What can foods can I eat to get my breastfed baby to poop?

Question

I am breastfeeding and my baby has not pooped in a week. I know its normal for them to go every few days, but it's been a week now. I was told it could be what I am eating that makes her not able to poop. What can I eat to make her go and what am I eating that would stop her from going? Serious answers please. I am calling the doctor tomorrow so don't say that.

Sorry I mean what KIND of foods.

My baby is 5 weeks old and is peeing alot. I change a very wet diaper every hour and a half.

Answer 1

Breastfed babies can go a lot longer that just a week without having a bowel movement (BM) because breast milk is more completely absorbed by their bodies. My middle child would have a BM every 15 days. That was normal for him. Things to look for: Is the baby wetting enough diapers per day? Is the baby happy? Is the baby straining to have a BM and unable? If you have a happy baby who just happens to only poop once a week, enjoy it! Less stinky diapers to change! Don't try to modify your diet to induce BMs in the baby. No baby laxatives or anything of that nature. It can do the baby harm.

Answer 2

None of these is a problem. 1. If she doesn't want baby food, try offering some table foods. Many babies, by this age, no longer want to be fed mush, but want to eat what YOU are eating. (And, as long as what you are eating is fairly soft and cut up small, she can have it.) If she's just 'off' solids in general, that's ok too. She still doesn't really need solids, and if you don't make a big deal about it, she'll probably be interested again in a few days, or a few weeks. 2. After the newborn stage many breastfed babies switch from very frequent poops (several times a day or more) to very infrequent ones (sometimes as little as once every 7-10 days.) Her poops will be a bit more solid now that she's on solid foods herself, but as long as they aren't painful for her to pass, it's nothing to worry about.

Answer 3

How old is your baby?

It is normal for the bowel movements of a breastfed to decrease in frequency when the colostrum, which has laxative properties, is completely gone from the mother's milk after about six weeks of age. A baby this age may continue to have bowel movements as frequently as five times a day, sometimes even after every nursing. It is also normal for a breastfed baby older than six weeks to have only one bowel movement every few days. Some healthy babies will have only one bowel movement a week. When bowel movements are less frequent, they should be more profuse in volume. As long as the baby is gaining well, wetting sufficiently, and is happy and content there is no cause to be alarmed by infrequent bowel movements, and it is not necessary to give the baby a laxative, fruit juice, or any other "helpers." In fact, attempting to force bowel movements can have harmful consequences to your baby.

Answer 4

I have 4 children. I breast fed them all. My youngest daughter was 10 days old before she pooped the first time. I had her into the doctor 3 times since my other 3 never went that long. After that, it was not unusual for her to go 5-7 days between bowel movements. My daughter's doctor explained it to me in this way, she said that breast milk is so carefully designed for your baby's needs, is easily digestible, and the vitamins and nutrients are often thoroughly utilized that the only waste produced is urine. My youngest was also a sleepy baby. She would sleep 6-8 hours at a time. She began to stagnate in her growth pattern so I had to wake her to eat (not an easy task) no more than every 3 hours during the day, but thankfully, the doctor said I could let her sleep as long as she wanted to at night. Usually, if a baby is going to have a digestive disorder when breast feeding, it is due to an adverse reaction to something mom might have eaten and manifests itself in fussiness, gassiness, and diarrhea. Breast fed babies are rarely constipated.

Answer 5

Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. It has a natural laxative that passes through breast milk that makes babies poop like crazy. As far as the other people say eat veges that is more for you because of the roughage in it for you to pass food easily and that does not go through breast milk unfortunately. Good luck. It really works!

Answer 6

I'm actually currently having this exact same problem. My doctor said to eat prunes and raisin bran, bran muffins. As long as she's peeing enough she should be good. When she does poop if its pasty or hard then she's constipated. If eating the above doesn't help then you need the Dr.

Answer 7

normally baby's squirt out mustard like poop right after they eat what concerns me is the baby getting enough breast milk? is she peeing good? if it is crystallized she could be dehydrated. you do need to take her to the doctor, they may suggest you suppliment with formula, along with the breast milk. please take her to the doctor to be weighed to make sure she is getting the proper nutrition. The nurse told me that one way to know if they are getting enough to eat they will poop and pee a lot not a whole lot just little gritty squirts an older baby may not poop every day buy a breast fed baby does everytime you feed it PLEASE don't wait any longer a week is too long!

Answer 8

Eat foods with a lot of fiber like fruits, veggies nuts and grains. You could also drink some apple juice.

Answer 9

have you ever try juice ( orange juice, apple juice?)
Or eat Papayas if you like...that the best fruit to make poop easily

Answer 10

Dark green foods.

Fiber. I mean eat some mini wheats, whole grain toast.

Google fiber. the more fiber you have the more she will get.