First one: baby diarrhea. You would think all baby poop is diarrhea while breastfeeding. Well that's not exactly the case. Baby's poop while breastfeeding is like a pudding consistency, (hungry anyone?) but it also has weird texture in it that looks like small seeds-something only baby books will dare tell you. This week Harper had pretty liquidy poop which of course caused me to mildly freak out. I called her pediatrician who told me to buy some over the counter probiatics to put in her bottle. We are only two days in but I think it's helping.
Second one: diaper blowout up the back, almost to the baby's hair. I was taking a nap when Dale called me upstairs to help him with Harper's diaper. I was surprised to see a majority of the poop was not in her diaper, but all up her back and almost in her hair. It was pretty gross and we both knew we weren't going to get out of this one without getting it on ourselves. After a quick discussion on the best strategy to get her clothes off of her, we were able to remove her dress, give her back a wipe with baby wipes and plop her in her bathtub with only a small amount of poop getting on our hands. I'm pretty amazed the distance the poop covered. You would think with gravity, that type of blowout would be impossible. But let me tell you it can happen. I've seen it with my own eyes. Don't worry, I didn't take any pictures of this phenomenon. Now we have a clean baby and a reason to do a load of her laundry for the third time this week.
Here is the complete "The Baby Poop List":
- Diaper blowout on the left side
- Diaper blowout on the right side
- Diaper blowout in the front
- Diaper blowout in the back
- Diaper blowout in the car seat
- Diarrhea
- Constipation
- Blood in poop
- Pooping while getting diaper changed
- Poop that hits the wall while changing baby
- Poop while getting a bath
I'm pretty sure I've missed a few. Feel free to add some in the comments section. We haven't had the pleasure of experiencing all of these and knock on wood we won't!
PICTURE TIME!
Poop blowout in a swim diaper.
ReplyDeleteSticking your hand in poop while checking to see if your child has a poopy diaper.
I am sure the list is endless ;)
Thank you for preparing me on what is to come! I am enjoying reading about your adventures with Harper. She is such a cutie : ). We have experienced 5 of those poop incidences in the past 6 weeks. Not looking forward to the carseat blowout! I've found it's all in the diaper. The blowouts are more frequent in huggies. We prefer Pampers and it seems to lead to less laundry, which I am all for!
ReplyDeleteAmanda--I haven't experienced either of those. I think the hand one would gross me out the most.
ReplyDeleteKatylin--Thanks for reading! We are only 7 weeks ahead of you. We use Huggies so we will have to try Pampers. Nora is a cutie as well! I hope everything is going great for you guys.