EBF 3,5wks DS no poo and farting like there's no tomorrow

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TMI warning (but whatever, I'm a mother now...)

My 3,5 weeks old EBF DS (yes, PFB...) has not pooped for 48 hours. I read it could be normal for >6 weeks old EBF babies but mine is a bit young isn't he? What do you think?

Before that he was having 5-6 dirty nappies a day (normal very soft yellow seedy). He's still having 6-8 wet nappies a day but no poo. He's farting like crazy (oh the smell...!) and screaming every time, poor him. Any piece of advice gladly welcomed please.

Give your mw or hv a ring if you're worried, but mine started pooing every other day from 1 month or so.

Having said that if you're anything like me hopefully not quite as much of a worry wort a quick phone call to the mw/hv will be reassuring as they've seen it all!

Thanks squizita, a bit of a PFB moment there but I gave him an infant glycerine suppository like the MW suggested and what happened next is quite legendary...

My EBF baby poops once every 3 days usually, and has done from about 4 weeks but the screaming sounds like a bit of constipation maybe. Have you eaten something out of the ordinary? That's usually the root cause of wind!

Every 3 days it's like an explosion in the birds custard factory round our way!

It's usually ok just to leave bf babies to poo without help - the farting indicates it is on its way, anyway :)

The glycerin suppository won't do any harm, but it's not needed.

Your diet is very unlikely to make any difference at all - sorry to scotch the myth OhMjh, but it is a myth :)