The record I am aware of is 23 days.  Someone at one conference I spoke at
said they were aware of 25 days without a bowel movement.  As long as the
baby is breastfeeding well, as long as the baby is gaining, as long as the
baby is otherwise okay, as long as the bowel movements are soft, there is
absolutely nothing to be concerned about.  We are a bowel movement fixated
society.  We are also a formula feeding society, and because the breastfed
baby's bowel movements don't correspond to those of the artificially fed
baby's, we get all unnerved.

See handout, How to know my baby is getting enough milk, at:

http://www.erols.com/cindyrn/drjack0.htm

or

http://www.bflrc.com/jn_arts.htm

Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC

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