11 week old baby not had a poo for 3 days

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Hi there would like abit of advice, my 11 week old baby has gone 3 days now without a bowel movement, she is fully breastfed and for the first 8 weeks she has had a bowel movement nearly everyday and for the last few weeks it has slowed right down and now its gone the longest and dont know if this is normal for a fully breastfed baby.
any advice or help will be greatly appreciated.
thanks

Don't worry, pretty normal for some bf babies. Whe it comes it will be impressive!

If you drink orange juice, your milk will be a laxative for dd

Very normal for a breastfed baby, they can go up to 10 days (sometimes even more!). So long as she isn't in discomfort or has a hard stomach it's fine.

Not sure that drinking orange juice will have any laxative effect on your milk but I wouldn't worry as you don't need a laxative anyway.

My Dd is the same age as yours and she's now on day 4 She's also only bf.

I'm not worried, as the HV says it's pretty normal as their insides mature for the poo to slow down.

I think we may be nearer to a result though, as she is farting for Britain

Thanks for the advice, greatly appreciated.

I know what you mean her farts are starting to get really smelly and she farting when she coughs and any outburst of a cry a fart comes with it.

Just count yourself lucky, my ds was a 10-times-a-day type! I'd have loved only one dirty nappy a week, especially as they were cloth...

Thanks to everyone for the quick replies and put my mind at rest .

Anything from 10times a day to once every 10 days is normal for a bf baby.

It saves on nappies, thats for sure, but when she goes it will cover everything it did last time, it was up her back , covered her bouncy chair and it was a 2 man job to clean her up...

MN call it a poonami.

Be Prepared!

ds2 did an up the back one today. It was spectacular. Sounded amazing when he did it too. I wouldn't complain about an up the back if it was every 3 or 4 days but he does a couple of poos a day!

Brilliant.. she must know im talking about her, because she has just started her bowel movement..

And it STINKS....

Oh dearie me its going to be everywhere when it eventually comes out!

DS went 5 days once and then it was like a tidal wave of Dijon mustard.

He now alternates between going every other day or every third day. As a result, there's a large volume of it, so on day 3 I am always quite nervous about leaving the house and having to deal with a "Code Brown" situation in public.

Sorry for the oversharing!

Damn, you beat us

Lol. If she doesn't, I always suggest in cycling the legs to get the bowels moving ;)

DUCK!!!!!

Well it wasnt a poonami, but it was messy, just glad she has done the deed she might be a little happier now thats out.

MUSTARD GALORE.[GRIN]

Iknow what you mean, when i go anywhere i take at least half the wardrobe with me just in case...