Poo Help Needed 😱
My baby is approaching 6 months and is exclusively breastfed. A midwife warned us to expect that by this point, he would be pooing once a week and would make a big song and dance about it.
My baby poos once or twice a day, sometimes three times, without fail. Probably one in three is very vinegary, and they are in general smelly - I can tell he's pooed on smell alone.
They are also fairly explosive. He's in a larger size nappy than his weight to try and contain the poo as we have frequent blowouts! He also generally only poos in his car seat unless it's first thing in the morning!
Other than pooping, he seems completely healthy. He has maintained appropriate weight gain at his last check (which admittedly was at 3 months), but he's chubby and round. He also has plenty of wet nappies. I'd love to hear from people as to whether this is normal or whether I should be worried that this is an allergy or something!!!
How many poos does your EBF baby do a day / week? Please let me know!!!
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We have this when I have dairy as he's got CMPA, he has vinegary smelling poops and they are almost jelly or slimy like in consistency! He poops maybe once every few days though
Totally normal. No idea why your midwife has said they should be going once a week 🤷🏼♀️ my EBF goes at least twice a day.
Completely normal my first went loads a day still at 3 goes at least twice a day! She was EBF, my second almost 6 months goes several times a day and often has blow outs in her car seat (almost every time for nursery runs) it’s the position helps them go I think. No idea what your midwife was on about. X
My first baby was fed exclusively breast milk in bottles and he pooed about once a week, my second is ebf from boob and he does at least one giant poo a day, they’re all just different. I am dairy and soya free for him at the mo as I’m not sure if he’s got allergies but we’ll see properly when we start weaning!
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