EBF baby hasn’t pooped in a week!

Give some cooled boiled water, massage LO tummy and do the cycling with LO legs. My son done the exact same, went to out of hours Dr and they said babies can go up to 12 days without pooping 😫x

Breast fed and not formula? Please don't give water to a breastfed baby because of risk of water intoxication! But the other suggestions are great

Ebf babies can go up to 2 weeks with no bowel movements

Hi my baby is breastfed and only poos every 7-10 days and doctor says it is normal as long as poo is normal. Maybe he’s bowel movement is just changing.

does your babies wind smell really bad? This is what’s concerning me tbh because his wind never really smelt and now it smells absolutely awful!

@Sarah-Jane what is water intoxication? And why does it only happen to breastfed babies?

if you drink to much water it lowers to sodium in your blood and causes your cells to swell, babies kidneys are immature so cannot regulate water or electrolytes, excess water isn't recommended for breastfed babies because our milk composition changes to babies needs :)

Not really bad, just like a normal fart smell.

My ebf baby has gone 8 days without a poo and towards the end of the week his farts smell real bad. Midwife, dr and HV all have said its normal in bf babies

I do gas relief and that normally does it in the next couple days