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My 7 week old boy has had this a couple of times where he doesn’t poo for a couple days then will all the sudden poo a lot. He is fed a mix of breast and formula too. I saw a paediatric nurse recently for a different issue but mentioned this and she explained that it’s quite normal with combination feeding, their bowel movements can be a bit less predictable and more random
My 5 week old was the same and I was advised by health visitor that the doctor wouldn’t see her until she had 5 consecutive days of no poop. After 5 very long days we were given movicol and that has worked wonders!
When my daughter is like that we give her 1oz of cool boiled water, a warm bath and a tummy massage and then she normally poops about an hour later x
Massage babies feet. Works every time for me. Also try colief 👌🏼
Our baby didn’t poop for a week we rang the health visitor and they said nothing to worry about until 10 days. She eventually went a lot and she was all good! Nothing to worry about just yet I don’t think. Xx
Try some bicycle kicks, massage the tummy and some nappy free time. If not, try calling your HV or GP to see what they suggest xx
We have had that and ours is formula and breast too. We have fed 1 ounce of cooled boiled water and waited for it to do it's magic and maybe combine with a bath at some point aswell. Has helped our boy a couple of times. Normally by day two he poops and the process starts again!