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12-18-2012 at 2:11 PM
laxkal23
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Breastfed bb and bms question

My LO is 5 weeks old and recently changed his bm pattern from 4-7 times/day to 1/day or less. He currently hasn't had a good sized bm in over 24 hours. He is EBE and has wet diapers. He also has small quarter sized bms in many of his diaper ht re of normal consistency but nothing substantial. Any one else have experience with this? I'm a ftm so I'm wondering if this is jut normal baby getting bigger or if I should be worried? Ha ha obviously since I'm a ftm I'm already worried. 


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12-18-2012 at 2:20 PM
Lesh4537
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Breast milk digests better then formula so there is little wasted. It's fairly common for breastfed babies to go a few days without a BM. For about 2wks my son would go about every 4 days. Since he seemed perfectly fine otherwise I didn't worry about it. He has since made up for those missed dirty diapers by going 8 times in the last 24hrs. 

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12-18-2012 at 2:39 PM
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This is a time when EBF babies BMs slow down. They can start to poop as little as once a week. Totally normal. 

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12-18-2012 at 3:31 PM
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I took my son to the pedi around 4 wks old for the same thing. She told me it was completely normal. Bf babies can go days, even a week or two without a bm.

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12-18-2012 at 3:48 PM
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Lesh4537:
Breast milk digests better then formula so there is little wasted. It's fairly common for breastfed babies to go a few days without a BM. For about 2wks my son would go about every 4 days. Since he seemed perfectly fine otherwise I didn't worry about it. He has since made up for those missed dirty diapers by going 8 times in the last 24hrs. 

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