So to answer your questions. Ten days or more is not uncommon.

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A newborn baby from day 5 or 6 of living may poop after every feeding.

Newborn not pooping but gassy. If you suspect something you re eating is the reason for your gassy baby. The long periods between stools in a baby who is obviously thriving is not a cause for concern if the baby s abdomen remains soft. I was told by more than one doctor np that gas is normal they re getting used to using their gi system and it takes a lot of work to get those farts and poops out.

Farting is good means things are moving. Some babies have an intolerance to certain foods such as dairy soy gluten eggs nuts and citrus. Actually it is normal.

Breastfed baby not pooping. That being said we had major gas issues not just the regular newborn type. At 3 months a fully breastfed baby may go for up to 10 or 14 days without pooping.

Babies should not drink anything other than breast milk or formula and water once they re 6 months old. It s normal to go up to a week without pooping. They re likely to have a difficult time digesting the fructose and sucrose in juice and as a result it can bring on gas or even diarrhea.

For babies who are at least two months old not. But yes it s normal for a baby not to poop for a few days. My daughter is 7 weeks old and for a while she d only poop every 3 days.

When changing the next poop see if the poop looks normal soft similar in texture to peanut butter or hard dry. If you see your baby straining to poop normal and then begin to cry not normal this is a sign of constipation. Crying is normal in all babies but crying while pooping is not normal.

Breastfed babies often go a few days without pooping because breast milk is perfectly balanced nutritionally so that little stool is made from the waste of the breast milk. Older breastfed babies after the first 6 8 weeks can go several days without a stool. During the first 4 months of life your baby may have colic when she cries for 3 hours for more than 3 days a week for more than 3 weeks.

The same thing happened with us. At 1 month old the average is still some 4 times per day. Because molecules of the food you eat make their way into your breastmilk eating foods that baby is sensitive to can cause baby gas.

Gas does not cause colic but if your baby is colicky she may swallow more air which gives her more gas. By the time your baby is 2 months old the average has dropped to 1 time per day. Babies who skip several days between stools tend to be gassier.

But what if finding a breastfed baby not pooping at all.