No poos in 12 days....???
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Topic: No poos in 12 days....???
Posted By: Samwise
Subject: No poos in 12 days....???
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 3:22pm
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My friends 3 month old baby girl has not pooed in over 12 days now.... that can't be good. She has been to the doc who probed the poor wee thing but said all looked fine, she has called plunketline who suggested laxitives and maybe some "sugar water"??
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 3:39pm
| Is she breastfed? If so....its not uncommon to go up to 2 weeks without poos. |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 4:43pm
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you can mix brown sugar and water and give it via a bottle. I don't know the proportions though - i'm sure somone here will.
2 weeks   . That could be pretty nasty  ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 6:21pm
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Yup! We went 14 days at that age.
Nothing - even sugar water worked. The nappy was.... well.... disgusting
As long as the bubba isn't grizzly or looking to be in pain, then I guess it's just a waiting game. Good luck! ------------- 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 7:28pm
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If she's fully breastfed it's normal, the longest lil miss has ever gone is 10 days and it was pretty nasty .
I did take her to the doc on the 10th day coz Plunketline recommended I get her checked and he prescribed some glycerine suppositories but said I could leave it another 2-3 days before using them and she went on her own before then. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: kiwigal
Date Posted: 25 November 2008 at 10:14pm
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My plunket said you can always give them boiled water cooled down as that usually helps them to go |
Posted By: first
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 11:11am
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My little guy went 15 days before the explosion. Breastfeed babies can just go longer. As long as when she does go it is still runny then there isn't a problem.
I know how annoying it can be waiting for the explosion though as they do get more grizly and spilly but its worth letting their own little bodies sort themselves out rather than trying to intervene. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Samwise
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 12:00pm
Wow thanks guys!! I'll pass the good news (??!!)  on!!!------------- 
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Posted By: FionaO
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 9:22am
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Wow - that will be messy, I get nervous if we miss a day. Gripewater has helped me out when we have missed a couple of days. I gave a little bit before a feed and it helped move things out, he was a much calmer baby afterwards. ------------- 
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Posted By: oneplusone
Date Posted: 28 November 2008 at 3:50pm
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I think Jonathan might hold the record. He went three weeks without a poo at that age. Plunketline told me to check his tummy wasn't hard (which it wasn't) and he wasn't grizzly so all was OK. Wasn't particularly disgusting when he finally got going but did poo three times in as many hours. Catching up obviously
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