some of the other gassy tricks?