No poo for 4 days...normal?

[boomba]

DS2 doesnt seem to poo everyday? Is this normal. He seems to save it up for one big one.
I thought he ws going to go today but nothing but stinky wind lol!

Is it normal for them to go for at least 4 days without a poo? Can it hurt him by not going everyday? Oh he is exclusively breastfed too!

[MantaRay]

That sounds fine to me hun. Some bf babies do stop daily poos that early. Enjoy your dirty nappy free days!

[boomba]

Phew..i am loving not having to change pooey nappies at all..well at least for a few days!
Thats really eased my mind thanks x

[sneakysparkle]

DD#1 was about 4 wks old when she started going only every few days - it was funny because her poo day always came around after I'd done a load of her washing so she'd end up pooing in the same suit everytime! And it was always super explosive - so it became known as her poo-suit

[Santosha]

Yup... my DD liked to hold it in too. It's no fun if it lasts for too long as she'd get a bit miserable about it if it had been 4 or 5 days but mu MCHN said that some BF babies can poo as infrequently as once a week. She said it might actually be a good sign that she was 'using' most of the milk consumed and that very little was being made into 'waste'. Not sure about the latter theory but hey, we take the positives where we can get 'em eh??!! Good luck with the poo-splosions!!

[boomba]

SS we may have to have a poo suite I am hoping he can give me a sign like DS1 used to and maybe I will ahve him out of nappies early like DS1

Thanks girls x

[Jennifer13]

There are some here that have even beaten my DD's record of 17 days!

With her (around that age) I noticed it dropped from every day, to every few days, to once a week, and then the record. No nappy known to man can hold in the result of that length of time...

The bad news is when they start eating family foods that all goes out the window and you start wistfully remembering all of those long poo-breaks! And then there are toddler nappies...