poop changed...

[abbyroad]

About a week ago, DS stopped pooping.  Not stopped entirely, but he's pooped twice since then.  We started BLW over the weekend but besides a few beans in the last two days, he hasn't ingested anything yet so I don't think that's the cause.  He used to poop every day or every other day, altho I do know that EBF babies can go up to a week.  Since he stopped pooping, those two poops have been understandably stinky, but also much less liquidy than usual (still not solid by any means but just different - I can't explain without getting even more TMI).  He's been nursing much more quickly lately and has dropped from 10x/day to 7-8x/day so naturally I jump to 'is he eating enough?'  He's still peeing a ton and he isn't acting hungry - if anything, I'm offering nursing to him more than he's asking for it.  

So if he is eating enough, is it maybe a growth spurt and he isn't pooping because he's just using every last calorie to grow?  Or maybe the consistency changed because his digestive system is maturing?

Any thoughts?  Anyone else experiencing this?

[judyblume14]

the decrease in nursing sessions is likely because LO is becoming more efficient. Not sure on the poop, but you may want to ask on the breastfeeding board?

[thelittlesrunmylife]

We just had a similar poop change and I wasn't sure why but maybe it's common? Little guy had like two little rabbit poops over two days until last night when it was like a freaking explosion. And then another one this morning. Only last night was thick. Sorry. We had a pretty predictable schedule and now he's changing things up on me.

I have been giving him baby food occasionally for a while now because he is satisfied with bm but he will sleep longer after some solid foods.

Hopefully this isn't our new normal because it was not fun for him.

[abbyroad]

Thanks guys. He's now pooped either 4 or 5 times today (I've lost count!). My older one, DD, dropped nursing sessions in perfect textbook manner so when DS is just out to prove that he's different I guess His 6-mo appt is in 2 weeks so I'll talk to the pedi about it then.