~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This message is from PedTalk! To reply to the group, use "" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Because some breast fed babies absorb most of the feeding with very little "waste", as long as the stools are the usual seedy yellow and no blood or irritability or vomiting (different from the "wet burp"), I tell parents even 6 or 7 days between stools is still fine. I personally usually see BF babies on the other end of the stool scale though - more like a little bit after every feed. -Diane, CNP -----Original Message----- From: Michael Sachs [SMTP:] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 1997 3:16 PM To: Subject: Re: Prune juice for constipation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This message is from PedTalk! To reply to the group, use "" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 02:12 PM 10/23/97 -0400, wrote: >In a message dated 97-10-22 02:32:13 EDT, writes: > >Good point. I forgot to include this in my reply to this post, but I always >ask first what they mean by constipation. Breast fed babies don't always >have daily bowel movements. > >Moshe Adler, MD > We all get calls about the "horribly constipated" young, breast fed infant who's having nice, soft, yellow stools about every 2-3 days and is acting fine. But sometimes it does stretch out to where some babies go once a week or less often. I saw one baby who consistently waited two weeks between poops and I finally had a peds GI see her. She was fine. If there are <underline>no</underline> other symptoms except infrequent (but normal stools) in a situation like this, how long will the providers out there wait before before becoming concerned? Michael Sachs, M.D. General Pediatrician