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ok my son is 4 months old and exclusively breast feeds. since birth he has pooped once, maybe twice if i'm lucky, times a week. my dr. says this is fine. she has examined him many times and says that he is the pinnacle of health, gaining weight and peeing like a horse. however she is the only person i know who says this is normal. anyone else care to weigh in?

Written by Melanie

Posted on 08/20/2007

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Hi Melanie,
I had the same problem when Emilie was young. I would give a little water with a bit of prune juice in it which sometimes helped. I think some babies just have a slower system. Once she started eating stage one foods it got better, now it is usually once a day. As long as he is healthy I wouldn't worry too much about it, thats probably just how his system works.

posted by on 08/21/2007

My son was the same way and did not regulate until he started baby food. My Dr. told me to give him sugar water (which I was skeptical about) and IT WORKS but I would only give it to him at the seven day mark. My Dr. said up to seven days is not that uncommon with breastfed babies.

posted by kara on 09/08/2007

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