Baby constipation

Is he eating purées yet?? If so, try prunes

Ours did the same at that stage, there was a 5 day stretch at one point and then several dirty diapers in one day. When you hit 8 days I believe was the recommended time to worry though.

Yea my breastfeed baby used to poop like once a week and has only just now started to poop everyday since he started solids. The doc said the same thing, that it wasn’t concerning especially for breastfed babies. He didn’t seem to be in any pain from it though. Does your baby fart a lot? I tried to make sure I was moving my son’s legs around at least 3x a day everyday and that would help him fart

I’ve been told as long as it’s once every 5-7 days and the baby doesn’t seem uncomfortable, stomach is soft, they are still passing gas, I shouldn’t be concerned! I guess it’s normal for bf babies. At this point we go like once every 4 days or so 🤷🏻‍♀️

But for a breastfed baby this is normal and no cause for concern if baby goes days without pooping. Breastmilk is a complete food for them and they usually use(absorb) all of what they need so there's not always going to waste(poop). They usually go after a bit of poop accumulates and then you might notice seedy poop, which is just poop with the unused fat deposits("seeds") in it. As long as poop color and consistency is good and baby goes about every 5 days or so then baby should be fine.

Hi, sometimes a breastfed baby can go up to 10days, my little boy was same when he was younger but would go no longer than 3 but as long as they are not in pain or discomfort keep doing massages, exercises to try and help move it along. However it is quite common and GP’s are usually not too concerned if baby is well in themselves and settled x

mention it to your ped to see what they say. to ease a bit of your comfort , i’ve seen many women on here & on tiktok mentioning that BF babies don’t poop as often. they normally poop every few days & to only be concerned ab pooping if it has been 7+ days. nonetheless , mention it to baby’s ped. when my son was going through constipation that young , his ped gave me the green light to put 1 ounce of apple , pear or prune juice in his bottle to help get things moving. i still do that now & he is 11 months ! this time though i mix pear or apple juice w water in his cup & pear puree as a snack

My son never skipped a day since birth. Exclusively breastfed

I did bicycle kicks, rainbow massages

Why do you feel he’s uncomfortable? What signs do you see? Both of my breastfed babies would go days without pooping but they weren’t uncomfortable. It happens because the breast milk is so nutritious that most of it is used which means there’s not much waste that needs to exit on a daily basis

From my understanding gripe waters can cause constipation