Let's Talk Poop.

[sunnylove]

Since birth, my LO has always pooped a lot. The last couple months he's usually pooped 3ish times a day. Suddenly a couple days ago he kind of stopped pooping and now he'll poop like once every two days. He's 6.5 months old but was born preemie so he's 3.5 months adjusted. Your thoughts?

 

[luna_19]

Some bf babies go a week or more in between poops. If he seems comfortable it is fine

 

[MrsPear]

Have you started weaning? That can alter bowel habits.

Does your LO seem to have tummy pain or are they in pain when they go, or have a bit of blood when you wipe? If so they could be constipated. It's normally really easy to treat by extra fibre in the diet, offering water with meals, and sometimes the doctor can give you something like lactulose to help. Most babies grow out of it with time once their gut matures a bit, my LO was often constipated when I started weaning but not now. Xx

Ps if the altered bowel habit doesn't seem to bother them, I'd just keep an eye on it but I wouldn't worry. X

 

[Perplexed]

I'm kinda worried about this also. My mom says that with my siblings (they were breastfed- I wasn't) they didn't have a bm for days at a time up to a week and everything was fine.

My DD hasn't had a bm today and only had one yesterday. Regular amount for her is 3 and she's only a month old now.