by Dana
(ny)
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 food: oat cereal, fruit and vegetables; but not a lot.
We went to the doctor; he said that he is ok. But I’m not so sure about this; we tried everything natural and sometimes suppository. But he still goes very rarely … we are so worried!!
Please give us any advice!!
Ps: When he was 4 month we gave him some formula for one day, then we gave up, but since then he doesn’t do regularly (he was fine till 4 month, then after formula something went wrong)
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I completely understand that you are worried. For any grownup, imagining to pass motion every 14 days sounds pretty crazy, of course.
When your son does pass stools, is it very hard or painful for him? That could indicate that he is constipated. If not – i.e. if his stools are soft and he is not in severe pain, I’d say your Dr is completely right! Since your son is “so old” and still mainly breastfed (which is great!) he is very likely to digest almost all the nutrition he gets.
At around 4 months many babies seem to need more food (maybe the reason why you gave him formula) and two of our kids (breastfed) started pooping every 14 days at this age. No constipation, nothing wrong, just no poop, which seems very strange the first time you encounter it!
Since your baby is now 7 months old, and needs even more food than a 4-month-old, I’m not very surprised that he passes stools rarely. The little bit that does come out is probably mainly related to the solid foods you give him.
So, unless your baby is truly constipated, (find symptoms of constipation here) don’t worry! Instead enjoy this “clean” time”, it is doomed to stop as soon as your boy starts eating more solid foods.
Hope this helps!
Paula
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My 2 month old baby has not pooped on his own since he was 2 1/5 week old. Doctors say to swab him or use suppository we have tried that and he still doesn’t poop on his own. Why can we do. When we stimulate the butt area he poops buy without stimulation he does not poop. I am frustrated and so is Baby. Please help
Breastfed or formula fed? Breastfed babies can go about 2 weeks without pooping. When my girl was this young she didn’t poop everyday. I did also make sure I was drinking a lot of water.
I am bottle feeding, have been since he was born. He is now 2 months and 5 days and still does not poo on his own we use a glycerin suppossitory once a day usually at nights to empty his bowels.
So formula right? He still doesn’t need to go everyday. I don’t recommend a suppository everyday it can cause the sphincter to stop working properly. If he’s on formula having issues with pooping I recommend trying a different type. Dairy free, liquid not powder. These are the things that helped the baby I take care of.
He was on ready to feed then we switched him to formula. A peadiatrian recommended that we use the glycerin suppossitory. We tried changing his formula but no luck. Anyways thanks for the replies. I don’t think my point is getting across clearly. His doc has sent his file over to sick kids. We are just waiting on a call from them now. Point: he can poop on his own is just that he hast done so on his own since he was 2 weeks old and now he is 2 months pusing 3
Also if your baby is on solids make sure he/ she is drinking water with those solids. You can give him/ she prunes mixed in with formula or breast milk. After 6 months it’s safe to give water with food.
He is 2 months and 5 days old. He was just born July 2017 he is only on powder formula .
Sorry the Title said 7 months,
Still he doesn’t need to go everyday, ask a doctor but as long as he’s going every 3 days it’s fine. You might want to try a liquid formula I know that helped the little boy I care for.