Baby Poop Questions... Answered

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. I tried to help her by massaging her ...

4 Month Old With Solid Poop  While my son was in the hospital he was throwing up everything he ate. He was put on Similac Lactose Free formula at 2 days old.

At 6 weeks old my ...

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

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 ...

4 Months Old Pooping 5 To 7 Times Per Day  My 4 month old daughter recently got her first two teeth. I have read that a baby's stool can change during teething times. 2 weeks have passed since ...

3 Month Old Hasn't Pooped For 4 Days  Hi, I have a 3 month old, breast fed little boy who has not pooped in 4 days . He use to poop almost after every time he nursed. Recently, it changed ...

Normal For 8,5 Month Old To Poop Once A Week?  My son will be 9 months old October 31. He poops about once a week. Is this normal?
I feed him breast milk and baby foods. He doesn't seem to be in ...

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 ...

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,...

5 Month Feeding Issues, Poop Issues  My 5.5 month old is formula fed since birth. She is on medicine for reflux (since 6 wks).

In the last month she has started screaming and stretching ...

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?...

11 Week Old Not Pooping  I have 11 week old twins. Twin A is on 1/2 formula and 1/2 breast milk and has no pooping issues. Twin B is on all breast milk and seems to be in a lot ...

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 ...

1 Month In Pain When Pooping Liquid Yellow  My daughter is breastfed only, no bottle and has been straining HARD to poop and often cries when she poops. My husband and I will undress her and try ...

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 ...

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'...

Baby Pushes  My 15 day born baby pushes and takes up to midnight for him not to use the restroom he only does pee and he cries while pushing what does that mean?

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Toddler Poop With Mucous  Question: 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 ...

4.5 Month Baby Has Wind/Stomach Problem  My 4.5 month baby boy had colic which now seems better, but is now on gaviscon infant for reflux as he was vomiting quite a lot of milk up. He is now ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bowel Movement Problems  My son is 5 weeks old now, he is formula fed on a similac brand. He was having a lot of problems with burping and passing gas, so that's why we switched ...

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

Belly Hurts And Diarrhea  My 2 1/2 year old had a stomach bug and so does everyone else. He has had diarrhea for 4 days now I mean bad,and he still keeps saying my belly hurts ...

7 Week Old In Pain Passing Soft Stools??  My son is 7 weeks old.

Mainly breastfed, except one bottle of formula each evening.

He is going up to 3 days without passing a stool, becoming increasing ...

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?

Hasn't Pooped In 2 days  Is it normal for my 3 month old baby girl not to poop everyday?

Newborn Baby Hasn't Pooped In Two Days!  Hi,
I'm a father of a newborn baby boy , my first child, and my son is about a week old.

I'm in the military and currently in Afghanistan serving ...

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

She'...

Baby Poop Not Seedy  My son is 7 weeks old and only breastfed. He is my third child all of which were breastfed.

My issue is that his poop is not seedy and very infrequent ...

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?

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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 ...

Bowel Movement Too Often  My 10-week old son lately poops after each meal, particularly when he consumes about 110 mL of his milk formula. This is quite unusual for me since ...

Runny Poop  My daughter is 8 weeks old and is a breastfed baby. Ever since she's been born, her poop stays watery. Is this normal? There is no consistency in her ...

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 ...

Baby Diarrhea Or What  My 3 month old normally poops 1 time daily, maximum 2. Today she pooped 4 times , however, the stools seem fine, but smaller quantity than normal. Does ...

Pooping Is Painful  My daughter is 12 months old . From the day she was born she has had a bowel movement everyday.

The problem is just recent. She will start to go and ...

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?

She ...

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 ...

Can a 7 Week Old Infant Have Diarrhea?  My 7 week old son had toothpaste like stool once a day or once every other day for a couple of weeks.

For the last two days, he has loose stools and ...

Nightime Poop  My 11 month old son has been waking up screaming at night again. I have found that he is waking at 12am because he has pooped, I get his diaper changed ...

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?


Baby Help Line Response:

Hi Kristin!

At around the age of 2 months , babies tend to start pooping ...

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  I have a 9 month old son. He has been doing this for months and Dr. doesn't seem to know what is wrong.

He screams in pain every bowel movement ...

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 ...

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 (about 2 bottles breast milk a day and 3 or more formula depending on how hungry ...

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 ...

 

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