LO is 10 weeks old and EBF. I know it's pretty normal for the pooping to slow down around this age, but she hasn't pooped in a week! She hasn't seemed too uncomfortable until today. I am NOT looking forward to changing this diaper.
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Do you give her gripe water? Its worked wonders for my LO. My mom swears by it and at first I didnt want to give it a chance but now we cant go a day without it
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Aww, that sucks! My LO went about 11 days without a BM so we took her to the Dr. Her doctor told us to give her diluted apple juice in addition to formula/breastmilk.. After the first apple juice bottle, she had a massive blow out!
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It is normal to go that long without a poopy diaper, but when it comes, it will be a disaster. You might want to avoid some of your favorite outfits for a few days and stick to darker colors or cheaper clothing. Once DS blew out after 8 days without a poopy diaper I had to throw out about 3 outfits.
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@Mrsbells: I always forget about gripe water. It's never worked before, but it's worth a shot!
I'm just hoping she can hold off until this evening. We have to run errands about 30 minutes away, and I don't want to deal with a blowout at Nordstrom!
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@c.sassy: puppy pee pads in your diaper bag! If/when the blowout comes, you can change her on this, it soaks up any residual mess and then just throw it away with the diaper. LO had a blowout this morning and I put one down befor I changed her, save me having to wash her change pad (again!)
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My LO went about a week and a half without pooping and I started to get worried but it eventually came. My doc told me to try a tiny bit of prune juice in a bottle if you have to but it's not uncommon for EBF babies to go up to a few weeks. If she looks uncomfortable or straining, I'd call the doc, otherwise, just wait for the blowout!
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Definitely talk to your ped, but mine recommended us giving our LO a little bit of water as well as trying to sticking up a well lubed q-tip there to act as suppository. both things have always helped our LO.
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same happened to us and lasted until we started solids at 4.5 months. our pedi suggested 2oz prune juice mixed with 2oz water - nothing happened. we tried the rectal thermometer covered in vaseline - nothing happened. he also said we could try a baby glycerin suppository. DS almost always would go the day before I decided I was going to do that. He never went more than 7 days without though.
now that he's trying all kinds of new foods at 7 months he goes almost every other day. -
Mine would go almost 2 weeks without pooping. We weren't concerned except that when he would finally go, it would be reasonably solid and then followed by green stool. That for us was a sign that things weren't working right. He was ultimately diagnosed with Milk Soy Protein Intollerance.
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