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Baby constantly pooping

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LizS16 · 15/08/2019 12:25

My 8 week old baby is constantly pooping - the health visitor and doctor both say it is fine for breastfed babies to poop a lot and that it will all settle down but it's getting to the point where she constantly has a dirty nappy and all I'm doing is changing nappies. I'm afraid to breastfeed in public because I know it will be followed by the dreaded "poonami". She is gaining lots of weight and eating well but she isn't sleeping well because I've got to get her up to change her. Plus she hates being changed! She's had horrible nappy rash for most of her short life and although we use barrier cream and keep her nappy free we are still having to wipe poop off her (with cotton and water) as it just seems to pour out of her. I even had a pipe dream of using reusable nappies but there aren't enough to cope with a day and my washing machine might blow up from overuse. Any ideas on how to cope?

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FlissMumsnet · 16/08/2019 21:10

Hi There LizS16.

That sounds really tough - we're sorry to hear what you're dealing with right now.
Sadly, we're no expert in babys' bowel movements but we wanted to jump in to say hello and bump your thread for you.

Hopefully some of our supportive users will be along soon to give you some sound advice.

rubyroot · 17/08/2019 18:56

My baby used to pooh about ten times a day. Is this similar for you. He also had bad nappy rash and lots of nappy free time.
The pooh did calm down a bit at about three months I think and there was less nappy changing at night as a result. The nappy rash also calmed down once all the piihing did. Hang in there, it will get better.

Hohofortherobbers · 17/08/2019 19:41

Have you looked up things you may be eating that are passed on in your milk that may be upsetting her? There's a lot to exclude, I remember tomatoes were one

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