My LO is 5 months old and hasn't had a poopy diaper in a week. Her pediatrician said this is normal but it just seems so long to me! She is EBF. What is the longest your LO has gone with no poop?
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Three weeks. Is your baby in pain? Is your baby growing? Are there enough wet diapers? My son had MSPI and one symptom was constipation and no poops for weeks at a time and then a solid poop followed by days of loose poop. But breastmilk is very good food and can be used almost completely so it can be that too.
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She's gone about a week.
@Mrs. Chen: On another thread somebody suggested probiotics. Maybe you can ask the ped about it. -
longest for L is a week. he used to go several times a day then when he turned 4 months, he immediately switched to every 3 - 4 days. i found out it was normal. a couple of times, it's been even longer (like 5 - 7 days). watch out for that when poop comes though - they make up for lost time!
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Before he started solids, he would only go once a week. Once he did that for a month or so, I relaxed about it and counted myself lucky that I only had to deal with poopy diapers once a week!
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3 weeks, and then a normal one. She's EBF, so doctor thinks she just has a good digestive system and is using everything up! She's happy as a clam and doesn't seem bothered. After a week I usually give her a little bit of prune juice every day (tsp) and she goes by about 2 weeks. DH worries more than I do...
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We never let it go beyond 5 days. We used suppositories total of 3 times.
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the longest was 3 days, when she first started solids. she usually has 3-4 dirty diapers per day, so that was really unusual. then she pooped A LOT for a day, then it was back to normal.
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The longest LO has gone with no poop was three days =( I was antsy and nervous the whole time. Prunes really do the trick for us.
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We've only skipped a day a few times and it was HUGE when it happened! I am bracing myself FOR you!
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I have a couple of friends whose EBF babies would only go once every 8 - 10 days. I believe when they are EBF, it is virtually impossible for them to get constipated and anything from multiple times per day to once every two weeks falls within the normal spectrum. Once they start solids though, it's a whole different story! LO would go about five times per week whilst EBF, but once solids came in, forget it. Constipation city. It has been an ongoing battle that always seems to be lurking just under the surface......I miss the days when breast milk alone was enough for her!
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