Baby still not having bowel movement?

Question

I posted a question last week b/c my 1 month old who is breastfed had not had a bowel movement in a few days. On day 5 of the no-bowel movement she saw her pediatrician. He felt for a mass to see if she was constipated. He said he couldn't feel anything. She is gaining weight and has enough wet diapers, so he didn't seem concerned. However, now it has been 8 days since she last went. It's making me so nervous. She is however, very gassy and has been letting lots of very stinky toots - but no poop! My mother-in-law says this just means my breast milk is really pure and there's not a lot of waste left over. Could this be true? I'm so worried about her - and what about the stinky gas?

Answer 1

I had a friend who's baby only went every week to week and a half. Her dr. said it was because she was breastfeeding and that it was common for some babies to do that. To the other extreme you have some breastfed babies who go up to 8 times a day! So keep an eye on him and continue to feed him lots! Start to worry if you see that he's in pain. All babies get gas and stinky at times too.That depends sometimes on what mom is eating! Best of luck. When you will start solids, it'll be a whole different story!

Answer 2

Sorry to go against your mother in law but a child does need to poop. What goes in HAS to come back out.
My son was 8 weeks old when he went 5 days with out any movement, my doctor sent us for x rays and my baby was nice and backed up. The doctor put it down to the very hot weather we had been having and said to keep feeding him as much as I could as often as I could in the future but to help ease the problem now, I had 2 choices, coloxal drops 3 times a day or a suppository up his bottom. We went home and followed the suppository instructions, as bad as that sounds.....
My son was so much happier after that and fed so much better to.
I hope that this helps