Pooping (baby)

[minae01]

How often is your newborn pooping?

During mealtimes, we go through 2-4 diapers. There is always poop in there! I can't remember my other two pooping this much. Her poor bottom is so red even though we are constantly putting Aquafor and Triple Paste on it. She's on 2/3 breastmilk and 1/3 formula.

[rachelilly23]

Almost every diaper...

Seriously. So.much.poop.

[cinnamonsmiles]

Probably 3-6x a day, usually closer to 4x. DS did not poop a whole lot either and was even at 1x/week from about 2 months on (which was nice because it was predictable). Both were EBF, so maybe it has something to do with mom's diet?

[SheilaTheTank]

She just did an epic poop while BF. Blew through the diaper, cover, her clothes, my clothes, and the pillow cover I JUST washed. Sigh.

[rosetyler72]

Probably 4-6x a day. It cracks me up every time. He stiffens his whole body and then-Boom!!! Then resumes eating as if nothing happened.

[jewel441]

Pretty much every feeding. She usually poops a few times in a row, so I wait until we are done a side/done the feeding or until I feel like her poop face is done. That way I'm not changing her and having her immediately poop into a clean diaper, although that happens still sometimes

[isolemnlyswear]

Mar 29, 2016 15:30:20 GMT -5 TheCoffeeNinja said:

4-6 poop changes but sometimes those changes have 2-3 bursts of poop. She tends to go a couple of times very close together so I wait a few minutes after the first round to avoid getting pooped on mid-change.

+1

[SheilaTheTank]

Anyone else's baby get so worked up when crying that they fart? I die everytime which only makes her madder.

[FunniBunni]

I have the opposite problem. He poops a lot. But it's hardly any. Like dime-nickel sized. It is yellow though.

We haven't had a real good poo since the hospital. Normal? (4 days old)

[arbe]

Her poops are in most diaper changes, but only 2 or 3 big ones, the rest look like skid marks.
One down side of cloth is I can't always tell if she's wet, but upside in 1 month no blowouts, only 1 leak because MOTN changes are hard.

[Missy0483]

Almost every single time he eats he poops. I always wait to change him until he's done eating otherwise I end up changing him twice lol

[paloslee]

Max poops usually 4+ times a day.

[mom2boxers]

I exclusively FF and at 4 1/2 weeks, it's either once everyday or once every other day.

[Deleted]

Was every feed... Last week or so he's gone down to one or two very big ones a day. I almost prefer the poops from every feed. Now he gets really grumpy the hour or so before he has a poop.

[zombiesquad]

For breastfed babies, don't be surprised if the frequency of dirty diapers decreases as your LO gets older. DD would go every few days to a week before pooping and her pediatrician said it wss perfectly normal. H swore up and down that she was constipated all the time.

[rachelilly23]

Apr 4, 2016 8:25:11 GMT -5 @pugsandwine said:

Was every feed... Last week or so he's gone down to one or two very big ones a day. I almost prefer the poops from every feed. Now he gets really grumpy the hour or so before he has a poop.

This is us exactly.

[peachesncream]

Apr 4, 2016 8:39:20 GMT -5 zombiesquad said:

For breastfed babies, don't be surprised if the frequency of dirty diapers decreases as your LO gets older. DD would go every few days to a week before pooping and her pediatrician said it wss perfectly normal. H swore up and down that she was constipated all the time.

Needed to see this today! DD1 was an every diaper pooper and DD2 started that way but is now an EOD pooper at best. For BF babies once a diaper or once a week is fine, that's my mantra!

[sunshineshades]

What colour is baby's poop? 2 days ago E's poop was the bright yellow seedy poop, now it is more green. I know that's supposed to be a sign of too much foremilk, but is it really a concern?

[jewel441]

Apr 7, 2016 13:11:09 GMT -5 sunshineshades said:

What colour is baby's poop? 2 days ago E's poop was the bright yellow seedy poop, now it is more green. I know that's supposed to be a sign of too much foremilk, but is it really a concern?

If you had a bad feeding day or if it was just one or 2 poops and then back to normal it's probably ok, but if it lingers it's an issue we had one day of this while we were adjusting (I knew it was a bad feeding day) and before I started the block feeding (to address over supply) but then the next day after I felt like she got some better feedings in it went right back to normal.

[halfahippy]

Apr 7, 2016 13:11:09 GMT -5 sunshineshades said:

What colour is baby's poop? 2 days ago E's poop was the bright yellow seedy poop, now it is more green. I know that's supposed to be a sign of too much foremilk, but is it really a concern?

A's poop has gone from yellow and seedy to dark green for a couple of days and now it's back to yellow and seedy today. I'm not concerned, maybe it's just supply still regulating so there was a few days of lots of fore milk, or something I ate, or just to mess with me.

[minae01]

Apr 7, 2016 13:11:09 GMT -5 sunshineshades said:

What colour is baby's poop? 2 days ago E's poop was the bright yellow seedy poop, now it is more green. I know that's supposed to be a sign of too much foremilk, but is it really a concern?

LO's poop color changes all the time. It's orange, yellow, light brown, and sometimes green. I wouldn't be worried about the green unless it's really dark or consistent.

[rachelilly23]

K's poop is always orange. I've been wondering about that...

[SheilaTheTank]

Apr 7, 2016 19:18:45 GMT -5 rachelilly23 said:

K's poop is always orange. I've been wondering about that...

Same. The pedi and LC didn't seem concerned.

[isolemnlyswear]

Apr 7, 2016 19:18:45 GMT -5 rachelilly23 said:

K's poop is always orange. I've been wondering about that...

Bf? Their poop is an orange/yellow color typically. Green can me too much formilk. If it's a forest green and mucus like it means a milk/soy protein intolerance (typically). Who knew poop colors could mean so much