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Babies: 3 - 6 Months
DS hasn't pooped in 6 days
He's BF. I was thinking about drinking some prune juice tomorrow to see if that would help him. Has anyone done that? Any other suggestions? Anything I can mix with the prune juice?
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Re: DS hasn't pooped in 6 days
Unfortunately I dont have any suggestions as far as what you can do for constipation but when DD was ebf she would sometimes go 5 days or so and when I mentioned this to my Dr. they informed me that ebf babies can go without pooping for 10-14days max without it being a problem...
IMO though I would try what you mentinoed with the prunce juice and IF it doesnt help well it wont do any harm either = ) Good Luck!
are they over the counter? Or Rx?
What is in them?
We dealt with this a few weeks ago with DS. The pedi told us it isn't a problem until its been more like 10-12 days or the baby looks/acts upset or uncomfortable. He said to try a warm bath, taking a rectal temperature because they instinctively try to push it out and end up pooping, or diluted apple juice.
For us all it took was the warm bath and temperature.
? Because you control it?
Sometimes their bodies need more nutrients and produce less waste. As long as the LO isn't showing signs of discomfort, there's nothing wrong with it. Would you try to make a baby conform to what you think is an acceptable schedule?BFP(4) DD2 born 2.14.13 @ 35w5d due to pPROM
This. My baby has always been a sparse pooper and has gone as many as 10 days. The pedi wasn't worried and said as long as he isn't straining or in pain, he's fine. She double checked with a pediatric gastroenterologist who said the same thing.
If he is uncomfortable, a Q-tip with vaseline or a rectal thermometer up the bum can do the trick. If he's not, let him work it out on his own.
The hair grows in thick where the horn used to be.
Giving them something to help them poop when they don't really need to poop can make them dependent on help.
My pedi said to let him go until the 10 day mark. At 7 days, he literally filled an entire diaper. He hasn't pooped since, and we are day 4 again.
FWIW, he was never in any pain or straining. This is just his new normal.
You don't need to do anything until it's been like 3 weeks, which Dr Jack Newman says can still be normal. This applies only to BF babies as what they eat is so pure, that there simply is no waste to poop out.
You are just going to stress yourself out by trying all these things. My DS only goes 1 day a week, but that day, we are in for about 3 or 4 HUGE poopy diapers.
https://mamadearest.ca/en/info/newman/enough-milk.htm
This is just one article that you can find that tells you not to freak out.
Also this. My daughter went 5 days w/o pooping. She was in no distress and didn't seem to care that she hadn't either lol. I'd leave it alone unless she looked/acted uncomfortable. Then call the pedi. It's normal for babies BFing to go 5-8 days w/o pooping. Its not really common for BF babies to be constipated.
This.
My DD is an every day type pooper, so for her to go this long without pooping really bothers her. Her tummy gets rock hard and she literally screams in pain. The suppositories are just pure glycerin, which is totally harmless, and over the counter. The baby ones are still big to me so I break them in half and only give her the smaller tapered end. She'll go within 5 mins of having it in and poops out the rest of the suppository. I ONLY give it to her when she is screaming in pain with a hard tummy because I dont want her to get dependent, and the pharmacist said it is totally fine to do this once in awhile if she needs it.