...Because you ladies are so smart...

rachael_c26

Just some random questions I've been wondering for a while now. Mind you, I've yet to try to look anything up myself.

I've read on this board a few times that it is "perfectly normal" for a BF baby to go days without pooping. Why is that? And is this something that comes with baby's age or it may never happen? Is this just a simple "baby's body needed all of those nutrients and there was none left to expel" answer?

Second. What is the reasoning behind the "seeds" in BF baby's poops? I don't even pretend to understand that one...

Ok last one. When combining two containers of pumped milk but the milk has already separated, do you just do your best to swirl it to try to get the fatty bits that are stuck to the sides of the container or what? I mean is it the fatty foremilk that gets stuck on the sides? And in turn, the most precious and worst to waste by letting it be washed away when cleaning the container or am I way over thinking this and being too stingy with the milk? :P

Thanks y'all. FTM here and these are just the things that I find myself wasting my day thinking about now. Well and food....

sinisforgiven

No poop because breast milk is very digestible and there is so little waste that it takes a couple of days to make enough poop to pass.

I think that the seeds are kind of curdled milk solids... They aren't actually hard "seeds",,, it just appears seedy when looking at it.

In regards to separated milk - I always make sure to get the solids off the sides of the bottle. You're right - it's the fat (which is from the hindmilk)... You don't want to throw that away. I find that the easiest way is to run the container under hot tap water, and swirl/invert the bottle until the solids are off the sides of the bottle - then I pour it into the desired container. (I don't worry about it dissolving completely, just until it comes apart from the bottle and able to pour with the rest of the milk.

LuckyMissus

I thought the seeds were fat...

rachael_c26

Thanks y'all!

Thanks sinisforgiven for correcting my foremilk and hindmilk mix up. I had been really proud that I knew how to distinguish between the two. "Foremilk comes before, hindmilk comes behind" but I guess I got ahead of myself anyway.

I guess that's all the questions I have for now. Haha.

I'm almost to my first BFing goal which is 6wks! And I feel very confident and happy with it all and am sure I can make it to my next goal!