Sooo much poo. Where to start?
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Topic: Sooo much poo. Where to start?
Posted By: Kelpa
Subject: Sooo much poo. Where to start?
Date Posted: 24 October 2006 at 9:58pm
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POSSIBLY TMI but however!!! I am after reassurance!
When Blake turned about 6 weeks he stopped pooing. I thought he was constipated due to Losec so gave him Brown Sugar and water (well Mark did..alot of it whilst I was out living it up at the shops for 45 minutes and forgot Blake was due a feed :o( ). Blake did such a huge poo the next day if I had emptied his nappy..it would have filled a cup!!It was everywhere. I didnt know where to start. In fact I ended up in giggles as otherwise I would have cried! Up to his shoulders...down to his feet. When I took off all his clothes it went in his hair. It was a nightmare. I had to jump in the shower with him. MY PROBLEM with this is it seems to be what he does now. He poos once every 5 - 6 days and there is just masses of it. i dont understand where on earth it comes from. There is no way wipes or flannels would even clean up half of it??? Shower is the only thing and everything inc change mat ends up in a bucket!! Is anyone elses baby like this???? Today I had to postpone and appointment because it took me 45 mins to get him sorted out!Was unreal. Doy ou think there is something wrong with him??? -------------  
 
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 24 October 2006 at 9:59pm
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I dread the day he does one when we are at the shops because I just wouldnt know what to do. I think I would have to wrap and cloth nappy round him and his clothes and go home!!! -------------
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 24 October 2006 at 10:13pm
| hmmm i know its not uncommon for babies to go a few days without pooing but in terms of volume im not sure. I know Addison has done a few that call for a bath straight away but not on a regular basis. maybe mention it to plunket or your doctor next time |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 24 October 2006 at 10:32pm
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bahaha sorry to laugh but u should have seen Ashlees yesterday LOL at Kirst hehehehehe there was some mighty effort in that!!
In terms of Blake if ur concerned call healthline or see your gp but i have heard of some babies going weeks without pooping and its normal but not sure on the volume. |
Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 25 October 2006 at 12:32am
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just a question but are you breastfeeding? the reason I ask is that Ive heard formula fed babies can go a few days to a week without pooing, as for the amount of it.. it would of been the brown sugar mix (make sure you arent giving him too much as it can make him sick - we gave it to bailey too and lets just say it cleaned him right out!) If you are finding him constipated (or you think he is) try just giving him boined water or try boiling a couple of prunes in a about 1 cup of water and feeding him the water - I wouldnt be giving him any more suger at his age
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 25 October 2006 at 8:35am
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yes he is fully breastfed.
I was just wondering of alny other little bubs do this amount of POO! -------------
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 25 October 2006 at 8:57am
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my plunket nurse told that when they're fully breastfed they can sometimes go for up to a week without pooing. maybe still ask your plunket nurse about it though if he's doing it on a regular basis. ------------- |
Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 25 October 2006 at 10:03am
One of the wee boys in my antenatal group would go for up to 10 days between poo's. And when it finally came..... well, it was HUGE!! It's completely normal, and you are not to worry about it! My friend now jokes about them being a "1 poo a week family" 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 25 October 2006 at 10:36am
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Kelpa, my Mum tells me very similar stories about me as a baby including the nappy wrapping until she could get me home for a wash and change!
Its no fun for you (or him either probably!) but its not anything to worry about hun. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 25 October 2006 at 3:00pm
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Kelpa - I'm sure many of the longer term members on this forum remember my tales of Hannah's few and far between explosions. She spent a couple of months only doing poos once every 7 days or so. Her longest period was 10 days, which culminated in the biggest mess I have ever encountered in my life while I was out at the races in Ashburton on Boxing Day 2004. Completely unprepared, might I add. (And with me wearing a while top. Which is no longer white.) If you want the full story, I am more than happy to elaborate... if only to make your own situation seem comparatively under control!
So yes, other babies do the same thing. Han didn't seem to be constipated... she had no trouble going when she did, it just took a while to build up... but boy, once it started it seemed not to stop!!! Just make sure you never ever leave the house without a million cloth nappies. They double as cleaning cloths/drying cloths/wrapping cloths/spare change of clothes for babe/mummy cleaning devices/spare top for mum/blankets etc. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 25 October 2006 at 3:12pm
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Yep, like everyone else has said, many breastfed babies don't poo every day and it is completely normal. If he hasn't pooed after 10 days then you should start to worry. And when they do go, oh boy do they explode. Maya was the same - nothing would contain it at all!
Bottle fed babies should have at least one poo every day. It is very uncommon for breastfed babies to become constipated, but fairly common with bottle fed babies due to the consistency of the formula. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Roxy
Date Posted: 25 October 2006 at 9:19pm
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hiya my nephew is 6mths old and he pood like that cple mths ago....seemed to start at bout two mths and lasted cple mths......huge volume and absolute mission to clean up!!!!!he fully breastfed too...now he a bit the other extreme.he gets very constipated.think they just go through some real different stages with bowel motions.hope this one passes for you guys soon ------------- Caleb 15/11/02 Brooke 14/11/05 |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 25 October 2006 at 9:31pm
| Jack was like that for a couple of months maybe not that big every time but we did have a few biggys. Me and DP would have turns changing the poo. I actually quite liked it as nappy changing wasn't so bad. He did grow out of it tho. |
Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 8:42am
Ohhh thanks you guys ......Hooray (well not hooray hooray) but a nice hooray that he is not got anything wrong.
Eeek that story at the races sounds positively a 21st one!!!! I will load up my nappy bag now. Thankyou!!! -------------
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 8:40pm
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I just felt sorry for the very well-dressed lady in the chrisp white shirt and lovely gold jewellery who ended up with yellow baby poo up her arms from holding Han over the sink while another lady wiped her down with toilet paper! hehehehehe
Honestly... that stuff is oil based. You'd think soap and water would work, but no. It is turps material. |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 27 October 2006 at 9:59am
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he he he - thats an additional to the story I havent heard before! ewwwwww!! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: emmaohara
Date Posted: 28 October 2006 at 1:56pm
At least you are not getting the one a week explosion whilst hes in the bath with you yuck , good job its hubbie in there each time hes done it (for the last 3 weeks poor man!)hee hee hee
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 28 October 2006 at 3:04pm
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pmsl!! I'm surprised he's still hoping in with him! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |