First of all, I wish to state again that my daughter who had
infrequent stooling while being an entirely breastfed baby was
diagnosed as being hypothyroid at age 16.

She had had all the symptoms in infancy and our pediatrician
did not pick up on any of them:  colic with need for tummy massage
and leg stimulation before stooling--which happened only every
5 days sometimes.  We took her on car rides to put her to sleep.
She'd poop after the ride and then we'd go for another to get
her to fall asleep again.

She had poor sleep patterns during the day and night--nightowl
tendencies way past newborn age and until 7 months of age, when my
brother-in-law made a cradle swing move silently and electronically.

She had spoon nails and a largish tongue also.  Nightowl tendencies
are very common among hypothyroid individuals as their brain
and basal body temperature have finally warmed up to cognitive
task temperature after dinner.  That is why they can put in their
eight hours work after that meal.

Is anyone looking as stooling  being different in children carried
on the body and those carried in those plastic carriers that are so
popular now?

Reason I ask is that I had been a flight purser for 5 years.  I may
have not had time to use the toilet properly during flights due to
passenger workload, lack of likeable drinking water, lack of fiber
when not eating raw salad overseas in some countries.  However,
every time we had severe turbulence, I was the first one in the
lavatory having to void stool (before the passengers who may have
been vomiting at their seats.)

The shaking of the airplane induced my bowel movements.  I wonder
if body carrying is helpful in proper stooling in children before
they move around under their own steam.
Judy Ritchie

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