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 earlier.

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Pooping Every Other Day - A Reason To Worry?

If your daughter is breastfed, pooping every second day is completely normal. Nothing to worry about at all. At her age, breastfed babies can have 10 days between their bowel movements.

If she is formulafed on the other hand, she could be constipated, but not necessarily. You'll find symptoms of constipation and some remedies tips here. Unless her stools are hard or dry and painful to push out, pooping every second day does not mean constipation for a formulafed baby either.

So really, don't worry and don't do anything about it, unless she is formulafed and constipated.

Good luck,

Paula

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May 03, 2009

HAS NOT POODED IN 3 DAYS
by: Anonymous

My 1`45 weeks baby boy has not pooded in 3 days. He is breast fed as well as formula fed. Is there a problem looming ahead ?
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Jan 15, 2010

my baby is 5 weeks
by: Anonymous

my baby is 5 weeks old and is bottle feed on cow and gate she has not dune a poo in 2 days i told my health vistor and she said not to worry theres always a time they dont poo and its normal inless there poo is a runny poo

Feb 17, 2010

Hasnt pooped
by: Anonymous

If you baby is under a year old, he or she should not be on cow or goat milk. The baby should be on formula or breastmilk. And it is normal for a baby to not poop everyday, but I would call your baby's doctor to be for sure.

Mar 10, 2010

Hasn't Pooped for 5 days
by: Anonymous

My 3 mths old baby boy has not pooped for 5 days. He's feeding on Similac. Is it normal? What shld i do?

Apr 07, 2011

my baby is 2 monts
by: Anonymous

hes belly hurts every time he drinks the last oz of milk, i give him 3 oz every 3 to 4 hours, and when he poops is every tree or four days but black or dark green, he has a lot of colic's and i change his soy milk for similac sensitive it did the same thing, i changed for the similac for colic's the purple expert care one and he spit up the milk he doesn't like it, and complains all the times for the colic's what should i do?

May 17, 2011

Neocate?
by: Paula (Baby Help Line)

To the parent with a 2 month old with colic,

I am sorry to hear about your baby's pain and I believe you are doing the right thing to try to find a formula that agrees with his tummy. Yet another option would be Neocate. It is easily digested, and actually often covered by insurance if precribed by a doctor.

If your baby spits up a lot, one of his problems could also be acid reflux. In such case, try holding him upright while feeding him, and give him less to eat every time (but instead more often).

You can read more about infant colic and possible remedies here.

Hope this helps,

Paula

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