Baby Poop Questions... Answered

7 Month Old With Frequent Bowel Mvt 
My 7 month old son has had "normal" bowel mvt since birth and recently has stopped having loose bowel mvt. He strains to push out the poo, and has multiple …

10 Day Old Had Green Watery, Shooting Poop 
Our baby has gone from breast feeding to formula and has been on the formula for 7 days now. She is eating about 3-4 oz 7-8 times a day, and tonight she …

Pooping Difficult For Preemie 
I have a 3 month old baby premature at 28 weeks. Technically 2 weeks, she is having problems pushing her poop out , she is not constipated her stool is …

5 Month Old Has Infrequent Bowel Movements 
I started solids after my baby's 4 month check up. He got really runny rice cereal. Then some watered down pears (3 X) and some prunes 1 X. He is exclusively …

7 Month Old Baby Has Diarrhea 
My 7 month old baby has diarrhea and is not teething. He poops at least 7-10 times a day,but previously he used to poop only twice a day, our doctor advised …

6 Week Old With Explosive Poops Normal? 
My 6 week old is breastfed and recently started having explosive poops that fill his diaper and often leak out the sides. They are yellow and curd like, …

1 Year Old Yellow Stool, Cows Milk? 
My one year old daughter has just been given cows milk two weeks ago. she has approx 150ml cows milk plus 400ml toddler milk each day. She eats a balanced …

5 Month Old Having Hard Time Pooping - Reflux? 
It started a little over 3 months ago. My little boy would strain so hard trying to poop he would throw up everywhere . Out his nose, his mouth, all over …

My 8 Month Old REFUSES To Poop 
My 8 month old son is breastfed, but has been receiving solids as well for the past 2 months. He has never had any issues with constipation, but his stool …

Discomfort At Night Because He Needs To Poop 
My six month old has been waking up at 3 AM needing to poop since he was born. He poops at least half a dozen times every 24 hours so it's not that he's …

Toddler Poop With Mucous 
My toddler's poop is mucousy. Just recently she was constipated. Also, she hasn't had much appetite lately - this was teh same time as she was constipated. …

Baby Won't Poop By Herself 
I have a 4.5 month old baby, breastfed and eating oatmeal pablum with some pears or prunes. Since she was 3 weeks old she hasn't pooped regularly …

Smelly Bowel Movements 
My daughter is 7.5 months old, she is on Similac formula, nestle rice cereal and heinz baby food, and her stool is green, mucusy like and it smells really …

Slimy Mucousy and Foamy Poop 
I have 3.5 weeks fully breastfed baby. He used to have yellow mustard poop with seedy thing inside. He often passed gas with it. He always strain when …

5 Week Old No Pooh 
I have a 5 week old baby who hasn't had a pooh in 4 days ; she is cramping and grunting a great deal and I have been breastfeeding. I know they say that …

7 Week Old In Pain Passing Soft Stools?? 
My son is 7 weeks old and is suddenly not pooping every day. Mainly breastfed, except one bottle of formula each evening. He is now going up to 3 days …

Strange Squeaks And Gasps During And After Poop 
My 3 month old just started making squeaky noises and almost a gasping sound during and after pooping .. He gets red and grunts while pooping then …

Baby Cries In Pain When Pooping Even When Loose Stools 
My baby cries in pain when she goes to the toilet for a soft or hard poo. Why can that be? Baby Help Line: Reasons For Painful Pooping In …

Hasn't Pooped In 2 days 
Is it normal for my 3 month old baby girl not to poop everyday? What could be causing her infrequent bowel movements, she used to be pooping every day …

Newborn Baby Hasn't Pooped In Two Days! 
I'm a father of a newborn baby boy, my first child, and my son is about a week old. I am worried because he isn't pooping. I'm in the military and currently …

Color Of Poop 
My 6 month old baby's poop went from green to pasty light yellow. She's primarily bottle fed and has recently been given Earth's Best Oatmeal. She's …

Baby Poop Not Seedy 
My son is 7 weeks old and only breastfed. My issue is that his poop is not seedy and very infrequent (once a day). It has never been seedy. This was …

10 Month Old Wont Poop 
Does anyone have any idea to what we can to to get my 10 month old to poop instead of holding it and making herself sick ? Baby Help Line: Tips …

1 Year Old Cries In Pain When She Poos 
I have a 1 year old that cries every times she poos . She has only been doing it for a few days. They are still soft and there don't seem to be any tearing …

Runny Poop 
My daughter is 8 weeks old and fully breastfed. Ever since she was born, her poop stays watery. Is this normal? There is no consistency in her stool. …

My 6 Month Old Strains And Cries When She Poops 
I started my 6 month old on solids about 2 weeks ago and since then she has been straining and cries when she is going to have a bowel movement . Her …

Pooping Is Painful 
My daughter is 12 months old and recently started to have really painful bowel movements. From the day she was born she has had a bowel movement everyday, …

Bowel Movement During The Night 
My one-year old baby has bowel movements early in the night . Should I change her diaper at night if I notice that she has pooped when I peek in? …

My Baby Is Straining All The Time 
My Baby is 6 weeks old; 4 weeks premature. His poo is fairly dry, sometimes normal. He only poos around every 3 days, the doctor, Midwife and Health visitor …

Baby Not Poo'd For Five Days 
My 2 month and 1 week old has not poo'd for 5 days now. She did the same last week and poo'd on the 4th day, where it looked like a chunk of peanut butter.. …

Pooping When 2 Months Old 
How much should a 2 month old poop daily? My 2 month old is suddenly not pooping as frequently and I am worried that something is wrong. Baby Help …

Frequent Bowel Movement 
My ten month baby has frequent bowel movements : 5-6 times per day. He has no fever and appears happy. Is this normal? I am afraid he is not gaining …

Baby Screams With Every Bowel Movement 
9 month old son who screams with every bowel movement. He has been doing this for months and Dr. doesn't seem to know what is wrong. He screams in …

Blood in Poo 
My baby has a lot of blood in his poo . We have been to the doctors but they didn't really say what it was! I also don't know what to do about it ,since …

My 7 Month Baby is Not Pooping for Weeks?!! 
My 7 month baby has not been pooping for already 14 days . The last 3 month he is pooping very rarely. He is still breastfeeding and we give him some …

Trouble Passing Wind and/or Bowel Movement 
Our baby is 11 weeks old and throughout her first month suffered almost constantly from what our doctor described as "colic" i.e. Pain and discomfort …

One Month Old Baby Not Pooping 
My grandson has not pooped in 4 days and he is only 1 month old. He has been on breast milk since birth . They give him breast milk and then top him …

Can't Poop Not Constipated Though 
My seven week old has had this problem for about 6 weeks now. He just doesn't seem to have the urge to poop. We have him on a sensitive formula, …

6 Week Old Straining 
I have a 6 week old baby boy and give him both breast milk and formula. The last 2 weeks he has really been pushing or straining, he goes bright red …

4 Week Old Baby In Pain When Pooping Liquid Yellow 
I feed my daughter with formula since she was 2 weeks old and its been 2 days that she often cries when she poops, despite not beieng constipated. …

Normal For 8,5 Month Old To Poop Once A Week? 
My son is 8.5 months old and poops about once a week. Is this normal? I feed him breast milk and baby foods. He doesn't seem to be in pain or anything; …

Solid Mucus Bowel Movements 
My 9 month old girl, who is breastfed, has hard big bowel movements with thick mucus coated around the feces . I was just wondering if I should be worried? …

Can a 7 Week Old Infant Have Diarrhea? 
My 7 week old son has had loose stools and is having frequent movement (approx. 5 in a 12 hour period) for 2 days now. He is on both breast milk and …

6 Month Old With Painful Bowel Movment and Blood When Wiping 
I just introduced my nursing 6 month old to her first solid food, avocado, and this morning she was fussy and almost holding her breath with pain. As …

No Poo For Newborn 
My baby is only one week old but hasn't had a bowel movement since Wednesday and today is Saturday. So it has been three days since she pooped. Should …

Straining During Bowel Movement 
My 3.5 month baby strains a lot and makes fussy noise during his bowel movement . For the first 2 months he used to strain, but have a soft poop and …