Baby=No poop in last Day and a half

Kellysh31 · June 2012

Hi

My DS is now in his 4th week coming up on 5 and has not done a poop since Thursday. Ive been looking on the messages boards and see ways to try and make them poop. Ive tried bicycle legs to no luck. My DH and DM both googled it separately and both came back with it is perfectly normal for a month old to go a few days without pooping.

My question is has your LO ever gone a few days with out and then gone back to an every day poop? He does a pee just fine and seems to trump fine as well. Each time he trumps i check for a poop but so far no luck.

If there is still no poop by Monday i will be calling his pediatrician.

Thanks,

fleurette4 · June 2012

I had a similar problem and they told me to eat Craklin Oat Bran which would not only work for me but also apparently work for the baby too... random but it might be worth a try

faydre · June 2012

Yep. They can go several days without pooping. No big deal.

Breast fed babies can go a week.

pithikaki · June 2012

A friend of mine said her SIL had this problem and her MIL said to put parsley up LOs butt. Apparently it made him poop right away after quite a few days. ...Not sure if I'd do it though, just thought I'd put it out there.

faydre · June 2012

pithikaki:
A friend of mine said her SIL had this problem and her MIL said to put parsley up LOs butt. Apparently it made him poop right away after quite a few days. ...Not sure if I'd do it though, just thought I'd put it out there.

Seriously????????

Dont do this. If youre that worried, call your pediatrician.

erb82 · June 2012

He's probably fine. I would stop stressing, and get ready for an epic poop. In the mean time, if you're breastfeeding, make sure you're eating enough fiber. (Well, you should probably make sure you're eating enough fiber if you're formula feeding too, but that has nothing to do with the baby.)

huskymomma94 · June 2012

pithikaki:
A friend of mine said her SIL had this problem and her MIL said to put parsley up LOs butt. Apparently it made him poop right away after quite a few days. ...Not sure if I'd do it though, just thought I'd put it out there.

WHAT.

OP, please do not put any herbs up your LOs butt.

My DS stopped pooping daily around 3 weeks. He now goes about every 3-4 days (but has gone as long as 6 days without). I was really freaked out at first, but my pediatrician assured me it was fine. And when he goes....its definitely several days worth in the diaper!

bellelamb · June 2012

We just went through this hour cranky days with no poop. I finally took collace the night before and the next morning "took" his temp rectally a few times. Then he had three VERY large poops and has pooped normal the next two days.

If your. lo is not fussy don't worry I only was trying to make him go because he was very unhappy and gassy and in pain.