> Dear Mari, Of course every once in a while there is a baby who doesn't
know
> the "rules" and does his/her own thing.  But I find these early infrequent
> "poopers" are thriving, bursting at the seams with their growing.  I don't
> have any concern about the pattern they have chosen.  When a mom reports
> infrequent poops early on I want to see that baby, do more frequent weight
> checks and if everything is obvivously going well, enjoy the fact that
baby
> doesn't have as many poopy diapers as the "average" newborn.
>
> My personal rule of thumb, observe for passage of first mec stool, timing
> amount, quality etc, then several transitional stools each day, usually
> after a feeding.  More poop than pee on days 0-3, gradually changing to
> more pee than poop after day 4, traditional 6-8 wet diapers/day by day 7-8
> and a couple of yellow poops/day.  Over the years I've also observed that
> not every BF baby's stool are seedy.  Some are pasty, but still bright
> yellow.  With any baby early on, if varying from traditional pattern,
close
> monitoring of the breastfeeding - transfer of colostrum and milk.  Is it
> happening?   Sincerely, Pat in SNJ

I agree with you, Pat that it isn't needed for all babies to count and
weight and interpret the diapers that close.
I'd like to add: look at the baby first and at the diaper second.

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, Maaseik, Belgium
mother to 5 growing up children
--- One who gives birth is partly mother, one who nurses is fully mother ---
Jacob Cats, 17th century

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