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LaustiqueLaustique
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Hey there, mama!

I just read your post on Kiran's poo/gas issues.  Glad to hear it's not reflux and just an anal retention thing.  I think Willem might have had a similar problem.  Now he's a pooping master.  In fact, he felt a little warm a couple days ago, so I thought I'd get a quick temp on him.  Mr. Laustique warned that I was being overly anxious, but I like to check for fevers.  It's my thing.  Anyway, I inserted the thermometer into my poor baby's pooper, and while I waited for the reading, Willem let out a fart...and then a stream of poo!  It went all over my hand and even up the sleeve of my robe.  Lovely.  Mr. Laustique almost died laughing.

So my point is: playing with the thermometer really does get things moving down there.  Beware.  :)

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  • dr.girlfrienddr.girlfriend
    Thanks! ?Trust me, I saw how the doc got sprayed...I will stand as far back as possible! ?I was changing his diaper earlier and actually managed the same effect from pulling his little butt-cheeks apart, so I'm hoping that might alleviate the need to go poking with the thermometer. ?But whatever works! ?Thanks so much for letting me know it gets better...do you remember how old Willem was when he got the hang of it?
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  • LaustiqueLaustique

    It really does get better.  So much better.  In every way!  I think Willem was about 6 or 7 weeks before he stopped having difficult poops.  Then he went to having giant blow-outs once a day between 8 and 10 weeks.  No fun for anyone.  Now he's very zen about it and has small to medium poops about 3 or 4 times a day. 

    Apparently boys often take longer than girls to work through GI and bowel issues.  Did I recommend the football hold yet?  It was the only position that soothed Willem's gas pains in those early weeks.  Even now he enjoys it when he's a little cranky. 

    Hope you get some sleep tonight.

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  • dr.girlfrienddr.girlfriend
    Yes, thanks, we tried the football hold last night, along with every. other. thing. ?:-)
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  • newtletnewtlet

    Wow, I remember when I used to butt into y'all's pages because you'd be talking about House and stuff.

    This one, though, is about poop.

     

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  • LaustiqueLaustique
    Ugh. It kills you when they won't stop crying.  Maybe tonight will be better what with all the pooping today.  Did you ever think your happiness would be so attached to baby sh!t?
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  • dr.girlfrienddr.girlfriend
    We can still talk House! ?We actually saw it this week. ?Hanging out with the baby is excellent for working through TiVo backlog.
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  • dr.girlfrienddr.girlfriend

    imageLaustique:
    Ugh. It kills you when they won't stop crying.? Maybe tonight will be better what with all the pooping today.? Did you ever think your happiness would be so attached to baby sh!t?

    Yeah, at least we have a strategy now. ?It sucks to feel so helpless when your little guy is hurting.?

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  • LaustiqueLaustique

    Newt!!  I was just thinking about you today.

    Although I do still watch the sweet, sweet House (it was good last night - very housey), baby bodily functions are the focus of nearly all my waking thoughts.  Mr. Laustique and I discuss in great detail each poopy diaper.  It's a mania.

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  • dr.girlfrienddr.girlfriend
    At first we entertained ourselves with the "guess the poop color" game. ?But now it's been consistently orange, so the game is not as much fun.
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  • dr.girlfrienddr.girlfriend
    It's so amazing to think I remember killing time with you guys (the pus-eater conversation will stay in my memory forever) during our losses and now we're so close to all of us having our little guys in our arms. ?Yay for Wiley, Willem and Kiran!
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  • newtletnewtlet

    Personally, I love bodily functions.  Mr. Newt is a little more squeamish, so we'll have to see how well he takes the "guess the poop color" game. 

    I'm the last one to have my baby!  It's been helpful to watch you guys, so I know how to handle it.

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  • LaustiqueLaustique

    What about the "is it curdy/peanut buttery/liquid" game?  Or the "how big is it" game?  I wonder if we'll ever stop obsessing about our kid's dookie.  I predict big therapy bills.

    We really have to get these boys together at some point.  I'm sure they'd be fast friends, if only to avoid their mothers' excretion conversations.

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  • newtletnewtlet

    Curdy?!  Ewwwwwww.

    I'm not sure I'm ready for this motherhood thing.  

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  • dr.girlfrienddr.girlfriend
    They tell you to look out for "seedy" poop. ?I was like, "What the hell is that?" ?Turns out it's exactly as it sounds.
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