10 week old not pooed for three days

[cuntingrimmer08]

I feel bad posting this because there are so many serious threads but need some advice . My 10 week old used to poo twice a day and now hasn't been for three days . She is ff . Is it worth ringing docs tomorrow or am I over reacting ?any advice appreciated

[McPhee]

totally normal

don't worry

[sillymillyb]

my ds did this too and I also panicked. totally normal though - enjoy the poo free nappies for a while!

[MousyMouse]

normal at around that age a change happens in the guts which leads to less frequent poos.
if baby is happy otherwise there is nothing to worry about. anything up to 5 days should be fine (or even longer in bf babies).

but of course if you are worried and baby is unhappy get advice from the hv or gp.

[BramblyHedge]

Ds1 went 14 days without a poo. It was messy when it did come.

[HRMumness]

Totally normal. Just batten down the hatches when it does come

[HRMumness]

I should add my DD went for 7 days once she got past the newborn non-stop poo stage. It was very worrying and I spent hours reading about baby's poo habits on the interwebs

[ashley69ly]

Oh yes, remember this well. My breast fed DD2 once went 8 days without pooing. She was in her bouncy chair when she eventually did go. It was right down to the toes of her babygrow!