11 week old baby not had a poo for 3 days

[mumyy]

Hi there would like abit of advice, my 11 week old baby has gone 3 days now without a bowel movement, she is fully breastfed and for the first 8 weeks she has had a bowel movement nearly everyday and for the last few weeks it has slowed right down and now its gone the longest and dont know if this is normal for a fully breastfed baby.
any advice or help will be greatly appreciated.
thanks

[Indith]

Don't worry, pretty normal for some bf babies. Whe it comes it will be impressive!

[JuliaScurr]

If you drink orange juice, your milk will be a laxative for dd

[Rubirosa]

Very normal for a breastfed baby, they can go up to 10 days (sometimes even more!). So long as she isn't in discomfort or has a hard stomach it's fine.

Not sure that drinking orange juice will have any laxative effect on your milk but I wouldn't worry as you don't need a laxative anyway.

[McPhee]

My Dd is the same age as yours and she's now on day 4 She's also only bf.

I'm not worried, as the HV says it's pretty normal as their insides mature for the poo to slow down.

I think we may be nearer to a result though, as she is farting for Britain

[mumyy]

Thanks for the advice, greatly appreciated.

[mumyy]

I know what you mean her farts are starting to get really smelly and she farting when she coughs and any outburst of a cry a fart comes with it.

[Rubirosa]

Just count yourself lucky, my ds was a 10-times-a-day type! I'd have loved only one dirty nappy a week, especially as they were cloth...

[mumyy]

Thanks to everyone for the quick replies and put my mind at rest .

[RillaBlythe]

Anything from 10times a day to once every 10 days is normal for a bf baby.

[mumyy]

It saves on nappies, thats for sure, but when she goes it will cover everything it did last time, it was up her back , covered her bouncy chair and it was a 2 man job to clean her up...

[piprabbit]

MN call it a poonami.

Be Prepared!

[Indith]

ds2 did an up the back one today. It was spectacular. Sounded amazing when he did it too. I wouldn't complain about an up the back if it was every 3 or 4 days but he does a couple of poos a day!

[mumyy]

Brilliant.. she must know im talking about her, because she has just started her bowel movement..

[mumyy]

And it STINKS....

[stifnstav]

Oh dearie me its going to be everywhere when it eventually comes out!

DS went 5 days once and then it was like a tidal wave of Dijon mustard.

He now alternates between going every other day or every third day. As a result, there's a large volume of it, so on day 3 I am always quite nervous about leaving the house and having to deal with a "Code Brown" situation in public.

Sorry for the oversharing!

[McPhee]

Damn, you beat us

[Longdistance]

Lol. If she doesn't, I always suggest in cycling the legs to get the bowels moving ;)

DUCK!!!!!

[mumyy]

Well it wasnt a poonami, but it was messy, just glad she has done the deed she might be a little happier now thats out.

[mumyy]

MUSTARD GALORE.[GRIN]

[mumyy]

Iknow what you mean, when i go anywhere i take at least half the wardrobe with me just in case...