To poop or not to poop
Anyone else just flabbergasted getting used to their little ones pooping schedules or lack there of?
It’s hard to wrap my head around how long in between poops my newborn goes.
At first obviously it was multiple times a day and it has teetered off as he gets older. He’s 5 weeks now and he hasn’t pooped since yesterday evening. And the last poop he had was a blowout as it was also a days worth of poop he was holding in lol
How long can they go between poops?
He doesn’t appear to be in pain - he’s still tooting, he grunts and appears to be trying to poop sometimes but yeah - weird and normal I guess??
*edit - formula fed baby
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Totally normal if only breastfeeding..
My little guy is going thru a similar phase. He doesnt seem bothered but has lots of stinky farts and is grunting up a storm.
Have you done any exercises to help your baby go? I do tummy massages (the I love yous) and exercises that are supposed to help (abdomen crunches, rotations).
Also, maybe this might be your baby's pattern and possible change due to age. My husband hates this answer as our baby usually goes multiple times a day. Our baby did change up his pattern recently and didnt go for a little over 24 hours. We had to stimulate his bottom with a thermometer and (tmi) it was like we opened up a geyser.
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