baby not pooing

[Rockelburger]

5 week old baby girl. Previously has had pooey nappies around 3/4 pm - a couple in a row. Sometimes another one later.

Yesterday she has a tiny amount of poo and today nothing! I'm worried, though other than this she is happy and normal and feeding well and sleeping as usual.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Yup. At around 4-8 weeks my little boy would poo every 2-4 days. He got a bit grumpy but was otherwise fine. So long as you have plenty of wet nappies I wouldn't worry too much yet. If you are ff it's more common apparently. My baby is now 4 mths and sometimes goes a couple of days between poos still.
My partner drove me up the wall (he's a worrier) by singing songs to the baby, about how he should have a poo, all the time.

Totally normal for babies to go a day or two without a poo.

Thank you. I was getting so worried! Hopefully she'll do one today!

I was readmitted to hospital with (very stubborn to treat) sepsis after my daughter was born. I was hooked up to all sorts of drips and antibiotics and IV lines...but mostly I was concerned because my baby hadn't done a poo in 24 hours. Very kindly doctor told me it was perfectly normal, but just to be prepared for an imminent explosion to make up for it

I remember worrying about this at first & then would get hit with almighty poonamis! My Dd is nearly 6 mo old now & generally goes every 2-4 days now.

Ah yes. The poosplosions are fun! Still it's surprising how pleased you are to see them after 3 days without one!

Just finally seen the biggest poo ever. I'm so ridiculously happy.

Glad to hear it Rockel. At least you won't be so worried if it happens again.

There is no stopping her now!!

Thanks everyone. Once again to the rescue to stop my worrying!

Oh i wouldn't worry about it at all! I was sooo worried about LO and his pooing habits! He used to go every day when he was a newborn and then suddenly changed to once every 4 days when he was about 3.5 months. Apparently it's normal for breastfed babies and upto once a week is normal my HV told me?? He's now changed again to once every two days since weaning. As long as LO has lots of wet nappies and the poo is not hard then i'm sure they're fine

And ye i used to get excited to see a big explosion too lol