Baby Poop Frequency?

At a month old, how often *should* the average formula-fed baby have a BM? Everett goes maybe every 3 to 4 days with tons of gas, groans and hard belly in between. Some of this is colic too. We've been adding corn syrup once a day per the ped, but it doesn't seem to make much difference, the diluted prune juice comes up the other way.

Thanks!

Niko was like that too. Try apple juice. I mixed it half and half with water. Our ped didn't want us giving him ANY juice jus****er....yeah, like that worked...hehe. I had to do the same thing with his big brother and he didn't become addicted to sugar or have cavities. I only gave Niko a little bit- at one month I think it was 1oz total.  Anyway, it usually worked within 5 hrs. Other ideas:

Clockwise massage of the abdomen
warm bath
or alternately rotate his legs at the hip joint, each way, about five reps of ten. It stimulates their bowels

BTW- How are you feeling? I think about you everyday.
things are better around here---a day at a time, ya know?

Wow we sure have alot in common! Alaina has problems going also you goes little green marbles. the dr said she should go atleast once aday. I have added Karo to some of her bottles and also 1 oz of prune juice every other day!

Nancy

Aww... poor little E.

Josiah went at least once a day.... I don't have any advice for you, just sending you (((HUGS)))

Libby has always been an every day type baby, hell when we went camping for Memorial day she had 7 poopy diapers on Saturday, 9 on Sunday and 5 on Monday.  It was horrid!!  My friends child hasn't been as lucky and has had the same problems you are having with Everett.  Her ped told her to give him diluted white grape juice.  It is much easier on the stomach and creates less gas than apple juice.

jayson would go everyday... but they were just 1 or 2 little rabbit pellet poops... i started mixing his last bottle of the day with prune juice instead of water... seemed to do the trick

I think that's within "normal" guidelines except for the discomfort he seems to have.  Sophie was still on booby juice so she was pooping several times a day still at one month old.  Oh and they were juicy runny poops, it was nasty!  I do not miss that at all...  And if she had to go while we were changing her diaper, and I was holding her legs up to wipe her butt or something, she sometimes would projectile poop at me.  I had to change my clothes more than once from geting poop shot at me...NAS-TY!
Now that she's on formula she goes probably about every other day but when it is a poop day, she'll go a couple times usually so it still averages out to one poop a day in a sense.  I am sorry Everett has some digestive issues.  Poor little guy!  I hope you find something that makes everybody happy!

I have no advice, as Skyler is our poop machine!  She goes 2x a day since the day she was born!

Our pedi's office sends out a pedi update flyer once a month.  Last month it had a paragraph talking about how '" not to add corn syrup"!  If it's not working for Everett I wouldn't add it....just my opinion!  Ask your pedi about "little tummies" for constipation?

Hope all gets better soon sweets......

Ash :)

Zachary goes every day but he is a boobie baby

Ohh poor Everett and Mom!   My little guy , when he was a month went like 2-3 x a day!  He still goes like 2x a day.