Wow - after almost NEVER starting threads for 9 months, I feel like that's all I'm doing lately! This one is long...buckle up.
To preface this discussion, DD has her checkup on Monday, so I'll be discussing this with our pedi then...
So dd only poops once a week. She just had two massive poos today after not going for SEVEN DAYS. It is regular poop, nothing wrong with it... she's not constipated.
Every week the poops get farther and farther apart. First it was every three days, then 4, then 5, now SEVEN. I know that it isn't uncommon for ebf babies to not poop every day, but come on.
In the mean time, DD is CONSTANTLY grunting and pulling her knees up to her chest when I put her down to sleep. She's always restless, and in the last few days has barely napped at all.
So yesterday, I call the pedi, and the nurse tells me that this is normal. That if she hasn't pooped by today to give her juice (apple, prune, etc.). That's all...
Then today, the massive poops - and then she sleeps totally peacefully ALL DAY AFTER THAT. Seriously, I didn't even need to swaddle or rock her - she just fell asleep on her own. It's as if she hasn't slept in days. She got up long enough to eat and poop for the second time, then fell asleep again.
Someone I know had a baby with the same "symptoms" - she ended up excluding dairy from her diet and introducing infant prebiotics, and the gas and pooping issue cleared up completely.
Has anyone given their lo probiotics? If so, what brand did you buy? Did they "work"?
I'm not even going to buy anything until we see her doctor on Monday, but i just wanted to see if there were people that have heard of this, and if it is legit.
Re: infant probiotics
Wishing you and your baby the best!
We are using Gerber Soothe with DS at the suggestion of some of the ladies on this board, and he's been having a BM at least once a day, even on soy which is known for causing constipation.
If LO seems really uncomfortable, and takes bottles, I'd suggest offering a half ounce of warm water in a bottle before any sort of juice mixture. It worked wonders when DS was backed up from a formula switch, and it's just water.
We went to the doctor Monday and she told us to start probiotics to try to help her poop.
She had gotten her first vaccinations so I held off a day and started yesterday. But my mom keeps making me just do 1/3 of a packet because a whole packet is the dose for a one year old.
QUESTION - what dose are you giving your lo?
Tomorrow will be yet another week between poops