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Submitted by: Baby Help Line (Paula)

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Hi, If sounds as if you all are having a tough time! At six months old and only breastfed, your baby shouldn't be pooping several times per day. Same if he is formula fed. That, in my view, is an indication that something is wrong. Have you considered lactose intolerance or some kind of allergy; milk allergy or soy allergy for example? Since he's had theses problems right from the start, you should definitely discuss the situation with a pediatrician. If you can find out what is causing his frequent pooping, the night pooping will probably be solved at the same time. Other things you could do is <a href="http://www.easybabylife.com/baby-massage.html">baby massage</a> and try to reduce the amount of feeding in the evening if possible. (But I realize with a six month old mainly breastfeeding or formula, that can be hard. They need their nutrition!) I really wish you good luck! Paula

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Submitted by: Anonymous

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My 4 month old baby has this problem too. He poos several times a day (which is perfectly normal for a breastfed baby!) and does not struggle but at 4am every morning he wakes up struggling to poo. Sometimes he poos quickly but sometimes it can take him a couple of hours. I too am exhausted! I asked my health visitor and she said that that is just his time to poo which does not make sense to me as he poos at other times of the day and does not struggle. I was hoping that he would grow out of it or that it would stop when he goes on to solids. If you find an answer I'd love to know what the cause is.

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My 4 month old is having the exact same problem, sometimes it starts as early as 12am or 1am and goes on every hr all night, sometimes he poops by 6 or 7am and sometimes he does not and it seems as though the discomfort he feels comes and goes because he cries for awhile, maybe relieves some gas here and there, then goes back to sleep for an hour, but always wakes awhile later with the same problem until he poops. I too am exausted and hope it is soon resolved, however my 4yr old son had the same problem and the frequent wakings when he was an infant became a bad sleep cycle and I ended up having to "Ferberize" him at about 11 months old (hope this does NOT happen this time around)

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Submitted by: Yulia

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My 8,5 month son and I have been living like this from birth, too.He is breastfed, we started experemanting/playing with solids at 6m.o. but now he is getting worse and i don't know what to blamenow. He also has(had) a fissure and visible blood stricks in his poop at 4-6 months;we thought he was "colicky".That subsided after (took few days to clear my milk, I thought)I completely eliminated all(!) diary and soy from my diet. He still woke up few times a night, but got back to sleep easyly with a diaper change /feeding (we co-sleep).Overall my baby seemed a bit happier. A month ago I got cocky that "all is well" and gave him few new foods in one day, as well as , very gradually though, got back on milk&cheese myself.And , for a while, I saw no changes.Untill it all came over, like a big wave ,few weeks ago;and never left since.I now am, again cheese-free; my baby doesn't get ANY solids; tried teething gel, pills, colocky pills(all homeopatic though), Ovol, acetomenophen, camomile tea and-yes-massage. Our ped. is away and the cover-upper suggested acetomenophen "untill baby learns to sleep through". It is terrible.My baby is so crancy most of the time, day or night.Sleepy but restless.Moans and laughter change one another. My only hope, really, is that one of you, mothers, will write a "happy-end" story for the rest of us here. God bless. Yulia

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