Jennifer says, > There is absolute consensus that regular bowel movements are essential for > good health. I think this is true and I tell parents it's true. > Jennifer, how do you *make* an exclusively breastfed baby who is thriving in every way stool *many* times a day? According to your post, my baby, who is gaining, happy, healthy, exclusively breastfed, but happens to stool only once every 7 days, has something wrong with her. What can I do to fix it? And how do I tell parents to fix it? And what is wrong with her? I'm concerned that parents, who have more than enough to worry about, will get fixated on the bowels unnecessarily. Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC -- Wheaton IL Lactation Education Consultants www.lactationeducationconsultants.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html