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The kid stinks of cabbage...

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SpikeMomma · 07/10/2005 20:07

My lovely 14wk ds that is. He's being trumping away like a good 'un the last few days and it's well wiffy.

The thing is his poo has disappeared - he went 5 days before he finally went this week. (thought he was going to explode). Disappointingly small and less fluidy than his normal bf poo-poo. He used to do a daily humdinger - which was great! Now just waiting for 'there she blows' scenario - got to come soon, surely? He really will explode otherwise.

I miss his poo's . Anyone else had the same? How do you get the poo to come back...so the stinky ass disappears?!

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startingtobehalloweenylover · 07/10/2005 20:08

you could guive him a little bit of cooled boiled water

LadyDragonOfSoup · 07/10/2005 20:09

Oh, how I hope you're not out and about when he does that one...

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SpikeMomma · 07/10/2005 20:30

well, i tried the water millarky today - little bleeder took it...and then vom'd the lot back up. And smiled whilst doing it. So that went well...

I tell you what, when that poo comes, i might photograph it.

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serahscarer · 07/10/2005 21:33

Good evening Spikeroo... long time no see

My DS also suffered from endless stinky farts and I found myself praying for the explosion, which inevitably manifested itself at my parents, the bus, my knee.... Problem is, as soon as he expells, the farts start right back up again. He really is a whiffer of the most magnificent proportions. They have also increased in volume/resonance, and one last night actually rattled the springs in the mattress.

Are you still purely breastfeeding or have you recently changed his diet?

(Did I not once say to you that if you liked poo you'd be in your element soon enough??? )

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SpikeMomma · 07/10/2005 21:39

you know i dig the poo! hellooo serahwerah - long time no banter. (i still miss the passive birth thread!!). you'll probably hear when he's been from where you are. maybe tomorrow - like waiting for christmas!

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serahscarer · 07/10/2005 21:47

ahhh.... I'll get me ear muffs at the ready then Would you like me to send you an Alton Towers style waterproof poncho for the event??

How did you try and get the water in him?(Bottle, cup, hose???)

PSSSTTT.... Moggers has changed her nickname - she may lurk later in the manner of a confectionary manufacturer if you keep your eyes peeled

PS if you are reading this Mowgli, I have had food poisoning,, and this is the first time in ages my fingers haven't hurt too much to type - however, theres no way I'll be able to do one of my usual Friday night emails as I am still half dead )

serahscarer · 07/10/2005 21:49

Why am I when I should be ? (Thats green with nausea by the way, not envy)

frannykenstein · 07/10/2005 21:55

Yep, we had the same. Ds went for 10 days once . People were phoning up every 5 minutes "Has J done a poo yet?", it was worse than when I was a week overdue with him. A friend's husband once phoned her from work to see if he had done it yet!

When it finally came, there was a minor incident and then a day later, the floodgates opened. It was a 2-person, Marigolds-on job to clear up. Best of luck. You'll need it.

(We tried everything advised by hv and gp btw but in the end nature just had to take its course)

MrsSpoon · 07/10/2005 21:58

If he is b/fed this is perfectly normal. My DS2 also went 10 days once and the results were horrific!

startingtobehalloweenylover · 07/10/2005 22:09

my ds has done this too! don't worry

mandymac · 07/10/2005 22:10

PMSL - DD is also 14 weeks and we have the same green and noxious air here. I swear she has been on the guiness (taking lessons from her dad!) I'm thinking of donning a gas mask before entering the bedroom tonight . This has also coincided with disappearing poo (dh has been receiving reports from me when he calls from work) . We had the resulting explosion today - I felt strangely elated - Twas also a 2 person job - tag team styleee and good job too as once bum was cleaned up - more poo before nappy put on. Then another filled nappy within 5 mins .

DD is exclusively breastfeed and I was convinced that it was because I had taken antibiotics recently, but seems like it must just be another one of those pesky 'stages'.

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SpikeMomma · 08/10/2005 20:07

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED. At approximatley 6.55am this morning.

And not on my nappy shift (result!)

Photographic evidence was sent to those on tenter hooks.

Can you smell it? My sweet lord it was offensive!

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serahscarer · 08/10/2005 20:28

No, but I heard it

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SpikeMomma · 08/10/2005 20:39

that's my boy!

can't believe some go for 10 days - good grief man...

ser - Glad you heard it. 5.5 on richter scale

p.s. what's with the name changes then? I'll have to look out for mogs. glad i hooked up with you on this one! xx

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serahscarer · 08/10/2005 22:36

Hey hey! Just been emailing Moggers about this thread (in that I have found you again!)

My name change is a Halloween name change (I like to get with the swing yer know) although I have been mistaken for Serahs Carer. Its not exactly rock and roll - and certainly not scary -but I can live with it.

Moggers changed hers in a doffed cap gesture to the founder of a legendary thread who was recently hounded off Mumsnet. Well, it may not have exactly been a doffed cap gesture, but you get the picture.

PS DP went for over a week once (as a baby, obviously) and released the motherload during a picnic in the middle of nowhere. Nice.

hocuspocusdiplodocus · 08/10/2005 22:58

Who was that then? I'm racking my brains, but can't think...swizzles...?

serahscarer · 08/10/2005 23:08

Doh! Yup, Moggers is now Swizzles

hocuspocusdiplodocus · 08/10/2005 23:09

...but who was the founder of the legendary thread who has been chucked off mumsnet??? Oh please tell...

serahscarer · 09/10/2005 11:25

It was someone called Stephone. She wasn't chucked off - more hounded off really....

hocuspocusdiplodocus · 09/10/2005 17:22

Oh has she gone now? I remember her original thread.

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SpikeMomma · 10/10/2005 19:53

why... the scaaandal of mumsnet. it's just too much! i'll keep my eyes peeled for her (and you) on future threads. of course, probably would have worked it out - as no one else is quite as barking as my two fond ladies! xx

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swizzles · 10/10/2005 20:40

Booooooo

swizzles · 10/10/2005 20:48

Ahem Spikey...where have YOU been?? Wallowing in the stink of your baby's sweet ass, judging by this thread

Yes, I tired of being Mogwai and did indeed doff my cap in the general direction of Stephone, the poor unfortunate laydeee from Matlock, who was hounded off mumsnet by people who were annoyed that her dull thread was distracting them from starting their own dull threads. (Swizzles sweets were always made in Matlock - it used to say "swizzles matlock" on tubes of refreshers and other such delights).

So how's that teenager of yours? Mine's a fifteen pound bag of whiffs, loosely held together with press-studs, a very dribbly mouth and a choice of poo, ranging from piccalilly through play doh, right the way up to the alarmingly smelly and difficult to wipe job. Amazing such a variety exists when she only drinks milk.

I shall be weaning the little bugger soon (or rather, in passive styleee, shall be employing someone else to do it while I watch through the patio doors, so as not to mess up my clothes ). I belive things get much worse in the trouser deparment after that

swizzles · 10/10/2005 20:49

...in fact, her ass smells so bad, we no longer refer to her nappies as anything but her "trumpers", as that appears to be their primary function

mandymac · 10/10/2005 20:59

ROFL Swizzles. Your description also fits my dd to a tee. On the off chance she 'produced' today, I mentioned to her (also in passive vein) that she might just want to hold off until her dad got home . No such blinkin luck.

At first I thought it was yet another fart, but when the smell failed to disperse and was in fact 'hanging around like a bad smell' I was forced to investigate myself - not pretty !