A poo question, how many is to many?

[raffy]

DS has always been good with dirty nappies and has always had at least one everyday, 2 at the max, in the last week or so he's upped it to 4 and yesterday there was 5 dirty nappies and an accident in the bath twice just wanna no how many is to many coz to me like 6/7 a day seems excessive, and does not help with my morning (all day) sickness

[JLeigh29]

I'd been wondering the same thing. DS does 3-5 every day! Some days it definitely feels like too many! I spoke to my chiro this week (he's fabulous for all kinds of stuff!) and he said as long as he's still looking and behaving well, it's all good. He said that adults are usually pretty 'regular' in that we poo to a pattern, around the same time(s) each day, iykwim, but kids bowels don't work the same way and they just go whenever. Are you worried about anything else (e.g consistency, weight gain etc)? It may be in something he ate too. I feel for you dealing with m/s and poos. Maybe just hope it's a phase, a short phase, a really short phase....

[Sammiejane]

The 'norm' for an adult is 3/day to every 3rd day.
As the PP said, kids haven't yet developed a 'routine' as to when they poo...
As long as it's 'normal' consistency, the colour hasn't suddenly changed, he is weeing the same amount, he is not losing weight and he is not bothered by it, I wouldn't be concerned


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[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

My girls are pretty regular in the fact I can guarantee 1 poo before say 11 and possibly 1 in the arvo but DD1 goes through random periods of doing 5 in a day.

As pp's have said if he's generally well and not complaining I wouldn't worry too much.


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[Miss E]

My DS has always been several times a day. For the first year or so it was at least 4 times a day, now at nearly 2, it's usually 2 or 3 times. So I would say it's probably nothing to worry about if your LO seems healthy and well otherwise.

[raffy]

Thanks for replying ladies,
He's recently gone from 2 solids to 3 per day and he's had a little cold which involves a fair bit of mucous, could these have something to do with it? He is his usual happy self, still eating solids and having his normal ff and hasn't lost any weight or anything, poos can be anywhere from *TMI* brown and quite thick to orange and runny but I think that could just depend on what he's eaten, does that sound normal? It doesn't seem to bother him, I.e no upset tummy or anything that I can tell

[Miss E]

Thanks for replying ladies,
He's recently gone from 2 solids to 3 per day and he's had a little cold which involves a fair bit of mucous, could these have something to do with it? He is his usual happy self, still eating solids and having his normal ff and hasn't lost any weight or anything, poos can be anywhere from *TMI* brown and quite thick to orange and runny but I think that could just depend on what he's eaten, does that sound normal? It doesn't seem to bother him, I.e no upset tummy or anything that I can tell

All sounds perfectly normal to me hun