Solid poo in bf baby?

[Snakeonaplane]

DD is 10 weeks ebf, she has never had many dirty nappies from birth only a couple a week but her nappies are always soaking wet she needs a nappy cange every 2 hours or they are bursting through her clothes. Last night for the first time, she is usually extremely content, she was really upset, she was behaving as if she was really hungry but wouldn't latch on and was squirming and pulling her knees up, she eventually cried herself to sleep.

Today she's back to her usual happy self but she has just had a really formed poo, now my experience with my other two was that I didn't see nappies like this until they started on some solids. Bf poos were always watery so is this normal? Her last dirty nappy was about 3 days ago and was orange and runny. She has really stinky wind too.

Don't know about this one sorry Snakes, have you spoken to BFC about it?

How has she been for the rest of the week?

Er no I'd say something was up? Speak to the GP perhaps?

Yes, something has clearly happened but it may have passed. You could see the GP, or you could wait for another day to see if she's still her normal self. If she remains happy and how you'd expect her to be, she's almost certainly fine.

My DS2 and DS3 (EBF) did solid poos that often made them grumpy the day before, once a week at that age. However my DS1 always did runny poos every day up to having solids.

I asked the dr as I was really worried at the time, he said solid poos ok and not to worry if no poos for up to a week, and after that try a bit of orange juice and water and bicycle pedalling of the legs.

I was eating lots of bananas at the time which may have been a bit constipating, so friends told me....

Please don't give orange juice to the baby, though... :)

Seriously, that's a common suggestion from GPs. Citrus is a potential allergen so introducing it directly could be a trigger for allergies, and it will also damage the gut. Lots of breastmilk and nothing else :)

Oops, sorry, I didn't know that.
Assumed GP advice ok as has 3 children himself and would be up to date on these things!

My little one was constipated from birth - hardly ever had a normal BF poo. We found out at 10 months he has a diary allergy so maybe try cutting dairy out of your diet for a week and see if it makes any difference. Can't hurt to try but if it continues then go see your GP.

Could it be that you are not consuming enough fluids? Maybe try and drink loads of water and see if it improves?

Drinking more water yourself will have no effect whatsoever on the baby's gut or her poo . Ditto orange juice. One unusual poo is not a reason for changing your diet - and removing dairy is difficult.

Snakes, speaking as a mum only, I'd stop worrying unless it happened again and again.

Both my DDs had few BF poos. DD2 often went two weeks with no poo when ebf, but sometimes only two days. Now with three meals a day and 4/5 feeds she is daily or every other day. I took her to the doctor after the first marathon stint and he said that some babies can just vary their poo schedule, and it seems he was right about mine!

But you can give some cooled boiled water in a bottle or cup a few times a day to see if it helps.

Mrs going for upto 2 weeks can be normal for some bfing babies and isn't in itself a reason for concern. There is no need to give a bf baby water either, just feed more if concerned.

What the OP described though isn't normal for a bf baby.