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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?

Hey lady! So happy for you on the arrival of your sweet baby.

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.

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.

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.

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!)

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.

Congrats!

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.

My son was like this. I’d get another weight check and if that’s looking ok, wouldn’t worry.

@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

@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.

@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 )

@buttermilk: Good to hear he had a big poop. Hopefully he starts to gain and you can keep up the BF c

@buttermilk: Glad he is gaining! Excellent news.

@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.
It also meant she usually pooped at daycare so I rarely had to change a poopy diaper when she was little!
Glad he's doing good!!