Poop

Hey everyone! How often do your babies poop? Context: my baby is EBF and just turned 3 months today, he used to poop once a day and now for the first time he hasn’t pooped in over 5 days. I try to give him a bottle once a day so I can sneak some probiotic drops in with his milk but it hasn’t encouraged a bowel movement. He still has plenty of wet diapers and seems fine otherwise… at what point should I be concerned?? Update::: My baby just pooped on day 7 😂 thank you everyone for your responses!
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My EBF baby didn’t poo for a 2/3 days at a time….my HV told me this is completely normal and not to worry. Xx

Not sure it helps but mine poops at least two or three times a day, sometimes more! I guess they're all different

Because your baby isn't eating solids yet and is EBF it is completely normal for them not to poop for up to a week. As long as they are still having a good amount of wet diapers there is no need for concern. Anything past a week, if your baby seems to be in pain, has a hard tummy or if your baby starts to eat less than normal I would definitely bring it up to your pediatrician

My EBF baby was pooping at least every other day and then suddenly didn’t poop at all from last week on Friday to this previous Friday. We gave her probiotics on Thursday and Friday morning and then she finally pooped on Friday afternoon. She didn’t poop Saturday and then pooped again yesterday on Sunday

My EBF little one poops at min, once a day sometimes up to 3 times a day. It’s been over 5 days and while your LO doesn’t seem to be in any pain still call your pediatrician and mention it

What Ellie said 💯

Mine is EBF and had the same problem. Initially, he was pooping every day, but started pooping twice a week. This was actually a side effect of his vomiting medicine (which long term was even making the vomiting worse actually, instead of improving it!). 10-14 days after I stopped giving this medication, he started pooping every day.

My baby just recently started pooping every 2days, she usually poops every 3 or 4days. Her doctor said she's completely fine, nothing to worry about.

my pediatrician told me totally normal for a EBF baby to not poop everyday! told me if it goes longer than 10 days let her know. so we now keep a note on wwhen she poops😂 we are now once every 3/4 days

my first pooped a couple times a day every day, still does. my 3 month old? nope. he can go 7 days, sometimes 8. out latest stretch? 17 days. SEVENTEEN. we ended up seeing our doctor and were told to give him prune or apple juice to see if it helped. before we could give him some that night, he decided to let it all out. of course it was after we saw a doctor and bought the juice 😒

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