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    Jul 2008
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    Re: 4wk old and poop

    She'd have 9+ feeds in 24hrs shes alert and awake and when shes awake shes offered boob when she makes a noise she also has the rythmic swollowing (let down) twice on one boob then once on the other per feed. (thus the one and a half boobs) since birth shes poo'd every 2nd-3rd day - we avoided the mec poo as such. Due to when she was born she did an epic, epic poo after they weighed her... Three days later she did another big (3 nappies later) poo. She cluster feeds from 5pm - 7.30 every night. And then feeds again at 9.30 and final feed (as such) before bed is 1am and i leave the other side on offer and change between 3am and 4am.and she has another feed at 6.30 and another around 8. After that its when she starts sucking on her hand/grizzleing (which seems everytime i attempt house work or study)today she fed about 1.30 as it was just before dh went to work and i dont take much notice of times as its when she demands it til 3:15 when i feed her while i wait for the school bus. And then its almost nonstop feeding from 4.30-5

    I might write the times down and see for a few days...it could just be her normal...

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    Jan 2006
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    Re: 4wk old and poop

    Yeah, that sounds like it's probably fine. There are always some 'outliers'.
    The only thing I'd add is that few poos and issues can indicate poor gut health - how's your gut? Any ABs during/since birth? I'm not certain in the value of giving babies probiotics (since the stuff in breastmilk is the best for baby guts), but certainly you could work to improve your own gut health if you think it might be less than great and see if that helps.

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    Re: 4wk old and poop

    My last baby went every 4-6 days around that age. I was told it was normal for BF babies to go up to a week without going. She will become more regular as she gets older.