Is it normal for a 6 week old baby not to poo

[Stinkyminkymoo]

For 12 hours?

My dd is 6 weeks old and bf, she is feeding well but hasn't had a poo in 12 hours. Is this normal? Am 1st time mum so no idea what is normal & what isn't!

TIA!

Perfectly normal! Both mine have had periods of 12, 24 or even 36 hours without pooing from time to time while fully breastfed and I know even longer can be no problem. Just make sure you put her in a babygro you don't care about as the next nappy could well be a really big one!

Ok then! All normal.

Thanks also for the baby grow tip sarahb - well noted!

Mine pooed regularly everu 6 days at that age! I loved it.

Bf babies often poo just once a week!

My DS went up to 10 days. Then he would start to wriggle around and go red in the face.

That's when I would whip off the cloth nappy. He was never constipated .

The Dr. told me that BF babies can go up to 2 weeks.

We're currently on day five!

Another top tip I've been given is make sure you have a change of clothes for you, with you when you are out and about in case it happens away from home!

Thanks for all the tips! We had a poo explosion this morning. Bottom under the tap job! Baby grow and my clothes escaped unscathed!

Dd3 goes about 8 days :) shes 4 weeks old

Thanks for this - was just about to post the same. LO not quite 6 wks, ebf and up until day before yesterday was going several times a day. That day and yesterday just 1 explosion at night time but today nothing. I understand this frequency is normal except she seems in pain - grunting, red in the face, straining, crying. Also missed her afternoon nap cos she kept waking herself up to push and now over tired and nibble feeding (unusual).

Fussiness or constipation do you reckon?

TIA :)