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Re:
"Subject: stooling in 6 week old.
researched the archives, but I would like to run this by you as I may
be
questioned in court on this tommorow. 6 week old hospitalized for
dehydration (probably wasn't eating due to injury), and judge finds
that
baby not having bowel movement in five days was "neglect." However,
the
child abuse expert, a pediatrician, states that "When strictly
breastfed
[child] has been stooling only every four or five days (also normal)."
I'm
actually uncomfortable with both conclusions and my position is that
there
was no medical testimony to support the judge's finding; however, that
while
not stooling for several days in an older breastfed infant is not
unusual,
it should be treated with caution in a 6 week old infant.
Any comments from the experts here? Thanks,
Melissa V. in her JD capacity"
Melissa,
While it is certainly not physiologically normal for an infant to
stool infrequently, there are also many reasons completely unrelated to
neglect as to why it might happen. Babies who have food allergies,
babies who have gut damage, babies who have poor peristalsis due to
tongue-tie or other oral-motor dysfuntion, babies whose nervous systems
are locked into a sympathetic response--which may be caused by
intra-uterine of birth trauma, just as well as abuse --may exhibit such
patterns.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
Intuitive Parenting Network, LLC
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