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Old 11-07-2009, 02:48 PM   #1
Lula's Mom
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Question about poop (xposted in Elimination Communication)

Ds is 7 weeks old and exclusively breastfed. We EC, so he uses a potty a lot. Up til about 4 weeks of age, he pooped multiple times a day- messy wet mustardy breastmilk poop. Then he went to once a day, and then beginning about week 6 he started not going every day.

I'm not really worried about the frequency because I know this can be normal, and it's how it was for my first 2 kids. But I didn't EC them from birth (started at 6 mos with dc #2). So I didn't see their early-weeks poop til it was in the diaper already. What I am wondering about is the consistency of it!

The last two pooping-days have gone like this: 3 days with no poop, lots of tooting, lots of grunting and hard work. When the poops finally arrived, they were small and formed! About the size and shape of my pinky finger. It was not hard at all, but kept its shape in water. (In a diaper it would have squished easily and I wouldn't know about the shape!)

I was really surprised- I thought that breastmilk-only poop was always much more liquid? The first poop like this was followed a few hours later by a bunch of mustardy poop, but so far today's offering has all been formed like this.

So, can anyone tell me- have you seen poop like this from your newborn? Is this in the range of normal? Can a 7-wk-old have formed poop and nothing is wrong? He pees plenty and it's nice and clear, so he's not dehydrated.

Thanks!
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