Weird poop habit?

mejane123

All day today, DD has been letting out these little sharts, just a teensy bit of poop at a time, with one slightly bigger one this evening. I've gone through about twice as many diapers today because there's constantly a little poop nugget in her diaper.

I can't really tell if its hard, it seems like the consistency of regular grown up poop now that she's started on more solids. But does anyone else's kid poop like this, just a tiny bit at a time, or is this not normal baby behavior? This is the second time this has happened.

AimeeL85

My DD did that right after we started solids, all of a sudden it was like she was a newborn again with a little poop in every diaper!  I'm not sure why it happened, but it didn't last long.

Shelly038

I would definitely keep an eye on it though.  My DD did this shortly after starting solids and I didn't really think it was a big deal but she ended up being constipated.  The little nuggets didn't seem so hard at the time but after a day or two of doing that she was really straining and that's all that was coming out.  It ended up being very painful for her.

EarthyMama

Not sure if you're getting her used to a potty chair/toilet seat adapter yet, but every time our little one has a poop fart, it's a sure sign she's ready to go and sitting her on her potty chair makes it light years easier for her than forcing semi-solid poop into a diaper. She's just turned 8 months and we've been sitting her on a potty since 4 months for as many pees and poos as possible; it's always the surest way for her to have an easy bowel movement now that her stools are more of a toothpaste consistency. It also has saved on diapers (both cloth and disposable) and she never gets any stool in between her labia when she's gone on the potty, which is a huge plus.

mejane123

EarthyMama said:

Not sure if you're getting her used to a potty chair/toilet seat adapter yet, but every time our little one has a poop fart, it's a sure sign she's ready to go and sitting her on her potty chair makes it light years easier for her than forcing semi-solid poop into a diaper. She's just turned 8 months and we've been sitting her on a potty since 4 months for as many pees and poos as possible; it's always the surest way for her to have an easy bowel movement now that her stools are more of a toothpaste consistency. It also has saved on diapers (both cloth and disposable) and she never gets any stool in between her labia when she's gone on the potty, which is a huge plus.

That's really cool, I never thought of that, but I have heard of some cultures who start potty training super young like that. I always wondered how that worked. Maybe we'll give that a shot.