Fiber in the diet is not absorbed. It is not going to affect the baby. Even
if gas from the mother's gut were absorbed (unlikely), it would not cause
gas in the baby.
The record I am aware of for not bm's in a baby is 23 days. Leave the baby
alone, don't stimulate him to have bowel movements. Maybe we'll get a new
record.
Hirschprung's workup. Typical. Another result of physicians' not knowing
about the normal breastfeeding baby.
Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
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