Baby poo question (TMI warning)

meeshybee · November 2014

Poor little JJ has had BM problems since day 2. While we were in the hospital, she stopped having BM's so they had to "stimulate" her with a rectal thermometer. Thankfully that worked like a charm, but since then I've had to do it every day or two because they don't want her to go more than 24 hours without a BM. Well, today it didn't work so I called the ped and they said to give her dark Karo syrup with her formula 3xday and if it doesn't work in 24 hours I'll have to bring her in.

She was so miserable this afternoon. I tried keeping her more upright in case it was reflux, which helped a little. I tried gas drops, and as far as I can tell that did nothing. The one thing that finally calmed her down was the Moby Wrap. She conked out almost immediately, but started screaming again 10 minutes after I took her out. Eventually the crisis seemed to pass and she finally ate and is sleeping now.

Has anyone experienced anything like this before? Did switching formulas help? Is there anything else I can do for her?

MrsG1019 · November 2014

This was my Jacob!!!! He poop out all the meconium in his first 24 hours or life (6 BMs) then nothing for 50 hours. Ped said it was normal for them to do that as my milk hadn't come in yet and he wasn't taking enough in to be able to produce dirty diapers. Ped also mentioned that he was only concerned if he end more than 3 days without a dirty diaper (even once my milk was in) we haven't had any problems since -- he's 13 days old now and has had 3-4 dirty diapers per day from day 6 on. We also suspected colic cuz he was always so uncomfortable and fussy so we started giving him gripe water once a day and it's worked wonders. The only brand that has worked for us is Colic Calm (tried little remedies too with no change) Colic Calm is $20 per bottle but so worth it. We now have a much happier baby!

Hope your little one gets on a more regular schedule.

Lilwatz · November 2014

@meeshybee I'm sorry you are dealing with this. It must be stressful.

Can I add a different poo question to this thread for the people coming to answer? If so..

My little girl is a champion pooper. She poops all.the.time. Like every fart (which are frequent) has squirts. She rarely has HUGE poos (maybe once a day), but poo every diaper change. During the diaper change we usually use 2-3 diapers because she will poo-fart into the new one once or twice. She poo-farted FOUR TIMES in the tub last night. Is this normal???

2ndGeneration · November 2014

Is the iron in her formula binding her up? I'm not an expert on formula feeding but that was my first thought.

marajay6 · November 2014

No advice but I am having similar problems with my baby. He pooped twice on day 1. Both were a decent volume. No poo since then. Before leaving the hospital they put a glycogen chip in his bum to help. It gave him a bm, but the volume was much smaller than the his first two.

Since then he hadn't gone. My milk came in and he has been eating well. His fussiness has greatly increased. He goes to the doctor today. Hopefully the doctor can help us.

Good luck to you.

RayRay007 · November 2014

**lurking**
Try the tummy massage and bicycling the legs like pp mentioned and I know a lot of people who've had good luck with chiro for pooping problems.

meeshybee · November 2014

@lilwatz - I haven't had mine do that, but as long as it's not causing any problems with diaper rash I wouldn't be concerned. Annoyed definitely, but not concerned. I would mention it at her next appt, though.

@sj+cm131 - JJ did pretty much the same thing. No problems the first 12 hours or so and then nothing on her own. Hopefully these kids sort themselves out soon.

Thanks ladies! Things are looking better for JJ this morning. She had two good BM's last night, the first real ones on her own since the day she was born. I hadn't even had a chance to get the Karo syrup yet, so I'm hoping this is a sign that her system has figured itself out and she won't need it at all.

marajay6 · November 2014

I just got a poopy diaper! I never knew I could be so excited to see poop!

meeshybee · November 2014

sj+cm131 said:

I just got a poopy diaper! I never knew I could be so excited to see poop!

I know, right? I was sitting there in the dark congratulating her and saying how proud I was. All over poop!

Lilwatz · November 2014

Oh, she has a nasty rash right around her little bum hole. The doctor knows--we are on our 3rd prescription for it...

scarlet3egonias · November 2014

@Lilwatz‌ my girl poofarts constantly. I have the same issue with the 2-3 diapers per change. They sound like man farts too! She gets it from her daddy

ColtiersMom · November 2014

My pedi says if they go longer than 7 days without pooping, that's not normal. I breastfed my son and he only pooped every 7 days like clockwork...and it was a BIG ONE!
The pedi also said that he was usi g my nutrients so efficiently that their was nothing left to "get rid of".

Snuffy007 · November 2014

Lilwatz said:
Oh, she has a nasty rash right around her little bum hole. The doctor knows--we are on our 3rd prescription for it...

Have you tried changing diaper brands? LO developed a bad rash first few days, ointment helped but switching diapers helped even more. Hope something helps soon!!

Lilwatz · November 2014

Snuffy007 said:

Oh, she has a nasty rash right around her little bum hole. The doctor knows--we are on our 3rd prescription for it...
Have you tried changing diaper brands? LO developed a bad rash first few days, ointment helped but switching diapers helped even more. Hope something helps soon!!

Not yet. It's a very small rash, only right around the bumhole so we hadn't considered that. If this ointment doesn't work that might be our next move...

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