Hi
My baby is 3 months old and past couple of days he is passing stool once a day only.
He is on breast feed . Is that normal or he is not getting sufficent feed. Along with this he is having gas pains.


Thanks in advance vidhya replied. hi vidhu,
don worry.my daighter is 8 mths now n until she was 4 months she used to pass stools once in 2 days only.sometimes even 3 days.we checked with the doc n he said its absolutely nothing to worry about.there is no probs even if ur baby does not pass stools for 5 days.if he fails to on the 5th day, then u can consier visiting ur pred.and gas probs r common.it will fade out as the baby grows oldr n starts having solids.

hope this helps,
love, vidhya. Shilpa replied. Its very normal for breastfed babies to have infrequent bowel movements when they are 3 mnths old. As long as the stools are soft it is quite normal. If the stools are hard and your baby has diffculty passing them then one reason could be insufficient feed. But that is not the only reason and you need to check with your pediatrician. If there is no such problem then it is pretty normal. In fact after 3 mnths breast feed babies can have bowel movements once in 2/3 days also. You need not worry as long as the stools are soft and pasty.