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I'm exclusively breastfeeding my 3 week old DS. Over the past couple of days I've noticed that he's having less dirty nappies - plenty of very wet and heavy nappies, but less dirty nappies. He's still getting plenty of milk. Does anyone know if it is it normal for there to be less dirty nappies as DS gets older?
Yep that sounds fine. The #2 habits will change over time and I believe even change as your milk changes. My DD was BF tills he was 12 weeks old and her #2 habits changed several times. A newborn can go 10 days without a #2 and still not be considered constipated (which to me sounded far too long but that was what all the Lactation consultants and clinic nurses kept saying) so no cause for concern. My DD was doing #2 up to 4 times a day as a newborn and then changed to once every other day and now that she is on solids is back to 3 or 4 times per day.
If you have wet nappies then all sounds good to me and I wouldn't worry.