https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:37:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2857440 Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:55:01 +0000 josina 2857440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@buttermilk: They are nice to have, lol! DD was once every few days which was awesome, except for the fact that when she did poop it was usually a blowout.<br /> It also meant she usually pooped at daycare so I rarely had to change a poopy diaper when she was little!<br /> Glad he's doing good!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2857409 Mon, 19 Nov 2018 04:01:20 +0000 buttermilk 2857409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He finally pooped again last night. Maybe we just have a once-a-weeker! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2857217 Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:00:03 +0000 ALV91711 2857217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@buttermilk: Glad he is gaining! Excellent news. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2857215 Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:49:14 +0000 buttermilk 2857215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update! We went for his weight check today and he had gained 7.5 ounces since Tuesday!!! Only 2 Oz shy of his birth weight now. I’m so ecstatic! Spent the first day and a half super bummed and stressed out but rallied after that. I’ve been nursing every 2 hrs, pumping a few times a day whenever it doesn’t completely stress me out, and giving him about 4 Oz formula per day while m supply ramps up. The doctor was so happy and said I should be able to drop the formula completely by a month old. I’m so happy. </p> <p>He still hasnt pooped again for 3 days. Has about 12 wet diapers today. Idk what that’s about! Ped felt around and said his sphincter does feel tight. Usually resolves itself, I just gotta get this guy to poop! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856513 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:53:58 +0000 ALV91711 2856513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@buttermilk: Good to hear he had a big poop. Hopefully he starts to gain and you can keep up the BF c </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856510 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:48:49 +0000 pachamama 2856510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@buttermilk: I'm glad he pooped. Keep us updated :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856428 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:44:16 +0000 buttermilk 2856428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well 45 min after the 2 Oz of formula he had a big greenish diarrhea poop. Lol. At least that’s out of his system! Maybe this will all work out. Maybe he just needs a little supplement to get him over the hump and get his tongue tie fixed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856425 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:26:15 +0000 periwinklebee 2856425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@buttermilk: I think it was nearly painless for my son (there are very few nerve endings there), and made a *huge* difference. I know many doctors are skeptical that tongue ties even exist (our physician would not refer so we went out of network to a pediatric dentist), but I think this comes from being not that familiar with breastfeeding. For me, there was no comparison between how breastfeeding felt before and after. And I went from having clogged ducts daily to almost never. Still breastfeeding at 10 months, which would not have been possible without fixing the tongue tie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856424 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:22:16 +0000 buttermilk 2856424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: that’s great to hear! I’ve had a few different docs/nurses bring it up now but they all have different opinions about how much of an issue it is and whether or not we should do something about it. I’m glad we’re moving forward with it tho. Seems like it will only help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856423 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:20:05 +0000 periwinklebee 2856423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@buttermilk: I'm sorry. It sounds though like your ped is super on top of things, though, which is awesome. fwiw, my son had a tongue tie that we had clipped around 10 weeks, and it made all the difference for our breastfeeding relationship. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856415 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:04:19 +0000 buttermilk 2856415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well I went in for another weight check and he hasn’t gained anything in 3 days. :crying: </p> <p>Lactation consultant is referring us to a doctor for short frenulum and has given me a pumping and supplementing plan to follow. I just gave him his first 2 Oz of formula. Going to try to protect breastfeeding as much as I can while we are headed down this path. I was preparing myself for needing to supplement again with this LO but damn this is so hard and has my mama heart feeling very sad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856379 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:26:07 +0000 Mrsbells 2856379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@buttermilk: since he is breast feed and is having wet diapers I wouldn't be worried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856378 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:23:32 +0000 periwinklebee 2856378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBear87: I agree it's definitely worth checking out, just wanted her to know that it can be normal too! I was super stressed when LO wasn't pooping, but it turned out fine (and now I could use a break from poop - hah hah :silly: ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856374 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:14:08 +0000 MamaBear87 2856374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: interesting. I'd guess it's generally fine I'd just want to keep a closer eye on a newbie who wasn't pooping. Especially since the op said there hasn't been any poop since meconium </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856367 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:07:15 +0000 periwinklebee 2856367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBear87: We took LO in for this when he was a couple of weeks old, as he'd gone several days without pooping. Pediatrician said she's seen it be all over the map even with very young babies and it can be perfectly normal to go 5 - 10 days, so she wasn't concerned given that he had plenty of wet diapers and was passing gas fine. We subsequently learned that LO only pooped in the bathtub, lol. This lasted until he was about 10 weeks old. He was never a frequent pooper until we started solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856347 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:34:50 +0000 MrsADS 2856347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamabear87 that was my understanding as well </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856345 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:16:21 +0000 MamaBear87 2856345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ALV91711: differing doctor opinions I guess. Both peds we've seen and my midwives say that every 10 days isn't ok until they're over 6 weeks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856344 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:02:43 +0000 ALV91711 2856344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBear87: actually this is for newborns as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856341 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:50:30 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2856341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was like this. I’d get another weight check and if that’s looking ok, wouldn’t worry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856339 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:39:52 +0000 MamaBear87 2856339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ALV91711: that's for older babies. With newborns you generally want to see poop much more often than that </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856337 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:28:56 +0000 ALV91711 2856337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats!</p> <p>At our appt at 9 days our ped said it is normal for BF babies to go as much as 10 days with no poop. But also they could pool frequently. Basically anything goes and not to worry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856334 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:21:38 +0000 smuckers 2856334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey there! This happened to me and my DD :happy: She was also EBF. What ended up being the cause is that she likely got a touch dehydrated the day before my milk came in, so it took a minute (aka 5 days) for her poop to catch up. Nothing dangerous, nothing even uncomfortable for her, wet diapers a plenty.</p> <p>Doctor ended up suggesting lightly pressing a q-tip covered in vaseline on her bum to help encourage a poo (like, barely inserting). We did that on day 5 because we were freaking out about the lack of poop, and I swear she must have lost a pound after that BM. We were hot-swapping out diapers to contain it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856329 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 09:37:51 +0000 josina 2856329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DS was a poop almost-every-diaper baby, my DD was a once a day or every other day (sometimes 2 or 3). So my two were completely different! (And it was so nice to not have MOTN diaper changes with DD!) </p> <p>Hopefully your baby is just like my DD, but definitely talk to your ped about it, 5 days does seem like a long time for a newborn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856328 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 09:35:07 +0000 buttermilk 2856328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks moms. I just called to get in for a weight check this morning. I’ll let you know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856321 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 09:06:46 +0000 bhbee 2856321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree, probably nothing but I’d call. This baby was still having transitional poops (seedy but brownish) at her 5 day visit and they wanted me to call if it didn’t turn to regular yellowish in a couple more days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856317 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 08:59:27 +0000 MamaBear87 2856317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with mrsads it may be nothing but at 9 days old I would call and go in today </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856311 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 08:48:22 +0000 MrsADS 2856311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey lady! So happy for you on the arrival of your sweet baby.</p> <p>So my understanding is that BF babies going longer between poops doesn't really start until they are a bit older - when they are newborns, they should still be pooping frequently (multiple times a day). I would be a little concerned that he has not pooped since the meconium poop. I know now, J poops like 1x a week and M would go almost 2 weeks when he was a baby, but that's like 4-5 months old. </p> <p>I would call the ped and ask to come in for a weight check today to be on the safe side, not wait until next week, although it's definitely reassuring if he's having lots of wet diapers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856306 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 08:19:11 +0000 Lahela017 2856306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had a doctor tell me that anything goes really. Every couple hours is normal, but so is nothing in 2 weeks.</p> <p>Call your ped for sure if it will ease your mind, but I don't think it's an issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856305 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 08:12:34 +0000 LCTBQE 2856305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww congratulations! My son (HUGE eater) went seven days once in his first month with no poop and I was freaking out, I called the ped on day 5 and they were unconcerned. Maybe call the ped today just to check? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-day-old-newborn-hasnt-pooped-in-5-days#post-2856303 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 07:49:25 +0000 buttermilk 2856303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi, my brand new baby boy is 9 days old. He hasn’t pooped since last Thursday which was 5 days ago and it was still the meconium transitional poop. He is EBF, has at least 6 wet diapers per day, seems to be happy and content and isn’t showing any signs of being in pain or constipated. At his weight check 3 days ago the pediatrician wasn’t worried yet. We don’t go back until next Monday but he seems to be on track for growth so far. </p> <p>I seem to read all different things about newborn poop. Mostly that anything goes. I read that breastmilk is the perfect food and there isn’t waste and so they may not poop much, but then I also read they should be pooping with every diaper. I recall my daughter also been an infrequent pooper but she was slow to gain weight and the docs had me supplementing right away. </p> <p>What has been your experience? Would you be worried? I just wish the kid would poop already! </p>