No poo for 4 days...normal?

[Amaunet]

DS has a chair he always seem to do it in! His poo chair!

we have a poor chair too - hilarious!

[Barb Glare]

Hi,

After about 8-12 weeks some babies go several days between poos - even a week or more. the longest I heard of and the baby was perfectly healthy was 30 days! Breastmilk is so perfectly suited to your baby's needs that there is literally no waste.

But, remember, this information is for onlder babies. In the first 6-8 weeks infrequent poos is a bit of a red flag. It is the commonest sign the baby is not getting enough milk. No need to panic - but it is something that needs to be looked into. It's usually easily fixed.

Sometimes you get people telling a mum of a newborn it's OK if he doesn't poo for several days. Not good advice.
Babies keep us on our toes - just when we think we've worked it out - it all changes

[boomba]

Thanks girls.
Divvy omg the curtains and walls

Barb he didnt do his first mec poo in hospital till the day we left so that was day 4 and he stopped doing them at night by about week 6 cause he was sleeping alot....he went this morning but not abig one like usual...do you think thats ok? He has heaps of wet nappies and feeds alot plus he is a big kid 6.8kgs at 10 weeks????

[Barb Glare]

Yes - all good. He's 9 weeks old now, right?

[didispunk]

Yup mine went 14 days once.. Ped said no worries.

[Jellyfish]

We went 10 or so days at one stage unfortunately, now with solids she is pretty regular and those are SO ick... My DD seems to like standing up to do it so always pulls up on the couch or something!

[boomba]

Yeah Barb he is thanks, I dont think I worried this much with my first lol!