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5 week old - is this diarrhoea or normal

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IckleLegs1980 · 27/12/2018 04:54

My five week old over the past week has started doing these runny poos - pic attached, sorry if TMI. He’s doing these twice a day now and the full the nappy, but the rest of the time, he’s peeing fine and poos about the same as a 50p piece.

Is it the start of diarrhoea and should I see a GP or totally normal?

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ImAChaiseLongueGetMeOutOfHere · 27/12/2018 04:59

Totally normal x
Sorry for short answer.
Holding ds2 in my typing hand!

ImAChaiseLongueGetMeOutOfHere · 27/12/2018 05:01

Is he breast or bottle fed?

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 27/12/2018 05:06

My breastfed baby had exactly the same, totally normal, but no experience of formula fed I'm afraid.

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ImAChaiseLongueGetMeOutOfHere · 27/12/2018 05:11

Also he may only poo every couple of days from now on, but they might be very full nappies when he does! There's a huge range of colours of poo so don't worry if it is goes more yellow or green, as long as feeding is going well.

pastabest · 27/12/2018 06:59

They start going longer between poos and the poos get bigger - more milk more poo!

You ain't seen nothing yet.

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IckleLegs1980 · 27/12/2018 08:05

He’s mostly breast fed, occasionally expressed milk or formula by bottle so my husband can do a night feed.

So this isn’t diarrhoea? It’s just extremely runny and it’s my first baby so wanted to be sure xx

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ImAChaiseLongueGetMeOutOfHere · 27/12/2018 08:27

No that's normal until they eat solids, when the poo gets more solid.

pastabest · 27/12/2018 08:29

In my experience (2 breastfed DC) it stays very runny until they start on solids.

TeaAndNoSympathy · 27/12/2018 08:31

Poo in babies will be extremely runny as they’re not eating anything solid. Totally normal. If your baby had diarrhoea then stools will be green and watery - that’s how you can tell.

But please put a warning in your title that there’s a picture of a used nappy!

donajimena · 27/12/2018 08:32

Oh yes mine used to explode up their backs. Be prepared. Nothing contains a poonami.

FestiveNut · 27/12/2018 08:33

No, ours was like that for months. Went through a stage where every single time it escaped the nappy so we had to do a full change of outfit. Made me really reluctant to go out with her unless she'd already pooed that day. And sometimes she'd go a couple of days without pooing and then do three the same day to make up for it. We had three poonamis in two hours one memorable trip out! Enjoy!

PaulMorel · 27/12/2018 10:14

that's normal until they eat solids, when the poo gets more solid.
I agree with this one you have the point.

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