Poop vent.

mrshudson618

DS only poops about once a week these days and it is just insane. I don't think any diaper or cover can hold these explosions. Usually just a bit escapes out the back, but by the time he is done flailing around like a crazy person and trying his hardest to stick his hands and feet in it, diaper changes inevitably turn into bath time. Prefolds are my wipes of choice these days. I thought I was going to avoid another bath today, but when I realized it was in his armpit I quit trying. 

TJ1979

Oh jeez! How old is he?

mrshudson618

almost 7 months. Starting solids have thrown his system off I think.

Into+the+Kitty

I had the same issue. I switched to fitteds and covers around the times I was expecting her to poop. The elastic on the diaper held most in, the cover held most of the rest. I still had some escapes though. I really had a monster pooper too. There was just nowhere else for the poop to go.

TJ1979

Is LO drinking enough water? Or would adding pears or prunes help LO to poo more regularly? I know all kids are different, just wondering if that might help.

unaveragejane

DH went through a spell of this, too. My pedi gave us the okay to give him an ounce or two of watered-down prune and pear juice. I prefer giving him the real fruit, but the juice helped, too. I also read somewhere that the orange foods will often cause constipation (pumpkin, sweet potatoes, carrots), so we tried to space the orange ones out a bit.

flummadiddle85

unaveragejane said:

DH went through a spell of this, too. My pedi gave us the okay to give him an ounce or two of watered-down prune and pear juice. I prefer giving him the real fruit, but the juice helped, too. I also read somewhere that the orange foods will often cause constipation (pumpkin, sweet potatoes, carrots), so we tried to space the orange ones out a bit.

DH went through this too, huh?

Into+the+Kitty

NVandGZ said:

unaveragejane said:

DH went through a spell of this, too. My pedi gave us the okay to give him an ounce or two of watered-down prune and pear juice. I prefer giving him the real fruit, but the juice helped, too. I also read somewhere that the orange foods will often cause constipation (pumpkin, sweet potatoes, carrots), so we tried to space the orange ones out a bit.

DH went through this too, huh?

LLOL. Eta @unaveragejane how did you ever manage to find cloth with a long enough rise?

Into+the+Kitty

Omg how could I have forgotten.

unaveragejane

OH MY STARS!!! I had to get all the way to "loincloth" to figure out what you were all talking about!!! BAHAHAHA!!!

mrshudson618

I wondered about  that @Chickypoo2468 ... If he were constipated would the consistancy be different? He doesn't seem to have any trouble, just doesn't go as often now.

flummadiddle85

mrshudson618 said:

I wondered about  that @Chickypoo2468 ... If he were constipated would the consistancy be different? He doesn't seem to have any trouble, just doesn't go as often now.

I thought constipation would mean hard dry poop. When DS started solids, he went from pooping multiple times a day, to mostly just once a day. Sometimes I even get a poopless day.