EBF baby: won't poo in nappy only naked!

[squizita]

Just that really.
3 week old EBF baby. She appears in good health.
but since last lunchtime won't poo in her nappy! She will wait HOURS and do it on the mat. As soon as the nappy is off, she will release her bowels onto the mat or bath or whatever. She waited since teatime and just did it now - of course lots of poo!
She farts just fine! Feeding well, peeing, healthy looking.
The stools look rather watery but I understand this is not the runs for an EBF baby as they are still ok smelling, yellow and seedy.
We recently tried a new brand of nappies which feel more snug - could that be it??

eurochick, no it doesn't :(

Sorry, eurochick, I meant green poo does not usually mean 'too much foremilk'.

Green poo usually means nothing. It's a normal variation.

It reflects the amount of fat in the milk, but there is nothing wrong with green poo in an otherwise healthy, thriving baby.

Euro she was quite hot and 'drinky' over the weekend (took her out to meet someone- really dry air con restaurant), hope that is all the green poo was. It was just a blob next to more normal yellow.
Have been diligently giving her 10-15min per boob today to ensure she gets what she's used to. She's quite hungry so provided she doesn't pop I know she's getting liquid and fat!!
She's always had a fat little belly since in the womb (they scanned- it's just like that, nothing wrong) but when she hasn't pooed it makes me imagine she's blowing up like Violet in Willy Wonka!!

Tiktok THANK YOU SO MUCH. What would we do without you?!?

She's happily staring at the trees blowing in the rain (out of the window I hasten to add) and making gurgly sounds.
I shall just have to make sure I have plenty of wipes and muslins handy for when she is ready ... or present her to DH to change as he loves to be hands on .

:) :) :)

I note on Saturday you were worried she was pooing too much - honestly it all sounds like the normal variations of a baby, so sometimes she poos a lot and sometimes not so much but it's all okay.

You don't need to be 'diligently' offering 10-15 minutes per breast. Just feed her in response to her needs. Diligence, begone :)

I'm such an anxious PFB mum!!

Well, that's what mumsnet is for....to tell you when things are really ok :)

Oh I wish I'd had Mumsnet back in the day.

I think 5 days was the record for my two around the 3 week mark - Poo-ma-geddon!!.

Sadly it had nothing to do with a nappy being on or off. Usually once they'd been bathed, put into nice clothes to be taken somewhere to be shown off, or strapped tightly into a car seat so that the force of the explosion would push poo up to the collar line......

Loving the word Poo-ma-geddon

Do I remember right that you suffer from anxiety Squizita? It really is nothing to worry about. In a healthy baby her age the most you need to do is be aware if she hasn't gone for a day or more- and that's mostly to pack spare clothes if you go out! You don't need to count poos or inspect nappies for signs of green.

I think some babies do find a certain position triggers a poo. DS at that age oftensaved them up for the car seat. I always put it down to the slightly curled up position.

Tiktok, the NICU registrar and nurse who told me that when I was concerned about her nappy presumably have no idea what they were talking about then. Incidentally it only happened once, when she was learning to latch on and only feeding for a few minutes at a time and getting a lot of foremilk...

Penguins yup I have anxiety following repeat miscarriage and some pregnancy health issues (awaiting a biopsy on my thyroid). I tend to cling to what I've been told - of course many nhs hcp give very broad advice so I worry!

My mw has given me extra visits to help me run my paranoid worries past her. She thinks dd eats like a champ and is entirely physically normal thankfully. :)

The car seat thing is interesting - been out in the car seat 5 times. Had to crack out the anti bacterial cleaner and a fresh set of clothes twice! She sleeps and ... relaxes ... In the car seat sometimes.

Is us posting the kind of 'oh mine did that' layperson comments helpful Squizita? I just want to check we aren't inadvertently fuelling it - which I know can happen sometimes with anxiety.

It's very reassuring! Because it gives me a realistic normal parent with healthy kid "benchmark". If it happens to many people I feel reassured.

I found that lining the car seat with a cheap muslin or a disposable changing mat was a godsend. Not bulky enough to be a safety issue but certainly saved the seat on a number of occasions. I still have some disposable mats in the car. Also v useful for wheel changes, and again for the car seat when toilet training

I didn't learn until I was pregnant with DC2 that the reason for the envelope vest necklines was to allow clothes to be removed downwards rather than over the nice, freshly washed baby hair. That was a nirvana moment when DC2 disappeared in a volcano of poo after 5 days without.

I don't miss the days when I used to obsess about poo. It does pass thankfully. If memory serves by about 6-8 weeks they can start to force out a fart or two. The trick then is to hopefully not have them use your boob to grit their gums on and make some noise

Totally get the anxiety thing too - a certain level is totally normal. I must have spent 50% of my mat leave on MN or emailing NCT friends to ask "is this normal" or looking for poo colour pics on Google.

Glad it is helpful.

Google poops ... yup been there!

Just has her lunchtime feed. Filled her nappy ... but thankfully just the nappy!

eurochick, you say "Tiktok, the NICU registrar and nurse who told me that when I was concerned about her nappy presumably have no idea what they were talking about then. "

Well, perhaps not 'no idea' but in this case they are wrong. Sorry about that!

But it can't be news to you that many HCPs, especially ones looking after
i) sick babies and ii) very new babies
are often mistaken about what they think they know about breastfeeding in healthy babies beyond the very first days.

Look - I have clearly miffed you, and I am sorry about that. But the myth about 'green poo= too much foremilk' can derail people's breastfeeding experience and introduces worry when worry should not be there :)

If you want me to post you links that show the normality of green poo and the fact it does not mean 'too much foremilk', then just ask - probably best if you PM me, otherwise we will highjack the thread.

I'd love to know the number of times "mustardy poo" has been googled in the UK :)

Coldplay "all yellow" came on the radio. That song will never mean the same thing now...

Followed by 'Yellow Submarine'? :)

Then 'Mellow Yellow'?

Just popping in to say envelope neck popper vests can easily be taken off down (arms out, ease down the torso, rolls the pooeyness up as you you go, garment off via legs) to avoid the poo/hair scenario

No one ever told me that when mine were wee!

That's a useful tip, I've always done it over the head with less than desirable consequences as dd has a surprisingly large amount of hair!