On Sun, 6 Aug 1995, Terry Lynn Dise, MD wrote: > Judy K in Israel: I don't know of certain foods mom is eating that will > make the baby poo, but if a mom thinks something works, I encourage her. > First though, I try to reassure her that long intervals between poos is not > necessarily bad, as long as baby's happy. My record in my practice is 14 > days in an exclusively BF baby. Any one else have a story to beat that? I > had a time convincing the parents she was OK. They wanted to see a > gastroenterologist (ha! just kidding--I felt like teasing Maryelle)... Thanks for your input, Terry! Just among us, this is what I really think too. The moms seemed dissatisfied (cheated? I do not take a fee) when I told them that the poop-acceptability range (boy, we do use some strange terminology here!) was very large. I used my kids vs my neices and nephews as examples - my kids pooped 9 or 10 times a day, and my brother's kids once a week, maybe. (All babies were bf, of course) Still, the moms weren't happy and wanted to *do something*. So I figured that telling them to eat more dried fruits, etc. could not hurt and quite possibly would help. Even psychologically. Anyhow, glad to hear from you. Judy K. in Israel